Lyrics
[verse]
Streetlight flickers on a corner I still know
Every choice I made here left a shadow in the snow
They said the block would kill me or would make me twice as hard
Now I'm walking through it heavy, watching my own guard
Momma prayed a rosary every single night I ran
Didn't understand it then, I do now that I'm a man
Every scar's a lesson, every lesson costs a piece
Trying to find a exit, trying to find some peace
[chorus]
You picked yourself a battle, you picked yourself a war
Now you're standing in the wreckage wondering what it's for
Got yourself a heavy load, got yourself a name
Living in the aftermath, nothing stays the same
[verse]
Boom bap in the background like a heartbeat on the wall
Every verse I'm spitting is a witness to it all
Watched my brothers scatter, some to prison, some to dust
I write it down so no one ever say we turned to rust
Dark beat, darker city, darker nights that never end
Still I'm looking for the sunrise around every bend
This ain't glorifying, this is telling what I seen
Between the lines of struggle is a story still unclean
[chorus]
You picked yourself a battle, you picked yourself a war
Now you're standing in the wreckage wondering what it's for
Got yourself a heavy load, got yourself a name
Living in the aftermath, nothing stays the same
[bridge]
I ain't asking pity, I ain't asking praise
Just a little room to breathe through all my darker days
Every block got a story, every story got a cost
I'm still counting brothers that we already lost
[chorus]
You picked yourself a battle, you picked yourself a war
Now you're standing in the wreckage wondering what it's for
Got yourself a heavy load, got yourself a name
Living in the aftermath, nothing stays the same
