Verse 1
Corner of Ashford and Ten, bottle broke on the brick
Ronnie owed the Greek four hundred, couldn't pay it quick
I stepped between the blade and his ribs like it was mine to give
Eight stitches on my forearm, still counting how I live
Nurse asked who did this, I just watched the ceiling fan spin
Told her it was nothing, told the block I'd do it again
Sharpie tally on my wall, one line for every debt
Paid in skin not dollars, and the ink ain't faded yet
Pre-Chorus
Everybody wanna wear the story like a coat
But the cold that cuts you deepest ain't the one they quote
Ask yourself who's cashing what you bled to save
Chorus
Scars don't split the profit, no
They stay right here, they never go
I carry what the corner cost
Nobody else can feel that loss
Scars don't split the profit, no
Verse 2
Ronnie's driving new sedan, tinted like a secret
Says he owes me one, but he ain't said the digit
I'm still walking fourth floor stairs with a knee that clicks in rain
He's uptown with a story where I'm just the supporting name
Told it at a party, showed the scar like his own skin
Said watch what loyalty gets you, man, that ain't where I've been
Denim jacket zipped up, hiding what the summer shows
Some nights the block still asks me, and I still don't say who froze
Pre-Chorus
Everybody wanna wear the story like a coat
But the cold that cuts you deepest ain't the one they quote
Ask yourself who's cashing what you bled to save
Chorus
Scars don't split the profit, no
They stay right here, they never go
I carry what the corner cost
Nobody else can feel that loss
Scars don't split the profit, no
Bridge
I stopped lending out my body like a spare
Started counting what I keep instead of what I share
Ronnie called last week, I let it ring out twice
Some debts you pay in silence, some you pay in ice
The tally's mine to read now, the wall knows what it's worth
I ain't selling scars for stories, not no more, not on this earth
Chorus
Scars don't split the profit, no
They stay right here, they never go
I carry what the corner cost
Nobody else can feel that loss
Scars don't split the profit, no
