[Verse 1 - male sing-rap, fast intricate, cold and precise] I used to sleep with the heat ‘cause the streets dont weep for the weak Mami sleek baddie freak flex lustrous and petite Mama cryin’ in the kitchen over bills pull up a seat I was out there in the cut, prayin’ hard money reach it's peak Percs in the bag, lean in the cup, numb to the pain, rage enslaved Same block that raised me damn near put me in a grave I watched my brothers fall, some locked, some dead in the street Kept it real, learned to deal, head down, bag it up by the pound Move the weight, stack the bread, fuck broke, broke is dead, I stay fed Ain’t no clean money when you start from the mud Every dollar I got got a little blood They say I changed, yeah I did, I had to You don’t survive these streets by flexin’ fragile [Pre-Chorus - female, sharp and confident] I see the fire in your eyes You ain’t the same no more You been to hell and back Now you attack, meet me out back Next to the ‘Lac, dice on the hood, we ain’t all that nice Wish a nig uh would [Chorus - female lead, hard soulful delivery, male under] I’m still out here in these trenches gettin’ dirty Same streets that tried to kill me now they serve me I risk it all, bitch I ball till we fall Percs and pain, blood and drugs, that’s the life I chose, we hot, ice froze Street heater, off the meter, engine always runnin’ Fuckin’ bitches hittin’ switches, we stuntin’ I been broke, I been lost, I been close to the edge of nothin’ Now I’m paid, still dangerous, never left the trenches Heart in it, we relentless, some say senseless Left defenseless, turned menace, Streets of Venice, life sentence [Verse 2 - male sing-rap, denser and colder] I remember nights I couldn’t even feel my face Double cup, half a perc just to escape the hate from the fake Chrome to the dome, welcome home to the zone Had a shorty in the passenger who only wanted cash Young and dumb, throwin’ money in the back Now she callin’ when she see the ice and the whips I just laugh, hit the gas, leave her standin’, watch her strip Ain’t no loyalty when the money get real Everybody smile in your face till they feel the steel Stick in the stash, never leave without a whip and a bad bitch Too many snakes in the grass, I can’t risk it I done buried friends, not again, carried gens Ten toes down, arose like a rose from the dirt Flex froze, game chose, still dangerous, still work [Pre-Chorus - female, sharper] I see the fire in your eyes You ain’t the same You been through hell and back Slangin’ through the rain, through the pain is insane Sane I remain [Chorus - female lead, hard soulful delivery, male under] I’m still out here in these trenches gettin’ dirty Same streets that tried to kill me now they serve me I risk it all, bitch I ball till we fall Percs and pain, blood and drugs, that’s the life I chose, we hot, ice froze Street heater, off the meter, engine always runnin’ Fuckin’ bitches hittin’ switches, we stuntin’ I been broke, I been lost, I been close to the edge of nothin’ Now I’m paid, still dangerous, never left the trenches Heart in it, we relentless, some say senseless Left defenseless, turned menace, Streets of Venice, life sentence [Bridge - male + female call and response, cinematic weight] (Male) They don’t know the nights I almost didn’t make it (Female) They don’t know the price you paid (Male) They don’t know the weight I carry every day (Female) Still you never ran away (Male) I turned the pain into power, turned the dark into pay (Female) Street heater… don’t play [Final Chorus - both, maximum energy, same exact lyrics] I’m still out here in these trenches gettin’ dirty Same streets that tried to kill me now they serve me I risk it all, bitch I ball till we fall Percs and pain, blood and drugs, that’s the life I chose, we hot, ice froze Street heater, off the meter, engine always runnin’ Fuckin’ bitches hittin’ switches, we stuntin’ I been broke, I been lost, I been close to the edge of nothin’ Now I’m paid, still dangerous, never left the trenches Heart in it, we relentless, some say senseless Left defenseless, turned menace, Streets of Venice, life sentence [Outro - fading, heavy] Street heater… Still in the trenches… Streets of Venice…
