[Intro] Yeah… Dirt road demons in the rearview. I tried to outrun ’em. They learned my engine. [Verse 1] I came up where the gravel pop loud under bald tires, where the youngins chase money and the old heads breathe fire. Every mailbox know a secret, every field got a ghost, every smile got a story that it never really told. I had mud on my Nikes, smoke in my hoodie, everybody talking love but nobody understood me. I seen hunger turn angels to wolves in the rain, seen pride make a man put a hole in his name. They told me, “Stay solid,” but the ground kept shaking, fake love sweet till the whole shit breaking. I had one hand praying, one hand gripping my fear, trying not to let the devil sit too close in my ear. Ain’t no movie scene when the ambulance late, ain’t no trophy in a grave, ain’t no crown in a case. I was wild, I was hurt, I was dumb, I was numb, I mistook being feared for becoming someone. [Hook] Dirt road demons riding with me, dust in the wind, pain in my kidney. Lord, I been wrong, but the streets won’t forgive me, every time I heal, them memories hit me. I hear boom-boom-boom when the bassline drops, I hear blue lights singing when my heartbeat stops. Dirt road demons keep calling my name, but I’m trying to walk out of the flames. [Verse 2] County boys cold, got blues in they bones, mama work doubles while we stealing from homes. Not because it’s cool—nah, because broke feel violent, when your stomach get loud and your dreams stay silent. Still, wrong is wrong, and I wear that weight, every door kicked in left a crack in my fate. Every siren I caused put a scar in my chest, every family I hurt put a ghost in my rest. I remember that night when the rain hit tin, and somebody’s little brother never came home again. The block said, “Damn,” then the block moved on, but his mama still screaming at the edge of dawn. That’s the part they don’t rap when they flex them straps, ain’t no rewind button when the whole scene black. Ain’t no glory in blood, ain’t no peace in revenge, just a circle of boys becoming ghosts of men. [Bridge] I been down bad, I been too high, I been two steps from a suit and tie. I been one call from a jailhouse bed, one wrong move from a headline dead. But I’m still here, still breathing through smoke, still got scars where the old me broke. [Final Hook] Dirt road demons riding with me, dust in the wind, pain in my kidney. Lord, I been wrong, but the streets won’t forgive me, every time I heal, them memories hit me. I hear boom-boom-boom when the bassline drops, I hear blue lights singing when my heartbeat stops. Dirt road demons keep calling my name, but I’m trying to walk out of the flames. [Outro] Trying to walk out… Trying to walk out… From the mud… Still standing.
