[Verse 1] Hard to say I miss you, but I think I do It’s been a couple months since I’ve even texted you Things change, and people too Don’t know why I thought that you wouldn’t be changing too Wasn’t tryin, think your girl fell in love with me You hit a couple times and then they never wanna leave I turn 20 in May, thinking ’bout it stresses me ‘Cause I’m a quarter done and I don’t know what’s next for me Sittin’ alone gettin’ drunk off all these old emotions Gla**es of Henny sitting on my Versace coasters I need those hazy friday nights, double cup of potion Not tryin’ to live my life going through the daily motions Hard to stay connected when you’re crossin’ oceans Hard to fall in love when your heart is broken Hard to stay awake after all these doses Drunken notions find their moment, finally getting spoken Early days, late nights My thoughts are slowing, got my ‘Roc on ice Smokey haze, early flights My city’s glowin’, just look at all the lights [Hook] And how could I feel alone In the city that I call home In the place where I have grown Couldn’t have done it on my own Just look at all the lights I can take you to new heights In the city where I was raised I could never be afraid [Verse 2: Okayze] I ain’t never been afraid Let me keep my sh** a buck I know my family’s down to ride Even when I’m f**in’ up So I do this for my fams, that’s my momma and my pops That’s my sisters and my broskis, man the list just doesn’t stop And I can’t forget my shorty She been doin’ the most for me That’s my ride or die Told her I’ma blow up like a molotov, I’m goin’ off Zee will in the cut, you know what it is I’m just tryna get a ma**ive cheque and flex on all these kids To any n***as hatin’ on me, you my sons And I can’t stand a triflin’ shorty, man, I’m not the one I’m just tryna get some funds, do some sh** I never did Tell my family, man, I got ’em
Actin’ like I’m heaven-sent Even though I’m far from it, my moms love it Told me “stay up out the streets, ain’t nothin’ gon’ come from it” I’ma fall back Was chasin’ small stacks, I want the large racks I be on road chasin’ dough, where my dogs at? Zee! [Hook] And how could I feel alone In the city that I call home In the place where I have grown Couldn’t have done it on my own Just look at all the lights I can take you to new heights In the city where I was raised I could never be afraid [Verse 3: Brandan Anthony] I could never be afraid Just to make what I was doin’, or to do what I was made Couple K, everyday, wouldn’t want it anyway Gettin’ paid, ándale, like it’s Bay and Adelaide Yeah If you ain’t the fam then I be curvin’ (Swerve) Team big, can’t fit all in the Suburban (Nah) We lit, can’t stay steady, I be swervin’ (Skrrt) Dream big, know we made it out of Durham, yeah (905) To the big lights, straight right down from Pickering Hear these n***as bickering but I ain’t even listening Focused on the money, now I got it, that’s that discipline See me put in work, know y’all witnessin’ From the zip, makin’ hits Now my driveway filled with foreign whips Ain’t-a-been about the average so we ain’t f** with normal chicks Roll a zip, throw a tip Paparazzi’s takin’ pics Finish shows right down in Europe Then right back to 416 Yeah [Hook] And how could I feel alone In the city that I call home (that I call home) In the place where I have grown (that I have grown) Couldn’t have done it on my own Just look at all the lights (just look at all the lights) I can take you to new heights (I can take you to new heights) In the city where I was raised (In the city where I was raised) I could never be afraid [Outro] Be afraid I could never be afraid Couldn’t Couldn’t done it on my own I can take you to new heights In the city where I was raised…