[Intro] [laughing under breath] Yeah My lady’s from the hood But I’m not Ayy, we outside though [Verse 1] Brown boy, clean shoes, parents from the valley She from where the corner kids keep a tally Of who came home, and who ain't back She kiss me on my neck with a .22 in her lap Mama pack me lunch, she was packin’ up grams I was doin’ homework, she was duckin’ those vans I grew up in cul-de-sacs, sprinklers on the lawn She grew up with sirens for a pre-dawn song Her cousin say I’m soft She laugh and say, "He mine" I’m drivin’ us to brunch She pointin’ out the crime “Park right here, you safe” I trust her, hit the brake She rollin’ with a halo Beneath a pair of razor blades [Chorus] My lady’s from the hood, but I’m not She got all the smoke, I just talk She grew up where them streetlights pop I grew up where them sprinklers shot Still she ride for me, ride for me (ride) Put her name on my lock screen, proudly My lady’s from the hood, but I’m not But I’m not, but I’m not [Verse 2] Black boy from the burbs, band camp summers She was outside turnin’ beef into rumors I had AP tests, she had court dates I had prom pics, she had worst-case Her uncle in a box, my pops on the board Different kind of chalk when they write it on the floor She laugh when I flinch at the neighborhood sounds “Baby that’s a bike, not them layin’ folks down” She hit the stove, know the clerk by name I tap my phone, I don't know the game She tuck cash in her bra, I’m confused like “why?” She say “you ever had to run?” look me in the eye She got tats of her block, I got passwords She got stories that don't fit in my last verse But she hold me, low voice, say I’m her peace Whole hood give her nods, she bring that to me [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] She teach me slang I keep messin’ up I teach her wine she keep messin’ up She roll her eyes when I lock the doors “Baby this my home, you just came to explore” [glitchy vocal chop] She from where the rules different I’m from where the news distant But love make the map look small When she shout my name through it all (through it all) [Chorus]
