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concrete dreams - mc truth lyrics

[intro: mc truth]
i grew up where the lampposts hum like hymns
cracked sidewalks teachin’ what school never did
learned math from hustlers — multiply to live
subtract the fakes, divide what they give

[verse 1: mc truth]
mama workin’ doubles, eyes heavy but strong
said, “baby, write your pain — that’s how you live long.”
so i carved my story in rhythm and rhyme
’cause truth ain’t dead — it just run outta time

kids with no fathers, streets were our mentors
dreams get repossessed when you poor and indoors
still, i saw light in a mic with no cord
and i swore to the night — i’ma fight with my words
concrete dreams — they don’t break, they bend
we build ‘em from the pain we can’t comprehend
from the alley to the pen, from the start to the end
real ones fall — but the truth transcend

got homies buried young, dreams buried deeper
cops lurkin’ corners, devils dressin’ like preachers
i ain’t got halos, i got heaters and teachers
and a voice that echo louder than speakers
every rhyme a confession, a prayer, a plan
i’m a sinner with purpose, a broke young man
but i stand like a king with a mic in hand
’cause words can rebuild what the system can’t

[verse 2: mc truth]
they told me, “chase paper,” i chased peace
they told me, “rap for fame,” i rapped for the streets
every 16 bars — my soul release
every track a tombstone for the pain deceased

they say, “dreams fade when the bills hit due,”
but i still dream — that’s what real ones do
my scars my armor, my flaws my proof
i lost a lot of friends, but i never lost truth

remember nights i ain’t eat, but i wrote anyway
used hunger as a hook and pain as a 808
told the block, “one day, we’ll see better days,”
they laughed then — now they quote what i say

it’s funny how the real gets slept and buried
while the fake get praised and carried
but legends ain’t born — they get worn and weathered
and i still spit gold from the pain i married
i ain’t lookin’ for applause or chains that shine
i just wanna see truth last past my time
if the booth collapse, i’ll rhyme through the dust
’cause my voice is the weapon, and my mic’s my trust
concrete dreams — they don’t die, they live
in the hearts of the ones with nothin’ to give
we survive, we adapt, we forgive
’cause hope is the hardest thing to outlive
yeah…
to every kid starin’ at the block like a cage —
don’t let it define you, let it remind you
pain’s temporary
truth’s eternal

[outro]
street reality
‘94
the truth lives forever

- mc truth lyrics

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