Concrete Lullaby [G-Squeezy’s “On The Real G!”]

[ALBUM: On Da'Real G! | TRACK 2: Concrete Lullaby] [Intro | BPM 72 | Slow & Heavy | G-Squeezy Vocal Cold & Measured — Testimony From Da' Ground] Dis be juss what it be… DROP IT DOCTA B! lesgo’ [Verse 1 | BPM 76 | Cold Inventory — Methodical — Stacking Each Loss Like Evidence] Out here u die fa' a parking spot A pack'a chips A pair'a shoes A phone A look dat landed wrong awnda wrong face At da' wrong hour On a night dat was going just fine Until it wasn't Da' criteria is dat loose (Dat loose daug…) THAT loose No formal application process No review board Da' concrete juss opens up Decides An' takes Somebody's son went ta' da' corner sto' Day' found him four steps from da' doe' Bag still in his hand Receipt still warm Somebody's brother caught summ'm Dat wasn't even meant fa' him Meant fa' da' person standin' next ta' him Who walked away An' gaht ta' livv wiff dat forever Scholarship letters Still sealed awnda kitchen table Next ta' flowers dat somebody brought After da' letter didn't matter no more (Dat's what it look like out here daug…) (Dat's juss what it look like…) [BPM Shift 80 | Delivery Shifting — Cold Inventory Breaking Into Grief — Voice Catching Itself] I been ta' more funerals than (Nah…) (Let me say dat right…) I stopped countin' funerals At some point I Dunn stopped countin' An' I'm still not sure Whether dat was A survival mechanism Or summ'm I should be ashamed of (Both probably…) (Probably both…) Da' mamas out here Dey' age different I noticed dat early Before I had da' words fa' it Dey' carry summ'm in dair face After Dat wasn't there before An' it never fully leaves It juss Becomes part'a dair face Permanent I kno a man who survived four shots FOUR Walked out da' hospital Went ta' get a newspaper Next morning Got hit by a car (A car daug…) (Not even related…) (Juss da' concrete…) (Collectin' what it was gawn collect…) (One way…) (Or another) [Hook | BPM 80 | Full Sovereign Weight — Every Word A Fact] Concrete lullaby (Been singin' since before I was born out here…) Concrete lullaby Don't need a reason Don't need ya' permission Concrete lullaby (Da' block kno every word…) Everybody out here Learnin' da' words Whether day' asked ta' or not [Verse 2 | BPM 74 | Grief Breaking Through The Inventory — Raw & Unguarded] See da' thing about watchin' somebody Who was juss HERE Not be here no more Is da' specific particular silence'a it It ain't like regular quiet It's da' kine a quiet dat Has a shape An' da' shape is Exactly Da' size an' weight 'a da' person Dat's missin' from it (I kno dat may sound strange…) (But anybody who's been through it kno exactly what I mean…) Da' young ones absorb it tho (Dat's da' part dat stay wiff me…) Day' watch da' mamas Day' watch da' older ones process it Day' watch how da' block moves After An' day' file it away Somewhere inda chest Where it becomes Part'a how day' understand Da' world An' nobody Nobody Sat dem down an' said "Dis is da' world" Day' juss Came outside one day An' it was [BPM Shift 82 | Back Ta' Cold Inventory — Both Registers Running Together Now] U can die fa' ya' block out here U can die fa' somebody else's block U can die fa' bein' on a block Dat u didn't even kno Had a name U can die inda crossfire 'a summ'm dat started Six months ago Between two people U never met Ova' summ'm Dat neither one'a dem Even fully remember No more Da' ambulance take its time (Always…) By da' time it arrive Da' crowd already kno What da' crowd always already kno Before da' official word Ever get spoke An' somebody sweep da' steps Somebody move da' candles Somebody take down da' balloons Life keep movin' Kawz it's obligated ta' [Hook | BPM 80 | Heavier Than First Pass — Both Cold & Grief In Equal Measure] Concrete lullaby (Been singin' since before I was born out here…) Concrete lullaby Don't need a reason Don't need ya' permission Concrete lullaby (Da' block kno every word…) Everybody out here Learnin' da' words Whether day' asked ta' or not [Bridge | BPM 68 | Dropping Way Down — Most Honest Moment] I started writin' da' names down At some point Kawz somebody gaht ta' If da' names gawn mean anything Ta' anybody Da' concrete don't hold da' count (It juss keeps addin' ta' it…) Every Death gaht a face awnit Every face had a name Before it became a part a da’ wall Remember dat… (Always remember dat…) at dat wall there used ta' be a person [Verse 3 | BPM 78 | Steady Not Defeated Bearing Full Witness] I ain't tellin' dis ta' make nobody hopeless I'm tellin' it kawz it's true An'true fangs deserve Ta' be spoken out loud By somebody wiff da' nerve Ta' speak dem Da' kids growin' up inda middle'a dis Deserve ta' kno Dat somebody is countin' Somebody is sayin' da' names Somebody sees awl of it Every corner gaht a story Every story gaht a face Every face gaht a name (Hold da' names daug…) (Hold every one'a dem…) [Outro | BPM 72 | Back Ta' Where It Started — Final & Quiet] Concrete lullaby (Still singin'…) Every night out here (Still singin'…)