Intro
Kitchen table, Sharpie bleeding through the page
Nana's ledger book still counting out my age
Every mark's a debt, every debt got a face
Fourth line down still smells like copper and grace
Verse 1
Split my knuckle on Rio's jaw, thirteen years old
Defending my cousin's name, told stand your ground and hold
Nana wrote it down in Sharpie, said that one's paid
Said the street remembers different than the scars we made
Eyebrow opened on a fence behind Torrence Lane
Running product for my brother, dodging Ricky's chain
That scar bought me silence, kept his secret zipped
Never told my mother how the wire caught my lip
Palm burned flat against the fryer at the chicken spot
Paid my rent in blisters when the check just wasn't enough, I fought
Ledger's got a column just for debts I couldn't skip
One for all the ones that healed but left a permanent grip
Shin scar from the chase when Danny's brother got jumped
I didn't run for cover, felt my own heartbeat thump
Every mark's a receipt, every receipt tells a story
Ledger don't lie like the mouths that chase the glory
Chorus
Scar tissue ledger, every mark paid in full
Skin keep the receipts that the banks never pull
I don't flex what I got, I just carry what's true
Scar tissue ledger, still keeping score for you
Verse 2
Dre owed me quiet since the summer of the raid
Held my secret steady while the sirens serenade
Never asked him for a dime, just asked him hold the code
Ten years later he came knocking, said the debt's overload
Wanted me to vouch for him when the whole block turned cold
I remembered every scar before the story told
Weighed it like the ledger, checked the column twice
Loyalty ain't free but I ain't charging double price
Gave him what he needed, marked it settled clean
Some scars close the ledger, some just start a scene
My mother's hands got marks from bleach and second shifts
Taught me every scar on skin's a testament, not a myth
I carry mine like receipts folded behind my chest
Never cash them in for pity, only used to pass the test
Fourth floor walk-up still got my name in Sharpie by the door
Ledger keeps on growing but I settle what's owed for sure
Chorus
Scar tissue ledger, every mark paid in full
Skin keep the receipts that the banks never pull
I don't flex what I got, I just carry what's true
Scar tissue ledger, still keeping score for you
Bridge
