Streetlights Fading (version 2)

Verse

Corner store light flickers red

Four a.m., the block still dead

Chain-link hums where the speakers stood

Empty cups rolling in the mud

My father's footsteps on this same ground

Never thought I'd be the one to own this town

Rent was owed, the wall cracked through

Now the landlord's calling just for me and you

Pre-Chorus

Something shifts when darkness breaks

Every debt a weight that shakes

Hands up high, we seal the deal

This is what a hundred nights feel

Chorus

Streetlights fading but the fire stays

We own this block in gold and gray

Chain link rattles, hearts still loud

Corner kids rising off the ground

Verse 2

Grandfather's coat hangs by the door

Same block where he learned to walk for more

I remember trash cans kicked through snow

Now we're hauling up a building, slow

Neighbor's kid just passed his math test

Old lady paid her full rest

Every window boarded, every light restored

This is how a neighborhood gets born

Pre-Chorus

Something shifts when darkness breaks

Every debt a weight that shakes

Hands up high, we seal the deal

This is what a hundred nights feel

Chorus

Streetlights fading but the fire stays

We own this block in gold and gray

Chain link rattles, hearts still loud

Corner kids rising off the ground

Bridge

Not gold chains, it's a promise kept

Every window lit where one went to sleep

This is how we turn a legend around

Nobody gave us morning, so we made our own sound

Chorus

Streetlights fading but the fire stays

We own this block in gold and gray

Chain link rattles, hearts still loud

Corner kids rising off the ground