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This is my life, just another night in the city
On my way to some shelter, my brother is riding with me
My phone died, now I'm lost and confused
I made a wrong turn that would permanently alter my views

Just keep driving my nigga, you'll find your way back
Turn left, no, turn right, life got no safe maps
On the side of the city where niggas'll blow your face back
For repping the wrong colors on blocks that could cause payback

I seen a man with a gun in his hand in a dark alley
A bandana covered his face and he start scowling
Just then a woman burst out of a house, yelling for help
Another man came rushing right out

The alley man came up from behind and then covered her mouth
The other man grabbed her by the legs as she started to shout

She looked at me, her eyes pleaded for help
Her scream piercing the heavens
My hands locked on the wheel
My blood froze into ice
The cold rushed to my spine
My heart stops in its place
While the dark pumps in my mind

At this time, I just pray that the lord forgive me
I'm just doing my best to escape from the mad city

Slammed my foot like a bitch on the gas
The screams fade in the distance
I feel my sweat as it drips on the dash, uh

We finally made it off the block but my soul is shocked
Like catching a glimpse of the reaper when you hope it's not

I try to make sense of the scene that had just burdened me
Did I just witness abduction, rape or a murdering?
I can't fathom, the shell shock is absurd to me
Am I the scum of the earth? It slowly occurs to me

I take a glance at my brother, he's as pale as a ghost
But says long as we got each other, we're good
We ain't too far from the hood
Moments of silence are echoing now between us
And I just can't help but think of

So I start to say, "Do you think that-"
But the words get caught in my throat
If I say what I'm thinking, no

It's probably best that I keep it inside
It's probably the same reason I just seen someone die
We made it back safe but the guilt lingers still
Do you know how it feels to see someone
You could've possibly saved getting killed?

It's cause the trauma's good at stomping your voice
We watch atrocities daily
So violence becomes the new doctrine of choice
I'm just a coward in the shape of a man
My karma's coming from every moment
Detached from the empath's hand

And I can pray for all the rest that I like
Survivors' guilt will wake even a dreamer
With demons in the midst of the night
Social rejection amplified by the fear
Turning your back to run when they needed you near
The agony over years

I put my pains right here in this track
Look to the stars and ask for the gods
To open my heart in these raps

This shit happened back in 2015
I'm bumping Kendrick
We lived in the malls that he was writing bout on them beats

My brothers asking for free samples to eat
And now we eating over samples
Retelling you stories seen in the streets

Self preservation's all I knew in my life
I try to right all my wrongs
With these songs that I write that cut sharp as a knife

Damn, if I could save her I'd like to think that I'd do it
I've thought about it for years
But I didn't know what to do with
Her story

So right now I'll tell it to you
Put the passion back in the raps as we enter the truth

Do with, her story
So right now I'll tell it to you
Put the passion back in the raps as we enter the truth

Let's go