Empty corner
Same old sirens
Blue tape flappin
Wind just noddin' (yeah)
Broken bottle by the bus stop
Baby stroller near the bus stop
Two kids splitting one hot chip
Laughing while they watch a handoff
Phone glow hiding in a hoodie
Grandma praying in the window
She know every code on the scanner
Still hangs clothes on the same rope
Street sign tagged like a grave list
Names stacked up like they came back
Mural on the wall got fresh flowers
Candle wax stuck in the train tracks
Engine idle at the light, too long
Driver staring at the rearview
Wonder if he see the same ghosts
Or just looking for the plain-clothes
Sidewalk sirens, talking all night
Every scream echo off the brick line
Whole block breathing like a flat line
Still we walk straight through the stop signs
Sidewalk sirens, half-price halos
Crime scene tape in the halos
If the sky cry, let the rain know
We just tryna make it home on these same roads
Corner store bell got a sharp ring
Clerk watching pockets, not the TV
Lottery line, same three numbers
Hope stretched thinner than a EBT
Young boy tucking that cold steel
Heart beat louder than the traffic
He just wanted shoes for the season
Now he thinking 'bout a casket
Detective car creeping too slow
Everybody act like they don't see
But the tension sit on each shoulder
Like a hand they can't really shake free
Mama keep the chain on the door now
Talk through metal when the knock hit
But the danger in the hallway air
Travel under doors like gossip
Sidewalk sirens, talking all night
Every scream echo off the brick line
Whole block breathing like a flat line
Still we walk straight through the stop signs
Sidewalk sirens, half-price halos
Crime scene tape in the halos
If the sky cry, let the rain know
We just tryna make it home on these same roads
How you judge what you never stayed in
How you preach when you never paid in
You just see clips on a screen
We got chalk dust under our laces
Sidewalk sirens, talking all night
Every scream echo off the brick line
Whole block breathing like a flat line
Still we walk straight through the stop signs
Sidewalk sirens, half-price halos
Crime scene tape in the halos
If the sky cry, let the rain know
We just tryna make it home on these same roads