Yeah, Cali under, chrome thunder, Nicholas Thornton, 1340 Evo, let's go
Vance and Hans snap, ape hangers cut the wind Fast flow, hard hit, story start, hold in
Split the blue lights, alley flash Shifting gears, they miss me
Rearview mirror shards, neon spray Venice kiss me, sunset boulevard
Red paint, skyline like a crown Harbor freeway hum, crawling ghosts of this town
Foot on a peg, clutch bite Torque like a sermon, 1340 Evo spitting chrome
Every block learn and let the creek Chain rattle, heartbeat double time
Short breaths, quick steps, city clock tick the crime
Cops on the dot, radio bark, tires singing high note
I cut Melrose like a razor, lanes like a tightrope
Ape hangers to the sky, wind whip, my name loud
Vance and Hans snap, pipes puff, smoke in the crowd
Tattoos speak chapters, scars write the maps But I keep riding large, ghosting every trap
Concrete poles, siren chorus, night tastes like coal
Thug life tattoo, but Cali calls me home Fast life, short nights, I'm clocking the miles
Cards on my palm, living for the reckless smile
87 Thunder, Cali under, riding large, we never fold
1340 burning chrome, Nicole by my side, heart sold
Riding fast, riding hard, through the palms in the cold
Thug code, street wrote me, but love rewrote my road
87 Thunder, Cali under, riding large, we never fold
1340 burning chrome, Nicole by my side, heart sold
Riding fast, riding hard, through the palms in the cold
Thug code, street wrote me, but love rewrote my road
Found her on the boardwalk, bench, cigarette ash, soft laugh
Nicole, sun in her hair, denim jacket, photograph
She lit a map with a lighter, traced my crooked lines
Said, you don't have to be the shadow of your crimes
We rode past the pier, two helmets, two ghosts in one lane
She pressed her palm to my chest, felt the engine, felt the pain
Told me about a morning not stolen, real coffee, real sleep
Told me about a baby named Bandit and a dog that chewed cheapies
I kept my guard higher than a visor, code clung to my ribs
But her voice was a locksmith, soft words
Sudden jabs and jibs in the rear view, I still saw blue
But in her eyes, sunrise, small things shift, big gears
Street taught me silence, Vegas nights and cold gold
She taught me yesterdays can fold, futures can be told
Fast wheels, faster valves, tension like a thick rope
But hope is a weapon too, loaded with a different hope
87th under Cali, under riding large, we never fold
1340 burning chrome to code, by my side, hard soul
Riding fast, riding hard, through the palms in the cold
Thug code, street wrote me, but love rewrote my road
87th under Cali, under riding large, we never fold
1340 burning chrome to code, by my side, hard soul
Riding fast, riding hard, through the palms in the cold
Thug code, street wrote me, but love rewrote my road
Not a tidy redemption, my hands still smell of night
I cross lines, I owe debt, I live in the low light
Nicole don't erase the ledger, she flips the page slow
She says, if you ride, ride honest or let the honest go
I fought the new script, clutch tight on old brass rules
Old friends whispered loyalty, old streets taught me to do them
She said, change ain't soft, it's trouble with a softer face
I saw the future in her pupil, a harder kind of play
Conflict like a brain
