HOOK
When it’s dark, they don’t stay (no)
When it’s hard, they just fade (fade)
When you down, they escape (skrrt)
Same ones switch when you paid (paid)
When it’s dark, they don’t stay (grr)
When it’s hard, they just fade (nah)
Prayed to God for the way (amen)
He the only one who stayed (stayed)
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VERSE 1
I was cold in the rain, heart froze (froze)
Nobody answered my phone, ghost (ghost)
Same ones screaming “my bro” (bro)
Turned silent soon as I broke (broke)
Pain really show you the code (code)
Loyalty rare, that’s gold (gold)
Blood don’t mean you won’t fold (fold)
Family switch for the glow (glow)
They love you rich, not poor (poor)
Open doors when you score (score)
Call you king when you soar (soar)
Disappear when it’s war (war)
I learned alone on that road (road)
Carried the weight of my soul (soul)
Talked to God in the low (low)
He the one in control (control)
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HOOK
When it’s dark, they don’t stay (no)
When it’s hard, they just fade (fade)
When you down, they escape (skrrt)
Same ones switch when you paid (paid)
When it’s dark, they don’t stay (grr)
When it’s hard, they just fade (nah)
Prayed to God for the way (amen)
He the only one who stayed (stayed)
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VERSE 2
Where the blessings you wrote? (wrote)
Where the doors you gon’ open? (open)
I was drowning in hope (hope)
Still I’m built like a soldier (soldier)
They respect when you glow (glow)
Even young call you “OG” (OG)
Money talk, that’s the code (code)
Funny how that control (control)
Smile fake, hearts cold (cold)
Handshakes hide what they hold (hold)
Pressure turn boys old (old)
Storm make truth unfold (fold)
If it’s war, I won’t run (run)
If it’s smoke, I won’t fold (fold)
If I fall, I get up (up)
God’s grace on my soul (soul)
When it’s dark, I stand tall (tall)
When it’s pain, I stay bold (bold)
No one there when you fall (fall)
But God never let go (go)
