Whispers In The Alley

[Verse 1]

Cold brick

Palm on the wall, feel it twitch

Shadows in a row, they flinch

Name on a list, get scratched, no glitch

Half-step footsteps trail my heel

Side-eye demons ask, “you for real?”

Back of the car, trunk don’t squeal

Only thing loud is the way I deal (shh)

[Chorus]

Whispers in the alley, say my name soft

Pray you never hear it from the rooftop

Night got teeth, watch the jaws lock

If you feel that tremor in your rib cage—don’t talk (don’t talk)

Whispers in the alley, breathe that frost

You can pay in blood or you take that loss

Eyes straight down when the doors pop

If you feel that tremor in your rib cage—don’t talk (nah, don’t talk)

[Verse 2]

Three dots

Message on my cracked screen, “watch”

Clock hit twelve, whole block on watch

One wrong word make your heart unclutch

Hand in my coat, two lives in it

One for the law, one line, then quit it

Mouth say chill, but my mind stay vivid

Hear a laugh in the drain, swear the pipes got spirits

[Bridge]

[Beat drops to piano and sub, breathing close to mic]

I move in code

Eyes on the road

If you know, you know

If you don’t—you ghost

I move in code

Street so cold

If you know, you know

If you don’t—you gone

[Chorus]

Whispers in the alley, say my name soft

Pray you never hear it from the rooftop

Night got teeth, watch the jaws lock

If you feel that tremor in your rib cage—don’t talk (don’t talk)

Whispers in the alley, breathe that frost

You can pay in blood or you take that loss

Eyes straight down when the doors pop

If you feel that tremor in your rib cage—don’t talk (shh, don’t talk)