Polaroids In My Backpack

[Intro]

Backpack

Snapshots

Click, flash

Run it back (run it back!)

[Chorus]

Polaroids in my backpack

Whole damn past in a Ziploc bag

Folded-up dreams, yeah, I lived like that

Still hear the train when I unzip that flap

Polaroids in my backpack

Faces I lost, keep talkin’ right back

If I get stuck, I just thumb that stack

Old world, new world, same old track (yeah)

[Verse 1]

Corner store lotto, change in a cup

Auntie by the window yellin’, “Pick that up”

Graffiti on the shutters, half peeled, half proud

Sirens in the distance like a half-drunk crowd

Photo of my brother on the park-side rail

Grin so wide you can’t see the stale

Next day, chalk on the same cold ground

Camera in my hand, but I can’t press down

Got a shot of my mom in a hair-net shift

Steam on the glass, eyes say “don’t quit”

Bus ride home, city hum too loud

I’m writin’ on the back, tryna make her proud

[Chorus]

Polaroids in my backpack

Whole damn past in a Ziploc bag

Folded-up dreams, yeah, I lived like that

Still hear the train when I unzip that flap

Polaroids in my backpack

Faces I lost, keep talkin’ right back

If I get stuck, I just thumb that stack

Old world, new world, same old track (uh)

[Verse 2]

Schoolyard chain-link, rust on my sleeve

First time tagged, first time believed

Photo of the crew on a busted bench seat

One turned ghost, one locked, one switched streets

Got a shot of that winter where the heat went off

We were burnin’ old mail just to hold that loft

Frost on the glass, breath drawin’ hearts

I was hummin’ little hooks tryna warm my thoughts

Fast-forward, studio, same old kid

Backpack on the chair like it pays the rent

I pull another picture when the words feel thin

If you hear my story, you’re just lookin’ at them

[Chorus]

Polaroids in my backpack

Whole damn past in a Ziploc bag

Folded-up dreams, yeah, I lived like that

Still hear the train when I unzip that flap

Polaroids in my backpack

Every old frame put the new me back

Polaroids in my backpack

Every old frame put the new me back

If I get lost, I just thumb that stack

Old world, new world, same old track (same old track)