Intro
Taped up tight, iron hot on the block
Two AM and the whole crew's locked
Verse
Corner store still holds the last of the bread
Flicker candle light where the numbers got fed
Your mother in white, running out to get milk
You're six years old learning how to watch for the silk
Your brother's sneaking fives from the man down the street
Tellin' you he's saving it just in case they need heat
Pre-Chorus
What's the real value of a house that ain't got a door?
Can you keep the promise when the fire don't roar?
Is a rooftop still a roof if there ain't no frame?
You know I been thinking on this for days, yeah
Chorus
This rooftop rundown, it's where we made our own rules
Concrete cold but the heart was warm as gold
You and me standin' here with the wind in your throat
I'ma make you proud so don't let go of hope
Rooftop rundown, no walls to define us
Every brick is heavy but love got wings, yeah
Verse
Your father passed before the summer began
Left a note sayin' he'd watch you from wherever man
You found a box in his closet with a key and a map
A whole different house was waiting down on the trap
Three of us living off what he saved up to spare
Poured concrete for an oven, cooked meals without care
You were my apprentice in every single way
Pre-Chorus
What's the real value of a house that ain't got a door?
Can you keep the promise when the fire don't roar?
Is a rooftop still a roof if there ain't no frame?
You know I been thinking on this for days, yeah
Chorus
This rooftop rundown, it's where we made our own rules
Concrete cold but the heart was warm as gold
You and me standin' here with the wind in your throat
I'ma make you proud so don't let go of hope
Rooftop rundown, no walls to define us
Every brick is heavy but love got wings, yeah
Bridge
Maybe the roof's just a memory now
But I taught you how to build and rebuild somehow
You can take that with you wherever you roam
So when you land on your own rooftop someday alone
Chorus
This rooftop rundown, it's where we made our own rules
Concrete cold but the heart was warm as gold
You and me standin' here with the wind in your throat
I'ma make you proud so don't let go of hope
Rooftop rundown, no walls to define us
Every brick is heavy but love got wings, yeah
Outro
Taped up tight, iron hot on the block
This rooftop rundown was never locked
