MUSIC FOR SALE

[Verse 1]
Steam rise from the grate
I stash bills in my palm
Food stamps in my back coat
Heart race but I look calm
Lobby talk bad luck
Every step got weight
Mama said, “Don’t speak first”
I learned watching the gate

Old head by the bodega
Knows who got bagged last night
Shorties on the fire escape
Clockin’ every move in sight
Loose brick, rusted sign
Bus stop, heavy air
I move like the walls got ears
Like a lens out there

[Pre-Chorus]
Whole block hold breath
When the van roll slow
Eyes on the rearview
No place to go
I got a prayer in my mouth
And a knot in my chest
If trouble call my name
I don’t answer it yet

[Chorus]
Cold chain rumble
Stay low, stay low
Cold chain rumble
Nobody gotta know
Cold chain rumble
We move, then go
Cold chain rumble
That’s the code I know

[Verse 2]
My man got a new case
Said he ain’t even run
But the book get written fast
When they want you undone
Corner store scanner beep
Like a metronome for stress
Baby crying through the wall
While the landlord wants the rest

Tenants in the stairwell
Trading tips and scars
If the heat hit the lobby
We got exits through the dark
I seen smiles turn thin
Over borrowed bread
Out here trust costs more
Than the words you said

[Pre-Chorus]
Whole block hold breath
When the van roll slow
Eyes on the rearview
No place to go
I got a prayer in my mouth
And a knot in my chest
If trouble call my name
I don’t answer it yet

[Chorus]
Cold chain rumble
Stay low, stay low
Cold chain rumble
Nobody gotta know
Cold chain rumble
We move, then go
Cold chain rumble
That’s the code I know

[Bridge]
If I speak too plain
They can read my route
So I leave it in the cracks
Where the sound comes out
My brother say the block
Got a memory too
It remembers every lie
And every shoe that moved

[Chorus]
Cold chain rumble
Stay low, stay low
Cold chain rumble
Nobody gotta know
Cold chain rumble
We move, then go
Cold chain rumble
That’s the code I know