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.