Now I once new a boy who grew up in the street.
See his momma was a addict, because she couldn't take the heat.
Friends with defeat because her mind was too weak.
Mad at the world, so the boy gets beat.
See he wasn't in the wrong, just in the wrong place.
A life full of struggle, so the hits were just a taste.
Of a life he had to live.
A strike with no give.
A pull of the hair, black eye, bruised rib.
It took it to the streets, just to try to get away.
He found a ball and a hoop, this is where he starts to play.
Forgets about it all in the bliss of a game.
See he's in his own world, cuz he life ain't the same as he dreams of.
Broken world that he seams up.
He dreams big but never beams up.
In it neck deep, no feet, now the dreams up.
Now the dreams up.
Swimming up the river, but the currents too strong.
A shot to the liver, concurrent to the wrong.
A future not probable, potential only stoppable.
Dreams he won't achieve, see his dreams ain't copable.
Cursed from his birth, another unplanned baby.
Trying to find some worth in a world so shady.
Takes a walk home, as it gets a little late.
Street light flickers as he hops another gate.
Steps to the door as he starts to leave the zone.
Another lost boy, afraid of his own home.
Verse Two:
Now his mommas passed out and there's holes in the wall.
Laying on the floor, results of the alcohol.
Pitch black darkness, the flash of a T.V.
His mind will mark this, never will it be me.
A man he doesn't know, snoozing on the couch.
Another boyfriend, see his father left town.
The ordinary life of a broken household.
Coordinated strikes, this house been cold.
He lays in the bed as he hears every squeak.
There's water on his head, see the roofs got a leak.
Pulling up the sheets, uncovering his feet.
So he gets his ass up and he sits in a seat.
His head starts to bob with the stereo blasting.
Instrumentals do the job, never needs a caption.
Lost in the world, until he made up his own.
His eyes start to close, his back in the zone.
Prolific Mexico City rapper SPEAK ponders the self-isolated age on a booming EP, recorded live in his kitchen during quarantine. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 24, 2020
