Poverty's Blade

yo shadows creep where the lights fade low hustle hard just to eat that's the code till y'all build stacked like a tower kids cry hungry in the witch an hour street corners call with a siren scream dreams drowning death chasing that gleam but the fire burns deep system got its chain no peace no sleep rats in the walls leaks from the roof truth to my veins spit in the proof mama worth two jobs still barely scraped by the witch feast high on the golden plate fist clenched tight rage in my chest survival's the game we pass every test trapped in the ground urban cage so tight geometries play cuz deep every night defy the fall rise from the dirt scream to the sky make the pain hurt we ain't breaking now we know it's a plot hunger fuels the fire touch the sky corner boys slaying to feed the fam dodging the blue lights part of the plan broken windows blood spilled eviction notices taped to the door but we rebuild stronger than before voices rise up from the forgotten block echo wild pain make 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