Used to chase the sun down Mooca Street

Skate wheels crying on the broken concrete

Mama yelling "come back before eight"

But the night had a pulse and it sounded like me

Corner bar, cheap soda, shared dreams

We were kings with nothing in our hands

Graffiti crowns on the old brick walls

Writing futures no one else had planned

Nino said, "we gon' make it out someday"

Bruno laughed, said "you talk too big"

I just stared at the skyline glowing

Like the city knew what we'd become as kids

Lil' kid from the 0-31, 0-31

0-31, 0-31

Lil' kid from the 0-31, 0-31

They tried to change me, but I came to represent, my place is in the

0-31, 0-31

0-31, 0-31

Lil' kid from the 0-31, 0-31

They tried to change me, but I came to represent, my place is in the

Came back late, black car, tinted glass

Neighborhood looked smaller than before

Same bakery smell on the morning air

Same old man sweeping his front door

Bruno waiting by the faded court

Hood up, like time never moved

We ain't hug, just nodded twice

That silence said more than truth

He said, "you really did it, huh?"

I said, "yeah... but it cost some things"

Then he looked down, kicked the gravel

Said, "you ain't heard 'bout Nino, man?"

My chest went hollow, like a dropped guitar

String snapped somewhere in my heart

"Couple months... wrong place, wrong night..."

Now the skyline don't shine as bright

Lil' kid from the 0-31, 0-31

0-31, 0-31

Lil' kid from the 0-31, 0-31

They tried to change me, but I came to represent, my place is in the

0-31, 0-31

0-31, 0-31

Lil' kid from the 0-31, 0-31

They tried to change me, but I came to represent, my place is in the