Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah
uh, come on now
You know the sound
Let's go
[Verse 1]
From the block where the fiends used to linger
Hands in my pocket so my chain won't glimmer
Saw my whole future in a broken mirror
If you ain't from here you better not get familiar
Made my name on a corner with no pity
Every scar on my palm tells a story for the city
Sleep with my back to the door not my ego
Niggas smile to your face then they feed you
[Chorus]
This the life we was handed
Rubber bands and what the block demanded
Queens to the Bronx
Legacy in the concrete
Every hustle got a cost
And we pay it so complete
[Post-Chorus]
We pay it so complete
Walk with heavy feet
We pay it so complete
[Verse 2]
They wrote our names on the wall with a promise
Can't erase the truth when the streets bear homage
I came up with the scarred and the shameless
Treated every winter like the summer was faithless
Two ways out the hood and both got deep
But the coldest hearts learned to smile in their sleep
Turned my losses into lessons in the wire
Fire in my blood on the night shift, wired
[Chorus]
This the life we was handed
Rubber bands and what the block demanded
Queens to the Bronx
Legacy in the concrete
Every hustle got a cost
And we pay it so complete
[Post-Chorus]
We pay it so complete
Walk with heavy feet
We pay it so complete
[Bridge]
No ghostwriter for a life that I lived
Every line is a wound that refused to forgive
If you never walked these blocks
You don't know what it cost
You don't know what it cost
[Chorus]
This the life we was handed
Rubber bands and what the block demanded
Queens to the Bronx
Legacy in the concrete
Every hustle got a cost
And we pay it so complete
[Outro]
You know how we do
We stay thorough
Forever and always
Yeah