Blood On My Keys

[Intro]

5 a.m. again

Same cold coffee

Same old hoodie

Same new promise (yeah)

[Verse 1]

Cracks in the phone screen

Mama on the home screen

Text say “call me”

But I’m mid scheme

Rent due, heart heavy

Backseat where I kept the duffel ready

Now it’s invoices

Same numbers, less felonies

Lil bro need cleats

He been playing in his school shoes, holes in the feet

I ain’t rich, I’m just rich in the pressure

Every move measured, every loss, lecture

[Chorus]

I got blood on my keys, but I’m playing for my people

Had my back on the wall, now I’m staring at a steeple

Praying over plays, every day, every sequel

Focused on the grind, ’cause the grind feed my people

I got blood on my keys, but the melody is hopeful

Staring at the sky, pockets empty, still I’m soulful

If I gotta crawl just to keep this table full

I’ma bleed on these dreams till the dream turn full (yeah)

[Verse 2]

Uncle in a halfway

Told me “get it straight, they don’t give you halfway”

Every name tatted on my arm like weight

Every promise that I made feel late

Skipped birthdays, chasing advances

Kids at the door think money is magic

They don’t see nights when I sleep in the booth

They just see shoes and assume that’s proof

Silence in the crib, bills stacked on the counter

I’m counting every doubt like an ounce of power

Focused eyes, tunnel vision in the drought

Either break this curse or it break me down, I’m out

[Chorus]

I got blood on my keys, but I’m playing for my people

Had my back on the wall, now I’m staring at a steeple

Praying over plays, every day, every sequel

Focused on the grind, ’cause the grind feed my people

I got blood on my keys, but the melody is hopeful

Staring at the sky, pockets empty, still I’m soulful

If I gotta crawl just to keep this table full

I’ma bleed on these dreams till the dream turn full (yeah, yeah)