[hook] i said i'm getting out, i been saying it for years still here, still saying it louder through the fear one day, one day, i keep telling my own ears one day this whole block gon just be in my rearview mirror [verse 1] mama kept the letter from the college on the fridge so long the ink faded, so long it lost its edge i still catch it sometimes when i'm grabbing the milk a whole other version of me folded up like silk i could've been that boy, still could be i guess but the block got a gravity that don't let go the rest of us so easy, keeps pulling at your ankle every time you take a step it's like walking through a tangle [hook] i said i'm getting out, i been saying it for years still here, still saying it louder through the fear one day, one day, i keep telling my own ears one day this whole block gon just be in my rearview mirror [verse 2] little cousin asked me the other day if i'm scared i said scared of what, he said scared it don't work out fair i didn't have an answer that wouldn't make him sad so i said watch me, that's the only proof i have not words, not promises, i've broke enough of those just watch what i do next, that's the only truth that grows into something real, something you could hold onto when i'm gone from here i want the door open for you too [outro] i said i'm getting out, i been saying it for years still here, still saying it louder through the fear one day, one day, i keep telling my own ears one day this whole block gon just be in my rearview mirror
