Two Words

Prologue

Sirens in the sand, smoke twistin' with the dawn

Border fence rustin', secrets gettin' drawn

Ay, mother, the North don't see my pain

Boot prints in the dust, tequila for the rain

Verse 0

Why, why, why… ice actin' like heat

Why they pretendin', they runnin' these streets?

How, how, how… HOW?

Cold eyes, warm tongues, tell me now

Low, low, low… two words—FUCK OFF

You're traitors, barely bluffin', surrender at the cut-off

Bored, bored, border guard, everybody’s yard

Earth is all of ours, ain't nobody scarred

So, so, so… hard, unlucky class

Low on the ladder, but we still gon' pass

Hook

Low, low, low on the ladder—low, low, low, we know

Wee grow, we know someday we’ll fly

Back home, back home, back home, we know

No division, we know we can be risen

So… so… so… on we go—together

Interlude

Laugh, laugh, laughin’ at the border guards

Actin’ like they're hard—naw, naw…

Make ‘em disappear—yeah, yeah, yeah

miles

Got a pocket full of dreams and files

Verse 1

Two words

Dropped like stones, cut bone-deep

My mama's voice in my mind, never sleep

Front porch peeling, paint chips in the wind

Rain mixing with the heat, humid skin

Downtown drifters

Gold teeth, slow speech

My city don’t blink, it just breathes

Moonlight cut corners, I duck in the shade

Muddy sneakers slappin' slow on shattered pavement

Raised by the loud crowd, always too proud

Money talks, but it ain't too loud

I run, never looking

Never lost, just booking

Chasing chi in the night, crooked

Chorus

Tell me where you go when the road gets cold

Tell me why I stay when it hurts my soul

I got scars on scars

Still riding with my squad

Tell me where you go when the road gets cold

Tell me why I stay when it hurts my soul

Post-Chorus

Ooh, still here

Ooh, still here

Ooh, still here

Never disappear

Verse 2

Sunday sunrise

Tires on gravel, wild grin wide

Dreams drag, but my hunger drives

Mama’s old car, war stories in the dash

Laugh lines, every memory stashed

Still got fake gold round my wrist

But I shine every day that I exist

Boys on the corner, plotting, never plan

I walk past, sneakerprints in the sand

Three times I fell

Three old scars, stitched well

Three more miles till I rebel

Stop, start, repeat

This city spits, but I don’t retreat

Chorus

Tell me where you go when the road gets cold

Tell me why I stay when it hurts my soul

I got scars on scars

Still riding with my squad

Tell me where you go when the road gets cold

Tell me why I stay when it hurts my soul

Post-Chorus

Ooh, still here

Ooh, still here

Ooh, still here

Never disappear

Bridge

Run slow

Sometimes, even heroes hide

Run slow

Sometimes, even strong hearts cry

Swear I keep moving, I won’t lie

Hope in my back pocket, that’s why

Chorus

Tell me where you go when the road gets cold

Tell me why I stay when it hurts my soul

I got scars on scars

Still riding with my squad

Tell me where you go when the road gets cold

Tell me why I stay when it hurts my soul

Post-Chorus

Ooh, still here

Ooh, still here

Ooh, still here

Never disappear