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STILL SOLID lyrics
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Intro
Block ain't changed much, same cracks in the sidewalk Same corner store, same faces, different small talk
Verse 1
Feet hurt from standing but that's how you know you was present Back aching, warehouse dust still fresh in my denim Phone buzzing 'fore I hit the porch, everybody need something Daughter pressed against the screen door, face lit up for nothing Just 'cause I came home - that's the part that recalibrate Neighbor nod like they know what I carried through the gate Same block I used to post on, same lamp flickering yellow But I walk different now, shoulders lighter, eyes settled
Pre-chorus
They ask if I went soft, nah I just picked what's worth the consequence
Chorus
Still solid, I ain't never fold Same hands, different thing to hold Still solid, ten toes in the cold I just learned what's worth more than gold Still solid
Verse 2
D-Block got twenty years, I saw his mama at the store She grabbed my arm like I was him, held on a second more Lil Kev ain't coming back, they put the teddy bears on Seventh That's three this year and we ain't even close to November I used to sit passenger, window cracked, hand on the - Nah, let me rephrase that, I sat in rooms where choices narrowed Where the line between what kept you fed and what could end you Was thinner than the walls inside these apartments, I meant to
Pre-chorus
They wonder how I sleep at night I sleep 'cause I decided what I'm willing to lose
Chorus
Still solid, I ain't never fold Same hands, different thing to hold Still solid, ten toes in the cold I just learned what's worth more than gold Still solid, still solid
Verse 3
My daughter asked me why we lock the door three times at night I told her habit, but we both know that's a different kind of right I'm teaching her to read the room before she read a book 'Cause where we from, the wrong expression get you overlooked or took Community garden on the lot they used to - Nah, it's a garden now, that's all it need to be I show up Saturdays, dirt underneath my nails Same hands that used to - listen, now they plant what heals
Bridge
She drew a picture of me at the kitchen table Wrote "safe" underneath in purple crayon That word hit different from a five-year-old
Verse 4
I don't need a podium to tell you what's authentic Every scar I carry got a story I ain't mention But I stand here, solid, 'cause my daughter's watching close And the version she remember is the one I'm building most Won't get pushed, won't get pulled, won't abandon what's essential Read the room, know the temperature, I'm calm but not gentle Meaning if you test the water, understand the current's deep I just chose to build a bridge instead of what I used to keep
Chorus
Still solid, I ain't never fold Same hands, different thing to hold Still solid, ten toes in the cold I just learned what's worth more than gold Still solid, yeah we still here We ain't going nowhere Still solid
Outro
Same pavement raised me, same pavement hold me up Only difference now is what I'm carrying is enough
Inside the recording
Block ain't changed much, same cracks in the sidewalk Same corner store, same faces, different small talk
They ask if I went soft, nah I just picked what's worth the consequence
Same pavement raised me, same pavement hold me up Only difference now is what I'm carrying is enough
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