Intro
Six deep, one candle, smoke don't ask no questions
Same blood since the trailer, same road, same lesson
Verse
Copper wire fence line, that's where we learned the handshake
Eight of us in one truck bed, splitting one tamale plate
Mateo took the fall in '09, never gave a name
Three years in that concrete box, came out crowned the same
We don't write it down, we just carry what we're owed
Every scar's a receipt from a debt paid on that road
Tio taught me patience with a rifle in his lap
Said the loudest man at the table's the first one that they trap
So I keep it low, keep it slow, like the sierreño strings
Every promise that I whisper weighs more than diamond rings
Grew up counting sirens like they're counting sheep at night
Learned to read the silence better than I read the light
Now the young ones look at me the way I looked at him
Same hunger in their eyes, same fire getting dim
I just tell 'em what he told me, hold the ones who hold you back
Loyalty's the only road that never doubles back
Chorus
This is for the ones who never left when it got dark
Sombra del cartel, we move as one, we share one heart
Bullets in the distance, but we never break the chain
Brothers 'til the dirt, we carry every brother's name
Verse
Rosaries on the mirror, dust collecting on the dash
Every mile we drove together left a permanent scratch
Chuy don't talk much since the funeral back in May
Just nods when I remind him that we're bound to stay this way
We split the load like family split a plate of beans
Nobody eats alone here, nobody chases dreams alone
Cousins turned to soldiers, soldiers turned to kin
Same hands that held the shovel now they're holding pen
I write these corridos so the story don't get lost
So when they count the fallen, they remember what it cost
Every name's a candle burning slow behind my eyes
I don't cry in public, but the sierra hears my sighs
We don't chase the fame, we just chase the debt we're due
To the ones who bled for nothing but a promise and the truth
This ain't about the money, this is blood that never dries
Loyalty's the only thing that walks me through the night
Chorus
This is for the ones who never left when it got dark
Sombra del cartel, we move as one, we share one heart
Bullets in the distance, but we never break the chain
Brothers 'til the dirt, we carry every brother's name
Bridge
If I fall tomorrow, don't let my name go dry
Pour it in the dirt where the rest of my brothers lie
Every debt gets paid, every promise gets its due
This crown of shadows only means something next to you
Outro
Six deep turns to twelve deep, the circle never ends
Sombra del cartel, we ride until the end
