Blood in the Pavement

yo yo yo yo yo yo shadows on the block we move silent hard heavy but the fire inside defiant yo grew up where the lights flicker low pockets empty dreams buried in the flow dodging traps set by the unseen hands brothers falling leaving footprints in the sands i hustled on the dust no time for sleep eyes sharp like a hawk on the creep sirens wail but we own these veins blood in the pavement carrying the pains loyalties the code etched in our scars chasing paper stacks under distant stars one wrong turn and the game's over quick but i flip the script make the weak one sick street life calling but i break the chains rise from the dirt ignoring the rains rebel heart beating fist to the sky we own the night never say die street life yeah it's cold and raw but i'm built for the fight breaking every law never say life yeah it's cold and raw but i'm built for the fight breaking every law friends turn ghosts in the blink of an eye backstab blade sharper than alibis mama prays nightly tears on the floor i shield her world kicking down every door gold chains heavy but the weights in the soul stories untold filling up every hole from corner cyphers to boardroom schemes turning pain to power living the dreams enemies lurking familiar faces i stay steps ahead winning these races no surrender we rewrite the rules street kings rising breaking all the rules street life calling but i break the chains rise from the dirt ignoring the rains rebel heart beating fist to the sky we own the night never say die street life yeah it's cold and raw but i'm built for the fight breaking every law every life yeah it's cold and raw but i'm built for the fight breaking every law pausing the chaos mirror shows the truth wounds run deep but i'm bulletproof question the path the cost of the crown turn back now i hold it down in a voice screams time to elevate leave the shadow seal my fate street life fades as i claim my throne empowered unbroken standing alone rise up rise up we own the night street life never say die never say die shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows on the block shadows