Cold Steps

I took cold steps through the backstreets, heart on freeze (heart on freeze)

Had dreams bigger than the flats with the mould on the east

Grew up hearing sirens, not symphonies

Mum said pray, but the block had a grip on me

Bro said trap or rap, that's the only route

I chose pads over grams, tryna pen my truth

But the pain never left, it just changed its suit

Now I wear trauma in lyrics and tailor the booth

First friend switched like lights when the feds came

Swore on his mum but he gave out my gov name

Sat in the station, thoughts in a tight loop

How we used to ride bikes, now he riding with a new troop

Eyes wide, saw loyalty get auctioned

Watched man sell souls for a box or a portion

It's deeper than rap, this is ink in a coffin

Every bar's a scar from nights I felt forgotten

(Every bar's a scar from nights I felt forgotten)

Every bar's a scar from nights I felt forgotten

They never cared when I had holes in my crep

Now they rate man 'cause I rose from the steps

Used to write bars in the dark, no desk

Just pain on the page and stress in my chest

Got calls from the ends like, "Kingish, he's next"

But where was the love when I had no connects?

Where was the fam when I needed a text?

Same ones ghost now reposting my flex

I remember mum used to buss me a plate

'Til I caught moving food with the jakes

Sat me down, said, "It's survival, mate"

But how you feed the feds off the hunger I ate?

Every man has a price in this game of deceit

Some sell dreams, some just sell peace

I chose bars, truth over deceit

Now I turn memories into gold on beats (beats)

Now I turn memories into gold on beats

Uh, ayy, woah

Cold hearts, warm lies, that's the code they keep

But I kept it real even when I couldn't eat

Had snakes in my circle, wolves in the street

Had to burn bridges just to feel my feet

I seen man die over pride and a postcode