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Between Here and There
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Between Here and There was released on May 30, 2026 by 12823107 Records DK as a part of the album Between Here and There - Single
May 30, 2026
Label12823107 Records DK
LanguageEnglish
BPM115
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

This a tale
Of a Black king remembering
Not everything
Just enough to know
He was never regular
I woke up with gold in my mouth
But my pockets was hurtin’
Ceiling fan spinning slow
Like it knew I been searching
Baton Rouge outside
Heat sitting on the glass
Another Black boy grown
Still watching his back
Hard to remember that
I was a king
Golden everything
Blue sky shining
On palace walls
Courtyard clean
Water moving slow
No fear in my chest
No police on patrol
No landlord
No clock
No bills in the wind
Just heaven breathing easy
Like my skin wasn’t a sin
Mmm ahh
Like it knew Black
Then I woke up
On this side of a dream
Same soul shining
But this world here
Don’t give a damn ’bout me
They got eyes
But they can’t see
They look right through
The king in me
Who took me from glory
And put me in the Dirty South
I ain’t scared of work
I ain’t scared of pain
I’m tired of being hunted
For the color of my name
It’s hard to survive
Living without knowing
It’s hard to survive
Living with the knowing
Knowing there’s somewhere else
Knowing I been somewhere
Trying to keep breathing
Between here and there
Mmm uhhh
Between here and there
Ahh yeah
I wanna go back there
Crown Royal
Uhhh
Come back home
Ahh
Streets get hot
When the sun go down
Police ride slow
Through my side of town
Air Force Ones
On the pavement
Young kings moving careful
Just to make it
Pressure on pressure
Rent due again
Low income dreams
With expensive sins
Eviction notice
Taped to the door
Clock on the wall
Keep asking for more
I ain’t got the time
But I’m scared to walk outside
People ask why I’m tense
I’m living while Black
Late for the job
Late for the bus
Late for a life
That don’t feel like us
At work I fake it
Smile through the bruising
I don’t remember choosing
This life I’m losing
Body feel heavy
But my spirit ain’t dead
Mmm uhhh
My spirit ain’t dead
Crooked police ride slow
Eyes all on me
Target on my back
Just for being beautiful Black me
I walk real calm
But my nerves stay loud
A king in disguise
Moving through the crowd
My dream world had music
This one got receipts
One world had peace
This one got heat
My heaven was wide
This room too small
Soul remember flying
But my feet stay anchored
In Baton Rouge
It’s hard to survive
Living without knowing
It’s hard to survive
Living with the knowing
Knowing there’s somewhere else
Knowing I been somewhere
Trying to keep breathing
Between here and there
Mmm uhhh
Between here and there
Ahh yeah
I wanna go back there
Crown Royal
Uhhh
Come back home
Ahh
This body feel borrowed
This room feel staged
World got bars
But don’t show the cage
Something feel hidden
Something feel sealed
Like God left a message
He ain’t ready to reveal
God left a message
Don’t give up
Mmm ahh
Under my real name
I can’t curse the sky
I can’t trust the street
I done seen good hearts
Get swallowed by beef
I done seen friends change
When the money got thin
I done seen blue lights
Turn boys into wind
But that dream world was safe
Over there was mine
Ain’t nobody reach for me
Ain’t nobody cross lines
Over there I breathed
Over there I shined
Over there my crown
Wasn’t something I had to hide
I ain’t running from life
I’m just tired of the weight
Tired of proving I’m human
To eyes that don’t see my face
I ain’t asking for pity
I’m asking for air
A little less danger
When I step out there
I remember a place
Where my breath wasn’t checked
Where my Black wasn’t threat
Where my crown wasn’t debt
I’m from Baton Rouge
Where the heat don’t play
Where a king can forget
He royal in the middle of the day
But deep in my chest
Something still flame
Lost in this world
But the crown still knows my name
I was a king
Golden everything
Woke up in Baton Rouge
With a target on me
Mmm uhhh
Crown Royal
Ahh yeah
The crown still knows my name
Mmm uhhh
Crown Royal
Ahh yeah
The crown still knows my name
Written by: Don Green
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