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Only The Block
R&B/Soul
Only The Block was released on December 1, 2025 by Horus Music Limited as a part of the album Only The Block - Single
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Release DateDecember 1, 2025
LabelHorus Music Limited
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM87

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Maisy
Maisy
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stephen Mallas
Stephen Mallas
Composer

Lyrics

You ever grow up someplace so loud,
You forget what your own thoughts sound like?
Where the sirens sing you to sleep,
And the sidewalk remembers your blood better than your name?
I was baptized in them back doors,
Came up real hard, through the floorboards
pain ain't nothin but a habit, (habit)
And love-
shit, I ain't neva had it.
Pockets full of warnings,
Heart stitched in twos,
Every hug was a setup,
Every kiss had a fuse.
I ain't ever flinch, But I moved (yeah)
burner and a prayer in the same fuckin boot.
Mama said, “Make it out.”
So I did what I had to do..
Only the block ever called me “babe,”
Raised me on tough love and concrete faith.
Told me, “Don’t feel, don’t fold, just shoot.”
So I did — now it’s time to lace up my boots.
Mama’s voice was crackin'
Leakin’ through them walls—yeah.
Said, “Baby girl, keep runnin’ wild,
You’ll land right back where you fall.”
But I did. (I always did.)
Only the block ever called me “babe,”
Raised on tough love, shadowed by a wraith.
Mama told me, “Don’t look back, baby girl, just go.”
So I ran-
Yeah, ran ‘til my feet turned cold.
They loved me in the silence,
Hurt me in the sound.
Told me I was fire,
Then watched me burn down.
ran ’til I couldn't stand him, had to bust a few,
Now the pavement hums every time I move.
So I ran -
Not from danger,
But from all the games
Now I sing, missing him
ain't no one else to blame. (god damn)
Only the block ever knew my name,
Whispered it back through the guilt and the shame.
Told me, “Run, girl, run, it all ends the same.”
So I kept on runnin’,
knowin’ nothin’ would change..
Written by: Stephen Mallas
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