Water By The Back Door

Name: Water By The Back Door
Duration: 255 s
Description: Water By The Back Door by mBaileyz. From the artist’s lyric sheet: “And that rain don't care who you is It come through the cracks where the hurt all live I was made in…”

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Water By The Back Door lyrics

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Intro

Porch light flicker, same prayer, same night Water by the back door, we still sleepin' light

Verse 1

Auntie got an efficiency cut by a sheet in the hall Cousin on the floor, work boots lined on the wall Sink drip all night, soundin' like a cheap clock Landlord want it first, don't care what the week got Bus stop heat hit hard through the black tee Sweat run down the spine, still I can't miss that freebie Corner store cafecito, twenty on pump three Pastel by the beach, pain on my street ugly Mama keep the bills in a bowl by the stove light FPL high, phone low, everybody hold tight Storm clouds sit mean over blocks with no shade Lil bro say he good, I can see when he ain't Sirens in the distance, kids ridin' with bald tires Old heads on the milk crate talkin' through small fires I learned how to smile with my jaw clenched shut City got a gold face, but the core all cut

Pre-chorus

And that rain don't care who you is It come through the cracks where the hurt all live I was made in the pressure, I don't talk that much But the house breathe pain when the dark pull up

Chorus

Water by the back door, still we don't fold Same damp wall, same hand on the stove Rent due, heart bruised, pride on swole We was young, gettin' old on this side of the road Water by the back door, still we won't bend When the flood hit the floor, we just lift it again Whole city shine, but the hurt don't end If you feel me, then you know where I been

Verse 2

My dawg took the county route, came home more quiet Now he stare at the fan like he tryna not riot Girl on the line say she tired of the strain Says love feel cheap when survival in the way I get it, every text got stress in the tone Everybody need money, nobody need poems But I still write pain in the notes on my phone 'Cause if I don't bleed it out, then it harden like stone Seen abuela wipe mold from the base of the crib Then cook for eight people like it is what it is Seen men break down in the whip at the light Then straighten they face when the kids come in sight It's a code in the hood, don't drown where they see you So we joke through the hurt, let the laughter mislead you But grief got weight, and it sit in the chest Like wet clothes on skin when you needin' some rest

Pre-chorus

And that rain don't care who you is It come through the cracks where the hurt all live I was made in the pressure, I don't talk that much But the house breathe pain when the dark pull up

Chorus

Bridge

Porch light flicker Mama said, "Breathe, baby" I ain't cry in years But tonight feel heavy If the roof cave in We still hold each other Ain't no choir here Just blood and the thunder

Chorus

Outro

Porch light flicker, same prayer, same night Water by the back door, still alive Hard stop

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