Composer : McKinley Dixon
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 s**t 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 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 s**t 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, **** 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 baby while is he teething
**** turn sons to religion for all the wrong reasons
Fans is pictures, folded faces cover the page
Palms reach up to God and yelling outs all 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
