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Strapped For Us
- **Strapped For Us**
- Intro (spoken, low)
- Late nights, city glow —yeah, we move different.
- You know how I rock it —rough edges, soft center.
- Chorus (melodic, repeating)
- I’m strapped for us, ride or die in the dust,
- Count the nights, count the trust —baby, it’s us.
- Diamonds on the chain, but your name’s what I trust,
- I’m strapped for us, strapped for us.
- Verse 1 (rhythmic, confident)
- Came up from the block with my pockets torn, heart colder than chrome,
- Kept a little flame on the stoop, you made that corner home.
- Hustle in my step, but your laugh slowed the race,
- You the calm in my chaos, steady hands on my pace.
- Phones buzz, snakes hiss, everybody want a piece,
- But you get the real me —not the headlines or the fleece.
- Bought you roses in the rain, said we’ll bloom from the mud,
- You looked me in the eye, said “boy, show me your love.”
- Pre Chorus (soft but firm)
- They don’t see the nights I stayed awake,
- Planning futures, patching breaks.
- You and me —we raise the stakes,
- All in, no plan B, no retakes.
- Chorus (melodic, bigger)
- I’m strapped for us, ride or die in the dust,
- Count the nights, count the trust —baby, it’s us.
- Diamonds on the chain, but your name’s what I trust,
- I’m strapped for us, strapped for us.
- Verse 2 (gritty, storytelling)
- Used to flip small change, now we flip whole maps,
- But every win tastes better when you’re laughin’ in the back.
- Mama warned me 'bout the roads, streets teach lessons hard,
- You taught me how to soften up, keep faith inside my guard.
- Enemies on the line, they whisper what they lack,
- I smile, tighten up my crew, got your picture in my pack.
- No promises for forever, but I’ll promise you the day,
- When the sun hits your face, I’ll still pick up your pace.
- Bridge (melodic, vulnerable)
- You ain’t for the glamour —you’re for the grind and the truth,
- Late calls in the mornin’, you steady like youth.
- I’ll trade the gold for your hands, trade the fame for your touch,
- We built this from the gutter —now the world can’t touch us.
- Chorus (last, anthemic)
- I’m strapped for us, ride or die in the dust,
- Count the nights, count the trust —baby, it’s us.
- Diamonds on the chain, but your name’s what I trust,
- I’m strapped for us, strapped for us.
- Outro (whispered, twin vocals)
- Stay close, keep warm —when the cold winds gust,
- We don’t fold, we stand —strapped for us.
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