Hood Life

Intro

Hood life, hood life, yeah (ayy)

Hood life, hood life, uh-huh (skrrt)

Verse

Raised where the stoop turned into school, we learned from the pavement

Mama prayed on receipts, folded hope in the basement

Dice on the corner, cold breath and warm hands

We traded promises for plans, late nights, quick bands

Sirens sing the chorus, but we keep composing lines

Pocket lint and dreams, mixing change with good times

Got brothers with angels sleeves, tattoos and caution

We count wins in small crowns, pay dues in lost options

Back door deals, back room feels, loyalty like glue

If you look like you folding, they gon' bet against you

I seen good men crack when temptation tapped the lock

Seen fake smiles in true friends, learned to hold the block

Paper chase at dawn, pizza boxes, coffee stains

We hustle 'til the sunrise looks like money in our veins

My mama told me patience, my pops taught me the math

Add respect, subtract the noise, multiply the path

We move like chess not checkers, watch the kings, watch the pawns

When the streetlight hums, we sing another yawn (yeah)

Concrete gardens, roses grew through cracks and grime

We plant our name on every corner, mark the time

No cape, just a coat with a hoodie tied tight

We pray in the hallway, hustle in the daylight (ayy)

Chorus

Hood life, we ride, we ride (we ride, we ride)

Hood life, survive the night (survive the night)

Hood life, raise your hands (raise 'em up), stand tall (stand tall)

Hood life, we don't fold, no we don't fall (no we don't fall)

Hood life, we ride, we ride (we ride, we ride)

Hood life, survive the night (survive the night)

Hood life, raise your hands (raise 'em up), stand tall (stand tall)

Hood life, we don't fold, no we don't fall (no we don't fall)

Hood life, we ride, we ride (we ride, we ride)

Hood life, survive the night (survive the night)

Hood life, raise your hands (raise 'em up), stand tall (stand tall)

Hood life, we don't fold, no we don't fall (no we don't fall)

Hood life, we ride, we ride (we ride, we ride)

Hood life, survive the night (survive the night)

Hood life, raise your hands (raise 'em up), stand tall (stand tall)

Hood life, we don't fold, no we don't fall (no we don't fall)

Verse

Clock ticks loud when the block's breathing slow

Neighbors keep secrets in mail slots they won't show

We barter time for paper, barter trust for a smile

Count the steps to freedom, it's a long, long mile

I got little homies staring at my old shoes

Asking where I found the courage, where I learned to move

I tell 'em keep your head up, keep your hands clean

Let your mind be the engine, let your hustle be mean

Lost some on the pavement, kept some in my chest

Made a promise to the absent, to give them their best

We pray on stoops, pass love like platters of bread

Share the little we have, keep the hunger fed

When the block whispers (shh), we answer with a plan

When they throw