[Intro: concrete taps, distant music box] (crack-crack... bloom!) [Verse: rhythmic whisper to melody] They laid the sidewalk smooth and gray Measured every inch to keep the wild away But something underfoot refused to sleep Pushed a purple anthem through the seam [Pre-Chorus: climbing harmonies] No garden gate, no velvet rope Just stubborn roots and reckless hope [Chorus: soaring falsetto] I'm the flower in the concrete Growing where I shouldn't be If the world was built too narrow That's a problem with the street (oh-oh, let me grow!) You can call me out of place I'll put color in the cracks you made [Drop: pitched chops, sliding 808] (bloom-bloom) (break-break) [Half-time kick, shimmering synth] [Outro: whispered, smiling] Watch the pavement learn my name.
