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Midnight on the grid

Midnight on the grid, I’m a spark in the system High-rise hymn, hear the hardwires whisper Neon on my skin like a brand-new vision City full of angels but they charge for admission I been climbin’ up stairs made of “maybe” and “later” Lookin’ down at the doubt like a hater in an elevator The avenues breathe, and the side streets shiver Every cab light blink like a pulse in a liver Clocktower glow, gold crown cuttin’ through haze Hands keep movin’ while my mind still prays For a call back, a fall back, a small stack Turn a “where you at?” to a “y’all back” I was raised on a promise that was paper-thin Folded up dreams in a pocket with a safety pin Now I’m outside where the loud lives loud Where the crowd wear masks and the lonely feel proud I see lovers in windows playin’ shadow games I see brothers at corners tryna dodge them names I see mothers on trains with a tired smile Still holdin’ up worlds like it ain’t been a while My reflection in glass lookin’ older than me Like the future got thirsty and stole my sleep But I keep pace, heart race, no brakes Tryna turn mistakes into mixtape takes The night got teeth, but it bite in style And I’m grinnin’ back like, “yeah, I’ll stay a while” I came from a room where the heat wouldn’t work Now I’m under these lights where the weak get merch Everybody want shine, nobody want rust Everybody say love, but it’s always “what’s up?” So I talk to the skyline, tell it, “teach me faith” It say, “Build from the cracks, let the pressure make place” I say, “I’m scared of the fall, of the part I can’t see” It say, “You scared of the mirror, not the drop beneath” Okay, I hear you, I’m here, I’m near it Gotta move like a rumor, make truth outta spirit If the streets is a choir, I’m learnin’ the key If the world is a cage, I’m bendin’ the steel I’m one more step from a door that’s locked One more breath from a verse that rocks One more night from a life that’s mine So I run with the light till it run outta time City lights, city nights, keep callin’ my name Like, “Don’t you quit, don’t you switch, don’t you change” I’m on that line where the love and the hunger collide Where the prayers turn to plays, where the brave gotta ride If I fall, let it echo, let it sound like a drum If I win, let it be for the ones I’m from City lights, city nights, I’m losin’ my fear I’m still here, I’m still here, I’m still here I remember cold floors, cardboard under my sneakers Two-dollar coffee, warm palms round the heater I was talkin’ to God like, “You got a minute?” He was silent like a landlord when the rent get tinted So I wrote through the quiet, made rhythm a shelter Made hope from a pen like a knife in a welter Everybody got a dream till the dream want payment Till the shine need time, till the love need patience Now the skyline look like a graph of ambition Every window a wish with a different condition Some folks fly first class, some cling to the wing Same storm in the sky, same lightning sting I’m in the middle of the motion, tryna keep me steady Tryna feed my people, tryna keep my head ready ‘Cause success be a suit that don’t fit when you rush it And peace be a place you can’t buy, you gotta trust it I seen friends turn foes over crumbs in a jar I seen family go quiet when you reachin’ too far They say, “Who you now?” like growth is a crime Like changin’ your mind is betrayin’ your time But I’m still that kid with the notebook bruised Still that heart that got used and refused Just learned how to smile when the room get tense Just learned how to breathe when the truth get dense I walk past bars where the sorrow get dressed In designer and diamonds, still feelin’ oppressed I walk past deals that look clean on paper But the fine print hidden like sins in a prayer book I want real, not reels, not a life for a scroll Not a fake highlight over an empty soul So I step to the edge of the roofline view Let the wind tell me what my name been through It say, “You been broke, you been brave, you been bitter” “But you been that flame that refuse to flicker” Okay, I’ll take it, I’ll make it a mantra Turn pain into pace like a streetlight samba I got bars in my chest like the gate to a garden And every scar on my heart got a part in the bargain If the city is chess, I been learnin’ the angles Move quiet, move right, dodge rooks and the fables No capes, no saviors, just stamina, will Just me and my God and this hunger to build And the clock keep talkin’, that tick-tock truth Said, “You can’t buy time, but time buy you” So I’m payin’ attention, I’m stayin’ intentional Keep love in my lyrics, keep moves confidential I don’t need the loudest, I need the lasting I don’t need a crown if it come with plastic I need a real hand when the lights dim low I need a real plan when the nig