Actions Not Phrases

Intro

Mm

Uh

Block talk

Yeah

Chorus

Same corner where they caught me slipping

I ain't trip I just tightened up my laces

Mama told me watch the ones who smile

I been counting faces in the strangest places

Same corner where they caught me slipping

I ain't trip I just tightened up my laces

Loyalty a word they throw around

I need actions I don't need the phrases

Verse 1

Woke up to a text that said be careful

Threw my hoodie on and hit the alley

Everybody wanna know my story

Nobody was there when it got ugly

Cousin did a bid he came home different

Staring at the wall like it owe him something

I just stack my bread and move in silence

Loudest ones be first to hit the pavement

Chorus

Same corner where they caught me slipping

I ain't trip I just tightened up my laces

Mama told me watch the ones who smile

I been counting faces in the strangest places

Same corner where they caught me slipping

I ain't trip I just tightened up my laces

Loyalty a word they throw around

I need actions I don't need the phrases

Verse 2

Little brother asking when I'm coming home

Told him soon but I don't know the answer

Teachers wrote me off as just a number

Now they see my name and act like fans though

I remember winter with no heat on

Sleeping with my sneakers by the mattress

Every single loss I turned to lessons

Every single lesson turned to armor

Chorus

Same corner where they caught me slipping

I ain't trip I just tightened up my laces

Mama told me watch the ones who smile

I been counting faces in the strangest places

Same corner where they caught me slipping

I ain't trip I just tightened up my laces

Loyalty a word they throw around

I need actions I don't need the phrases

Bridge

Grind slow

Stay low

Watch close

Let go

Chorus

Same corner where they caught me slipping

I ain't trip I just tightened up my laces

Mama told me watch the ones who smile

I been counting faces in the strangest places

Same corner where they caught me slipping

I ain't trip I just tightened up my laces

Loyalty a word they throw around

I need actions I don't need the phrases