Phantom Block Wails

Shadows creep on the corner Where the streetlights flicker low Block tucked in a waistband Hard heavy like the snow Observer like vultures Eyes cold in the rear view One run, wrong turn And then the block turns to awards on preview People broken dreams and chalk lines on the pavement Mama prays at midnight But the devil's got us enslaved, man Sirens wail like lost souls Echoing through the alleys Fists clenched on the trigger Counting bodies like tallies Rain mixes with the blood Washing sins down the drain But the pain lingers eternal Like a scar from the flame Drilled deep in the night When the weak get devoured Ain't no way to survive it Heart pounding in fear Streetlights a battlefield No mercy here We rise and fall at the soft Fog greens when it needed From the trap to the grave We survive, we fade In this concrete jungle The boat don't get to play Whispers in the wind Carry names of the lost Brothers turn to memories Paying society's costs Hollow tips echo Shattering the silence of dawn Ambition carved in concrete But survival's a con Enemies lurk in the haze Of the smoke-filled air Paranoia, my companion Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me Trust me, trust me