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Intro

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Mm-hmm

Yeah

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Verse 1

Used to creep through the streets with my gun

Fingers twitching on the trigger, no reason to pull

Mama cried, she said I was the devil

Ran the block like a demon, never asked for more

Cops on my back, sirens, red and blue

Spent a summer in the streets with the gang

Blood on my hands, I’d done something terrible

Wasn’t something I was proud of, wasn’t nothing new

Chorus

Life was hard back then

Shooting guns and losing friends

Life was hard back then

Now I’m cuddling up a bitch

Verse 2

Now I’m waking up slow with her arm on my chest

Phone on the nightstand, no more bulletproof vest

She kisses my scarred-up shoulder, traces lines on my skin

Tells me, boy, you gotta breathe, let the good stuff in

I don’t do gang life, now I’m living in peace

Trade the whole damn block for one quiet night

Used to count my enemies, now I count my blessings

Learned to hold a woman steadier than I held a weapon

Chorus

Life was hard back then

Shooting guns and losing friends

Life was hard back then

Now I’m holding something warm instead

Warm instead

Warm instead

Bridge

Same hands that did damage, now they braid her hair

Same heart that was troubled, now I’m showing her care

I ain’t running, I ain’t ducking, I ain’t looking back

Just a man writing a song about his past like that

Chorus

Life was hard back then

Shooting guns and losing friends

Life was hard back then

Now I’m cuddling up a bitch

Warm instead

Warm instead

Post-Chorus

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Yeah

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Outro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Warm instead

Warm instead