The Streets Don't Love You

[Intro]
Yeah…
Midnight on the block, streetlights hummin’
Heart heavy, mind sharp
Listen close
[Verse 1]
Born where the heat stay on even when winter cold
Sirens write the soundtrack to the stories untold
Mama held it down with a prayer and a stare
While the rent stayed late and the cupboards stayed bare
I learned math from survival and nickels on scales
Learned trust from the nights when my phone never rang
Homies said forever, but forever got short
When the money came quicker than the morals we taught
I seen love turn thin when the pressure applied
Same hands that hugged you be the ones that decide
If you worth the risk when the drama ignite
Or if they disappearin’ when the beef gettin’ live
Every corner had a lesson, every loss left a scar
We was dreamin’ bout the top from the back of a car
Tryna make sense of a world that don’t care
Where survival a skill and peace feel rare
[Chorus]
They say the streets don’t love you, they just mold you
Break you down slow, then they cold-shoulder
I’m just tryna make it out clean
With my soul intact and my name still me
From the gutter to dreams
I speak for the ones who never got seen
[Verse 2]
I watched brothers turn bitter from a taste of success
Watched others fold quick from the weight of the stress
The system love cages, hate seein’ us fly
Call it justice, but it feel more like disguise
They glamorize pain, then blame us for bleed
Sell fear on the screen, then expect us to be
Calm, collected, when we raised in the storm
Where the wrong move cost you everything you own
Pac in my thoughts, sayin’ “keep your heart pure”
Biggie taught me how to talk slick and still make it endure
I balance both sides of the coin when I speak
Pain in the verses, wisdom in the beat
I ain’t glorify death, I just tell what I saw
Empty chairs at the table, names etched in the wall
If you listen close, every bar is a plea
For the kids on the edge tryin’ hard just to breathe
[Chorus]
They say the streets don’t love you, they just mold you
Break you down slow, then they cold-shoulder
I’m just tryna make it out clean
With my soul intact and my name still me
From the gutter to dreams
I speak for the ones who never got seen
[Verse 3]
Fame look shiny till it isolate
Money come fast, but it don’t translate
To peace of mind or a quiet night
When your past keep knockin’ under neon lights
I lost friends to the cell and the cemetery
Two exits from the game, both temporary
I chose the pen over permanent rage
Tryna spark a little light with every sentence I page
If I fall tomorrow, let ‘em say I stood
For more than survival, I tried to do good
I tried to show love where hate felt easier
Tried to be proof we more than statistics on paper
This for the ones still stuck in the grind
Still prayin’ for signs while they run outta time
Keep pushin’, keep faith, let the truth be your shield
‘Cause the realest thing alive is the pain that you heal
[Outro]
Not for charts, for hearts in the dark. if you’re breathing, you got a chance. Keep walking.

Hard rap mixed with soul, hard kicks,male lead upfront, layered vocals, soul rap vibe