[Intro]
Yeah
I came up where it’s cold at
Same hoodie, same stoop, same cul-de-sac
Whole life on that one-way, no goin’ back (nah)
[Chorus]
Block ties, I got brothers on the front line (front line)
Eyes wide, we been posted on the same side (same side)
Glock talk, I ain’t speakin’ in a punchline (uh-uh)
If it’s up, then it’s up, we don’t run, slime (never)
Block ties, every corner got a ghost name
War time, every hoodie say the same gang
Pray the ones that I love never switch lanes
’Cause we came from the mud and the gun flame (gun flame)
[Verse 1]
Whole crew grew up in that Section 8
Stove light, first time that I seen a plate
Back door, heard stories how they took his chain
Ain’t nobody say a word, just memorized the face
Mama cryin’, rent late, she ain’t sleep right
Big bro trappin’ just to keep the fridge light
Two phones buzzin’, he was tryna beat life
Judge gave his homie twenty, that’s a cheap price
Every corner got a mural and a birthday
Graduation pics sittin’ on a church stage
We was kids throwin’ rocks at the Thursday
Now we duckin’ blue lights on the worst days
[Chorus]
Block ties, I got brothers on the front line (front line)
Eyes wide, we been posted on the same side (same side)
Glock talk, I ain’t speakin’ in a punchline (nah)
If it’s up, then it’s up, we don’t run, slime (never)
Block ties, every corner got a ghost name
War time, every hoodie say the same gang
Pray the ones that I love never switch lanes
’Cause we came from the mud and the gun flame (gun flame)
[Verse 2]
Heard they droppin’ by the park where we grew up
Little homies in the dark tryna prove stuff
Every story that they tell got a tool tucked
Every house on the street got the doors shut
Opp car slow roll where the store at
Auntie say she hear shots in her dreams now
We was laughin’ on the steps, where the fiends at
Now it’s yellow tape wrapped ’round the scene now
I done lost too many faces to the same map
Same block, same beef, different stained hat
I be prayin’ that my brothers get a plane pass
Before the concrete take ’em to the main shaft
[Chorus]
Block ties, I got brothers on the front line (front line)
Eyes wide, we been posted on the same side (same side)
Glock talk, I ain’t speakin’ in a punchline (uh-uh)
If it’s up, then it’s up, we don’t run, slime (never)
[2x]
Block ties, every corner got a ghost name
War time, every hoodie say the same gang
Pray the ones that I love never switch lanes
’Cause we came from the mud and the gun flame (gun flame)