Cold Nights Pt. 2

"Cold Nights (Pt. 2)" (Bridge) All he ever knew was pain, all he ever felt was loss, Took the hand that he was dealt, now he shuffling with the cost. Juvie turned to county, county turned into the pen, Barely knew his own reflection, just the demons deep within. (Verse 4) Eighteen, parole out, world ain't got no welcome mat, Hood still the same, but the love don’t ever last. Heard his homie caught a bullet, heard his cousin turned a rat, Ain't no fairy tales in trenches, only endings filled with traps. Tried to get a job, but his record got him flagged, They don't wanna see him change, they just label him a tag. So he back up in them streets, back to running in the cold, Back to flipping dirty money, back to trusting what he know. (Hook) Cold nights, door to door, hands froze, soul sore, Ain't no family, ain't no home, just the streets and open sores. Tried to change, tried to grow, but the past don't ever die, When you raised inside the struggle, man, it's hard to see the light. (Verse 5) Twenty-one, big dog, now they fear him when he step, But the power ain't fulfilling, just a noose around his neck. Got a shorty on the way, but he barely even prepped, How he ‘posed to raise a son when he ain't never had no depth? Money coming fast, but the cops moving faster, Made a run for it, now he front page in the plaster. Bullet through his back, left him cold on the pavement, Last words whispered, "Damn, I ain't make it..." (Outro) Ain't no love in these streets, ain't no peace in this life, Steven walked alone in the cold, tryna make it right. But the cycle never ends, it's just history rewritten, Another name on a stone, another soul left forgiven.