Fading Sand

Intro - Slow piano melody, heavy drill bass drops, whispered, emotional

Yeah... Time ticking, man.

Can't get it back.

We used to pray for better days, now we just pray for peace.

From the Southside to the whole globe... look.

Yeah.

Verse 1 - Melodic drill flow, introspective, pain in voice

Look at the Rollie, the hands keep spinning

Feels like yesterday we was outside grinning

Now the block cold and the faces look different

Brothers we lost, yeah, the memories slipping

Pacing the room with the pain in my chest

I'm chasing the bag but I'm needing some rest

Drill in my veins but I'm tired of the crying

Tired of the sirens, tired of the dying

Pictures are fading right out of my mind

Can't press rewind on the hands of time

Used to have nightmares out on the street

Now I want peace every time the heart beats

Look at the skyline, it's covered in grey

Washing the blood and the shadows away.

Chorus - Anthemic, auto-tuned, wide reverb, emotional hook

Yeah, time slipping through my fingers like sand

Trying to hold onto the memories, man

Colors washing out, turning pale in the rain

We just want peace, gotta bury the pain

From the Chi to the globe, put the weapons to sleep

For the souls that we lost, for the secrets we keep

Yeah, memories fade but the vision is clear

We just want peace, ain't no room for the fear.

Verse 2 - Same flow, more conscious, storytelling

I look at the news, it's the same old story

Fighting for power, fighting for glory

But what is it worth when you're six feet deep?

When the mothers still mourn and the children still weep?

I come from the trenches, the heart of the drill

Where they taught us survival, where life is a chill

But I'm breaking the cycle, I'm switching the flow

We gotta heal up, we gotta let go

Fading Polaroids, yeah they trapped in the dust

Hard to find love when it's broken by trust

Imagine a world where the choppers stay quiet

No more block wars, no more streets in a riot

Just kids growing up, getting old with a smile

Instead of just living a life on trial.

Chorus - Anthemic, doubled vocals, drill drums rolling

Yeah, time slipping through my fingers like sand

Trying to hold onto the memories, man

Colors washing out, turning pale in the rain

We just want peace, gotta bury the pain

From the Chi to the globe, put the weapons to sleep

For the souls that we lost, for the secrets we keep

Yeah, memories fade but the vision is clear

We just want peace, ain't no room for the fear.

Outro - Beat rides, piano only, spoken, fading out

Just let the beat ride.

Yeah... For everybody we lost on the way.

For the memories fading into the dark.

Let's find some peace.

World peace. Street peace. Inner peace.

Put the guns down.

We out.