The heart is heavy but it's never held alone You keep it steady and you'll find ya way home A pointed finger and a kiss to my dome With a stare from the door that'll turn ya ass to stone They'll celebrate us when we step back on this street For the distance, we went using up all our speech Tryna yell out a spell, to the heavens it'll reach But for now, we keep running if one day we'll be free Keep it running Who am I if not mama's gun? Pop you in the lip, once ya mouth decide it wanna run Flowers grew outta the plots limited by the runtz But the joy in the morning filled in spots absent of sun The concrete bent wherever we went Horizons gave reasons to live more time seeing it spent Stained glass, we grew up under, shows a future, it seems But to die underneath the stars a real gangster's dream Thug love In the summer, us, the block, and bugs hugged Tighter than we cared for, Cadillac let's out a slight hum Finding ways to live forever, curse as loud as it comes But if we find a way, shit, a tale we'll become A blaze of glory as sun makes wings split I'll take those odds, there's a chance it enchants my wrist Story as beautiful as it is tragic Point my finger, make you disappear I'd still call that shit magic, boy The heart is heavy but it's never held alone You keep it steady and you'll find ya way home A pointed finger and a kiss to my dome With a stare from the door that'll turn ya ass to stone They'll celebrate us when we step back on this street For the distance, we went using up all our speech Tryna yell out a spell, to the heavens it'll reach But for now, we keep running if one day we'll be free Keep it running The corners comin' up better make shit spin (keep it running) With my head out the window, sun light up skin (keep it running) Using grandfather's hands to carry out sin (keep it running) When the world collapses, don't hold it in (keep it running) No need to know where we gon' go (keep it running) Last I saw of boy was his soles (keep it running) Will you be here when the story unfolds? (Keep it running) Baby, please don't let my hand go, I need it My target audience is everyone with heart Came a long way from ripping heads off at the start I look off into the distance and think I see you I realize my eyes glistening, it couldn't be true How proud of me you'd be that's the tool I use to measure Getting popped in the mouth if ya ass think is clever Outside the ride, nigga smile wide, gon' keep me tethered Stupid little kids thinkin' that this lick gon' last forever, but Braids for the summer, take 'em out for the fall She tugging up on my shoulder, asking Is you involved? Baby, see the hurt and wonder why I do this at all? To rub 'em with golden fingertips, keeps eyes raw I been watchin' over the land for many damn seasons Tapping foot, rockin back and forth on the porch mimic breathing Please Lord, watch over the boy while is he teething Niggas turn sons to religion for all the wrong reasons Fans is pictures, folded faces cover the page Palms reach up to God and yellin': I saw the rage Why my love wasn't enough to keep his ass saved Why they have to use him to be the one set the stage? I don't know, but really, what a harrowing scene Now he stand up on the phone wire, what a balancing beam I watch him from the roof top and he see the house lean But, at least, hell's grass really got a certain green Outside