808s and Stains

Verse 1

Still angry when I wake up

Mama crying on the phone again

Lost my brother to them streets last winter

Now I'm stacking for his memory and them ends

Concrete cold where I'm standing

But my chest is burning warm

They took my best friend and my patience

Now the pain is my only uniform

Pre-Chorus

I ride slow through the boulevard

Window tinted like my view

Everybody wants a piece of me

But ain't nobody got a clue

Chorus

808s pounding through the frame

Heavy on my chest like the hurt I can't explain

My city knows my name but they don't know my shame

Sold my soul for a chain now I'm praying for rain

Post-Chorus

808s 808s

Pumping through the frame

808s 808s

Can't wash off the stain

Verse 2

New money but it feel like old dirt

Every handshake hiding a blade

I smile at the cameras while I'm bleeding

Nobody sees the mess I've made

Tears falling but the beat won't stop

Gotta keep the motor running loud

If I stop to think about where I came from

The sorrow might pull me down

Pre-Chorus

I ride slow through the boulevard

Can't escape what I've been through

Everybody wants a piece of me

But nobody knows the truth

Chorus

808s pounding through the frame

Heavy on my chest like the hurt I can't explain

My city knows my name but they don't know my shame

Sold my soul for a chain now I'm praying for rain

Post-Chorus

808s 808s

Pumping through the frame

808s 808s

Can't wash off the stain

Bridge

They see gold they see the glory

They don't see the sleepless nights

They see shine they see the story

They don't see the faded lights

Chorus

808s pounding through the frame

Heavy on my chest like the hurt I can't explain

My city knows my name but they don't know my shame

Sold my soul for a chain now I'm praying for rain

Post-Chorus

808s 808s

Pumping through the frame

808s 808s

Can't wash off the stain