Dark nights, broken lights, shadows on the wall Every step I take, I can feel the city's call Blood in the pavement, screams in the air This is more than survival, it's a permanent scar I bear Every block painted red, bullets fly like rain Sirens screaming daily, it's a cycle of pain Dealers at my door, fear knocks every night The weak don't survive, only demons take flight Lost my brothers to the system, chains or the grave No mercy in the streets, no one left to save I keep asking myself how to stay alive When the law looks away and the killers still thrive These scars on my soul, they'll never fade The city bleeds red, in the mess it made No peace, no rest, just a war I see Tell me, Lord, how can I still be free? Kids with no future, raised on the gun Innocence is gone before life's begun Corruption feeds the power, justice walks blind Hope is a dream we can't seem to find Every corner's haunted by a ghost I knew Memories of friends that I can't undo I pray for the day I can finally breathe But the scars of the city, they'll never leave These scars on my soul, they'll never fade The city bleeds red, in the mess it made No peace, no rest, just a war I see Tell me, Lord, how can I still be free? Concrete jungle, filled with fear Whispers of death in every ear Anarchy reigns, silence screams No way out, just broken dreams Impunity rules, no justice served Respect in the streets is twisted, curved I'm trapped in a cycle, can't find my way Every night I wonder if I'll see the next day The pain cuts deep, deeper than the knife This city has stolen the light from my life Still I stand, broken but alive Carrying the mark that will never die These scars on my soul, they'll never fade The city bleeds red, in the mess it made No peace, no rest, just a war I see Tell me, Lord, how can I still be free? Streetlights dim, silence in the night But inside my chest, still burns the fight I walk with the pain, but I'll never forget The mark of the city's a permanent threat