Grace Don’t Always

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Intro

Screen door creak in the quiet... Light still on like it don't know what time it is...

Verse 1

Screen door creak when the night get too quiet Same sound it made when I used to slide through it after the hurt Mama left the light on like she ain't know what I did in the dark Or maybe she did and just ain't have the heart to change the lock I walk these blocks like the concrete remember every name I dragged Every promise I bent till it snapped back and cut my hand The ones who still wave do it with they whole hand, fingers spread The ones who don't, I don't blame 'em, I understand what I said Rent week hit different when the weight in your chest ain't about money It's about who you ain't fixed yet I used to move like the dark would hide what I took from the circle Now the dark just show me how long the echo circle The corner store light hit different when you the one they used to trust Now the bell ring and they look up like "oh, it's just him" I ain't asking for no parade, no forgiveness speech on the porch Just tryna walk these same blocks without making the concrete flinch

Chorus

Grace don’t always look like church with the choir singing loud. Sometimes it just the light still on when you pull up to the house. Screen door still creak like it remember your name from before. And somebody inside ain't change the locks on your shame at the door. Grace don’t always come with a sermon or a spotlight on your face Sometimes it just another day you ain't throw it all away in the waste Another chance to be the version they prayed for when you was still good Even if they stopped praying, even if they closed the door like they should Another chance...

Verse 2

I know what I took from the ones who still wave when they see me Took they trust like it was mine to spend, took the peace when they sleep Took the way they used to say my name without that little pause in the middle Now when they see me they smile with they mouth but they eyes do that slow blink I ain't asking for no parade or no "you changed" speech from the ones who left Just tryna be the kind of man that don't make the screen door hesitate when I step The light in the window don't ask who I was last week or last year It just stay on, like it know I still need to see the steps clear I used to think being solid meant never showing the crack in the frame Now I know being solid means showing it and still coming back with the same name The ones who still here don't owe me nothing but they still leave the light And that might be the only sermon I get on these quiet nights

Verse 3

Some nights I still hear the names I ain't said out loud since it happened Some nights the only prayer I got is "please don't let me go back to that action" I ain't tryna perform no redemption arc for the 'Gram or the block Ain't tryna make a sermon out the mess that I am when I talk The gate still open but the hinges remember how I used to slam it Now I close it soft like I'm trying to earn back the right to stand in it The distant music from the neighbor's yard don't play the same songs no more Or maybe it do and I'm the one who changed what the music was for I walk past the family homes where the lights stay on till late And I wonder if they still talk about the night everything changed I ain't perfect, but I'm still here breathing the same humid air And that might be the only grace I get this year

Bridge

I ain't tryna perform no redemption for nobody watching Ain't tryna make the pain pretty so the story got a clean ending Some nights I still hear the names I ain't said since it happened Some nights the only prayer I got is "please don't let me go back" Or maybe I just Maybe I just need the light to stay on a little longer tonight So I can see the steps I still got to make right before the dark decide It don't need me no more

Chorus

Grace don’t always look like church with the choir singing loud Sometimes it just the light still on when you pull up to the house Screen door still creak like it remember your name from before And somebody inside ain't change the locks on your shame at the door Grace don’t always come with a sermon or a spotlight on your face Sometimes it just another day you ain't throw it all away in the waste Another chance to be the version they prayed for when you was still good Even if they stopped praying, even if they closed the door like they should Another chance...

Outro

The light still on in the window on 224th... Screen door still creak like it remember... I ain't perfect, but I'm still here And that might be the only grace I get this year Yeah... Another chance...

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