Corner Store Confessions

Verse 1

Corner store lights flicker on a trembling street

Every soul I know got a story incomplete

Pocket full of trouble and a wallet full of lint

Mama prayed for me but the pavement don't repent

I move quiet through the block like a shadow with a limp

Cold nights teach a man how to fold and how to skim

Pre-Chorus

They don't see the weight I carry

They don't hear the names I bury

Every step a little wary

Every hand a little scary

Chorus

Trembling nation

We don't sleep we just wait

Trembling nation

Every door every gate

Trembling nation

Hold your breath hold your ground

Trembling nation

Ain't no peace to be found

Post-Chorus

(No peace no peace)

Ain't no peace to be found

(No peace no peace)

Hold your breath hold your ground

Verse 2

Uncle did a nickel came home older than his age

Cousin caught a case and they wrote it on a page

I ain't built for cages but I'm built for the escape

Sunday morning service then I'm back to movin weight

Barber shop confessions turn to whispers turn to lies

Half the homies smiling got a different set of eyes

Pre-Chorus

They don't see the weight I carry

They don't hear the names I bury

Every step a little wary

Every hand a little scary

Chorus

Trembling nation

We don't sleep we just wait

Trembling nation

Every door every gate

Trembling nation

Hold your breath hold your ground

Trembling nation

Ain't no peace to be found

Post-Chorus

(No peace no peace)

Ain't no peace to be found

(No peace no peace)

Hold your breath hold your ground

Bridge

Steady hands steady plans steady pain

Steady rain on a window I can't name

If I make it out I'll send a letter back

Tell 'em all the things I never got to say

Chorus

Trembling nation

We don't sleep we just wait

Trembling nation

Every door every gate

Trembling nation

Hold your breath hold your ground

Trembling nation

Ain't no peace to be found

Post-Chorus

(No peace no peace)

Ain't no peace to be found

(No peace no peace)

Hold your breath hold your ground