We Run Forever

Fire in the rain on the midnight street

Used to crush hard, now I move so clean

Kids changed my life, they rewired my heart

Pulled me from the dark when the nights fell apart

I seen the straps, the blinds, the crime

Now I count small blessings one day at a time

Still miss that life when the bass hit low

But I chose my home and I chose to grow

We burn forever

But we never say goodbye

To the pain and the pressure

We keep that fire alive

We burn forever

We might stand up high

From the street to the future

I still hear the cry

Retired, crash out, I don't chase that thrill

Got a reason to protect what my kids give still

The block taught lessons, the scars taught truth

But my daughters and my sons made a new me do

Every loss got weight, every win got earned

Every wrong turned back then is a page I learned

Now I speak with calm and a heavy tone

Through the new kind of empire from the dirt and bone

We run forever

But we never say goodbye

To the pain and the pressure

We keep that fire alive

We run forever

Bend my head up high

From the street to the future

I still hear the cry