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Liberty City Psalms lyrics
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Intro
Yuh... Liberty City, 3 AM, garage light flickering... for you, shorty.
Verse 1
Salt air hit the block, mixing with the weed smoke from the corner Kids playing in the heat, congas bumping while the sirens holler Liberty City lights, causeway glowing like a false promise Tourists throwing bands on the beach, we counting change in the projects Moms praying on the porch, Bible open, eyes on the sky Dad ghosted when the county came, left me learning how to slide The 95 humming at night, Hialeah to Broward line I’m twenty-three with a daughter, finna break what the system designed
Chorus
For you, shorty, I keep it real in the 305 For you, I stay out them streets, stay alive Causeway vows in the dark, we still rise For you, I write these psalms, on God we survive For you, yuh... for you, yuh... Liberty City psalms, keep us calm in the storm
Verse 2
Waking up to the Metrorail rattle, fridge empty again Baby girl laughing while I’m stressing ‘bout the rent Working doubles at the hotel, cleaning rooms for the rich Smiling at tourists while my heart feel like a ditch Lost my patna to the drac last summer in Overtown Watched the candlelight vigil, tears mixing with the rain coming down I could’ve slid for revenge, but her eyes said “stay clean” So I’m in this garage at midnight, turning pain into a dream
Chorus
For you, shorty, I keep it real in the 305 For you, I stay out them streets, stay alive Causeway vows in the dark, we still rise For you, I write these psalms, on God we survive For you, yuh... for you, yuh... Liberty City psalms, keep us calm in the storm
Verse 3
Gentrification creeping, pushing families out the Grove New condos on the block where we used to play dominoes The same city throwing parties, Biscayne lights shining bright While we dodging the county, trying not to lose the fight Hurricanes in the soul, flooding every dream we chase 954 to 305, same pain in every face The system got us trapped, but the music got the key I’m speaking for the unheard, the ones they never see
Bridge
I ain’t perfect, bruh... but for her, I’m trying...
Verse 4
Remember when the corner store was the only safe spot Now the opps sliding through, turning love into a plot Single moms holding it down, three jobs, no sleep Raising kings and queens in the heat, praying they don’t repeat The Haitian flags waving, Jamaican patois in the air Community holding us when the world didn’t care Lost too many to the trap, too many to the gun But the garage light still on, the work ain’t done
Verse 5
So this the vow across the causeway, from the hood to the stars I’m breaking every chain, turning scars into bars For every kid in the 305 feeling like they lost The music is the bridge, the truth is the cost We gon’ make it out, not just for the fame For the legacy, the love, for the ones with my name Liberty City raised me, Miami shaped the fight But the psalms in the garage gon’ light up the night
Chorus
For you, shorty, I keep it real in the 305 For you, I stay out them streets, stay alive Causeway vows in the dark, we still rise For you, I write these psalms, on God we survive For you, yuh... for you, yuh... Liberty City psalms, keep us calm in the storm
Outro
Yuh... for you.
Inside the recording
Yuh... Liberty City, 3 AM, garage light flickering... for you, shorty.
For you, shorty, I keep it real in the 305 For you, I stay out them streets, stay alive
Yuh... for you.
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