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Heart In the Corner
- **Heart on the Corner**
- Verse 1
- I met her by the stoop, lookin’ like a light in winter,
- coat zipped up, jaw set, eyes colder than her center.
- She laughed when I stumbled, said, “Boy, you actin’ funny,”
- I said, “This ain’t no joke, shorty, heart cost me money.”
- We traded numbers on a napkin, blocklights flickerin’,
- her mama warned her, said the world cold and bickerin’.
- I promised different —that was easy out my mouth,
- kept it one hunnid while the world tried to push us South.
- Pre Chorus
- Every night I’m watchin’ for sirens, checkin’ all my lanes,
- she hold me down like winter coats hold out the rain.
- Chorus
- Got my heart on the corner, beat heavy with the city,
- you my ride through the alleys, my peace when nights get gritty.
- Love ain’t soft, it’s hardened, still it melt when you near,
- you my queen with no crown, baby, don’t fear.
- Verse 2
- Shorty got scars from daddy, trust from broken glass,
- learned to read the room quick when the bullets pass.
- She cook hope on the stove, feed my soul with crumbs,
- told me “never fold,” when the cold come —we become.
- I seen snakes in suits, seen friends turn to ghosts,
- but she stayed solid, never runnin’ when it cost.
- We count blessings in the dark, whisper plans under streetlamps,
- her breath on my neck like a prayer before the ramp.
- Pre Chorus
- Keep your circle tight, keep your heart closer,
- she my compass when I’m lost, the one I’m supposed to.
- Chorus
- Got my heart on the corner, beat heavy with the city,
- you my ride through the alleys, my peace when nights get gritty.
- Love ain’t soft, it’s hardened, still it melt when you near,
- you my queen with no crown, baby, don’t fear.
- Bridge
- They don’t see the nights I’m balancin’ the load,
- pockets full of empty promises down this road.
- She say, “Boy, bring me honest, bring me that real sound,”
- so I pour truth in my words, lay it on the ground.
- We been through late night prayers and early morning fights,
- but I swear on the block, she my only light.
- Verse 3
- One cold winter morning, cuffs on my wrist tight,
- phone buzzed with her name, made the gray feel bright.
- “Hold on,” she said soft, “I’m comin’ through the rain,”
- that call cut the silence, eased the choke of pain.
- When I came home late, she had candles and soup,
- said, “Ain’t no crown but our throne’s this little roof.”
- We built us from scraps, from hustle and from hope,
- even when the city tried to choke, we still cope.
- Chorus (x2)
- Got my heart on the corner, beat heavy with the city,
- you my ride through the alleys, my peace when nights get gritty.
- Love ain’t soft, it’s hardened, still it melt when you near,
- you my queen with no crown, baby, don’t fear.
- Outro
- They’ll tell tales about us, they’ll whisper and they’ll warn,
- but I’ll keep lovin’ her loud on this corner where we’re born.
- Heart on the corner —that’s our story, that’s our truth,
- we survive the night together, we keep the youth.
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