Same Street, Same Shadows

[Intro] Yeah... Three in the morning... Same street... Same shadows... [Verse 1] Corner store closed Hours ago But the liquor spot Still got people outside Mama hide bills Inside a cookbook Say she got it covered But her eyes say different Picture on the wall Nobody mentions Empty chair at dinner Still part of the family Helicopter lights Through the curtains Like they checking Who survived today Yeah... Same story Different year Same pressure Different tears They call it statistics I call it names People get reduced To numbers and blame [Pre-Chorus] Everybody talking About this place Never stayed long enough To know this place Everybody judging From far away Never walked these blocks A single day [Chorus] Red and blue lights Flash again Same questions No answers then Everybody sees Nobody says Everybody knows How the story ends Same old block Same old pain Different faces Same old chains Another night Wide awake Trying not to let The whole thing break [Verse 2] Some folks flex Then catch the bus Some folks preach Then step on us Little kid selling candy At the red light Businessman online Talking 'bout hustle Election season Everybody care Couple months later Nobody there Every wall got stories Every crack got history Nobody writes books About what happened here Look... My homie disappeared Without a trace His mama still checking Every passing face People talk success Like it's equal ground Try starting from the bottom When the elevator down Little kids know sirens Before science Know survival Before guidance News crews show up When somebody gone Never come around When the rent too strong Yeah... Everybody got advice For the poor Most of them Never opened that door Everybody got solutions For the streets Most of them Never stood on these concrete blocks And listened [Bridge] I hear people saying Things will change I've been hearing that My whole life Still waiting For that day Still seeing The same night [Final Chorus] Red and blue lights Flash again Same questions No answers then Everybody sees Nobody says Everybody knows How the story ends Same old block Same old pain Different faces Same old chains Another night Wide awake Still carrying weight They can't escape [Outro] Three in the morning... Same street... Same shadows... And tomorrow... They'll act surprised again...