Flower from the Pavement (feat. Chiara Franceschi Ryan & Lucy Taylor)

It is what it is

We live in the darkness

In the darkness that we call hell It is what it is

We live in the darkness

In the darkness we find ourselves

Eyes open, pick myself up take that cold step

Old legs weary from the boulders on my shoulders

The weight of the world displayed on myself for the vultures Was dealt a dirty hand but never folded

The streets taught me how to play

Beef taught me how to swing

But reading taught me what to say

Belief in myself that taught me everything

One goal, one mind set - deliverance

I wonʼt fall, wonʼt die yet, Iʼm deadly serious

I was kicked in the dirt from day one

No father present ever

Beaten brittle from a young age

But it only made me better

On the streets when I was fifteen

And I recognise Iʼd never been so hungry

But it made me hungrier for big things

But once I set my mind to it I knew that I could do it

Music was my saviour and Iʼll pay it forward through it

The most tortured souls make the most beautiful music

And one day if you let me Iʼll prove it

Cause its two steps forward then itʼs one step back

I was raised by the streets to believe there is no setbacks Survived A Letter, Almost A Letter and Cellar Door

A flower from the pavement this ainʼt no metaphor

Two steps forward then itʼs one step back

I was raised by the streets to believe there is no setbacks Survived the gutter, step father, brother and many more

Believed if I just had a dream I could get it all

Made a few bad decisions with the friends I had

B and Eʼs, racking clothes, stealing food, lend a hand

Thirteen of us living in a three bedroom house

Survived by any means necessary

Selling drugs fed our mouths

But we had a code donʼt do over someone less fortunate

I ordered it, I ran the crew, I held em up, supported em

They looked up to me for the guidance

I helped em through everything, abuse, rejection, domestic violence

But it was ride or die just hold your rep or get rushed

No second guessing, mess with one of them and I was in and you would get jumped

But word to my boy Yoshie for getting me out

I wear our tattoo with pride, I woulda been dead or in jail without

But once I set my mind to it I knew that I could do it

Music was my saviour and Iʼll pay it forward through it

The most tortured souls make the most beautiful music

And one day if you let me Iʼll prove it

Cause its two steps forward then itʼs one step back

I was raised by the streets to believe there is no setbacks Survived A Letter, Almost A Letter and Cellar Door

A flower from the pavement this ainʼt no metaphor

Two steps forward then itʼs one step back

I was raised by the streets to believe there is no setbacks Survived the gutter, step father, brother and many more Believed if I just had a dream I could get it all

It is what it is

We live in the darkness

In the darkness that we call hell It is what it is

We live in the darkness

In the darkness we find ourselves What it is

We live in the darkness

In the darkness

In the darkness that we call hell

We live in the darkness

In the darkness

In the darkness we find ourselves

Cause its two steps forward then itʼs one step back

I was raised by the streets to believe there is no setbacks Survived A Letter, Almost A Letter and Cellar Door

A flower from the pavement this ainʼt no metaphor

Two steps forward then itʼs one step back

I was raised by the streets to believe there is no setbacks Survived the gutter, step father, brother and many more Believed if I just had a dream I could get it all