[Verse 1] That block don't blink It just takes Corner store glass And a boy's front teeth Red on the curb Blue on the fists Moms at the screen door Praying with both hands clenched Sirens roll by Like they own the road Old men look down Keep their stories closed Every porch got scars Every stair got names And the kids learn fast How to turn pain into game [Pre-Chorus] Hear that scrape Hear that spin Some nights come in Like a loaded grin You can call it fate Or you can call it heat But the block stays hard And it eats what it sees [Chorus] This block don't care This block don't care (don't care) It bruises the brave Then it laughs in the air This block don't care This block don't care (don't care) You come too close You might not make it back there [Verse 2] Broken porch swing Bumping in the wind Fresh scrape on the wall Where the spray came in Dealer on the steps With a saint in his chain Says he'll be gone soon Says the same again Down by the alley Kids talk tough Trading little lies For a little more luck One wrong look One bad night Then the whole place changes In a flash of white [Pre-Chorus] Hear that scrape Hear that spin Some nights come in Like a loaded grin You can call it fate Or you can call it heat But the block stays hard And it eats what it sees [Chorus] This block don't care This block don't care (don't care) It bruises the brave Then it laughs in the air This block don't care This block don't care (don't care) You come too close You might not make it back there [Bridge] Cello crying low On a cracked front step Viola in the dusk For the names they kept Nobody won here Just survived the round And the same sad street Still won't kneel down [Chorus] This block don't care This block don't care (don't care) It bruises the brave Then it laughs in the air This block don't care This block don't care (don't care) You come too close You might not make it back there
