Concrete Testimony

Mama work nice Mama work nice Mama work nice, life stay low Then on the stove, but it's barely enough I remember hearing every bill get this through paper thin walls Sirens singing like a nightly routine I learn early how to move when it's tense Keep your head low, don't get caught in between Same hallway, same crack tile Same dreams, but a different denial Everybody talkin' bout makin' it out But nobody showin' you how I seen friends turn ghosts in the blink Over pride, over cash, over things That don't matter when you land still But it matter when they chasing that thrill Concrete raised me, I don't forget Every scar turned into a lesson I can't, from the bottom where the First time I made something out of nothing Felt like the wait got lighter for a second But success come with a different pressure Now you got more people watching your direction Same streets but they see you different Some proud, some hoping you slipping You gotta move like you still got nothing Even when your pocket's finally winning I lost people I thought was forever Time showed me it's only a season Everything with me, every loss Every late night vision Cause the same pain that built my drive It's the same thing that keep me driven I ain't perfect, gotta make my mistakes Took some pads, I wish I could erase But every wrong turn taught me something That I couldn't learn playing this safe I still think about where I started Still feel that weight in my chest Cause no matter how far you climb, you don't outrun where you step So I speak for the ones still there, trying hard just to get through days If you breathing, you still got time, that's a win in a different way