[Verse 1] Freshman light in the hallway glow Paper cups and a fast hello You wrote your name on a borrowed dream I was all edges, you were seam [Chorus] You in college now Concrete crown Learning how to rise Not back down [Verse 2] Locker slam and a midnight run Counting hours till the day is done Books stacked high like a skyline wall Trying to stand when you want to fall [Chorus] You in college now Concrete crown Learning how to rise Not back down [Verse 3] Cheap coffee, cold hands, red-eyed drive Every deadline keeps you alive New friends laugh in the dorm room haze You’re building fire from the ordinary days [Chorus] You in college now Concrete crown Learning how to rise Not back down [Verse 4] Rain on campus, the sidewalks shine You keep walking, you keep your line Homesick hits but you don’t bend You’re becoming more than where you’ve been [Chorus] You in college now Concrete crown Learning how to rise Not back down [Verse 5] Crammed into the late-night glow You learn the things they never show How to lose and not lose sight How to make your own damn light [Bridge] And if the world gets loud If the nights get long Hold that small deep spark That says you belong [Verse 6] Two more miles on a tired pair of shoes Still you choose what you choose Every scar and every grade Proof of the road that you made [Chorus] You in college now Concrete crown Learning how to rise Not back down [Bridge] No one hands you the air No one gives you the flame You take the fall, you take the fear And you answer to your name [Verse 7] Cap and gown in the April sun Look how far the hard road’s come Same heart, but the edges shaped By the years you fought, by the life you made [Final Chorus] You in college now Concrete crown Learning how to rise Not back down You in college now Concrete crown Wear it proud Wear it loud You in College Now [Fades Out]
