Block Party Tears

[[Chorus] Akon]

Oh-oh, I see you running through the night

Tears falling from your eyes

I know the struggle deep inside

But some things never change

Some things never change

Verse 1: 50 Cent

Yeah, come on

Corner store, trench coat, forty below

Bricks wrapped in plastic, money gotta grow

Cops on the left, snitches on the right

I move through the shadows when they turn off the lights

Mama said slow down, I ain't tryna hear it

Crown heavy on my head but I gotta wear it

Nine lives used up, this the eighth one

Praying to a God I ain't never made one

[[Chorus] Akon]

Oh-oh, I see you running through the night

Tears falling from your eyes

I know the struggle deep inside

But some things never change

Some things never change

Verse 2: Akon

I grew up where the sidewalks crack

Daddy never came back, mama never looked back

Had to find my own way through the fire and rain

Learned to smile through the hurt and the pain

Now I'm standing on the edge looking down at the past

All the faces I lost, none of them lasted

I forgave but I never forgot where I'm from

Every scar on my skin tells me where I belong

[[Chorus] Akon]

Oh-oh, I see you running through the night

Tears falling from your eyes

I know the struggle deep inside

But some things never change

Some things never change

Bridge

Oh, the streets don't love you back

They just take what you lack

But I made it through the dark

Carrying these broken parts

Oh-oh, oh-oh

[[Chorus] Akon]

Oh-oh, I see you running through the night

Tears falling from your eyes

I know the struggle deep inside

But some things never change

Some things never change