[Intro]
Yeah — midnight, ends on repeat
Flicker of a lamp, CCTV beat
Echoes in my chest, mandem in the street
I move through smoke and rain — I keep my feet
[Verse 1]
Cold drip off a lamppost, puddle mirror of my face
Cracked pavement, chewing soles, last week’s kebab case
Mate's empty shoes by the stairwell, next block silent, trace
Sirens sing lullabies, moonlight caught in rusty grate
Trip the beat, trip the tongue, I stitch lines like seams
Count the CCTV flashes, count the wasted dreams
Short breaths, sharper steps, rhythm clipped like beams
I step light, heart tight, pockets full of schemes
[Pre-Chorus]
Late-night orders, late-night lost, late-night lies
City hums like a chorus, neon bleeding skies
Wounds mapped on my trainers, scars wrapped in ties
Still I move, still I move — survival in my stride
[Chorus] (Hook — repeatable)
Echoes call my name — I move through smoke and rain
Cold streets, colder truth — I breathe, I remain
Echoes call my name — I move through smoke and rain
One foot in the shadow, one foot in the flame
[Verse 2]
Crisp hi-hats, icy bass, 808 sliding low
Corner shop lights blink like eyes that already know
Kebab wrapper, late-night chatter, mandem on the go
Empty bench by the flats where hope learned to fold
Train track hums like a metronome for broken bones
Neighbour’s dog barks at stars, no one answers phones
Triplet flow, clipped tone, cadence carving stones
I spit the truth in short bars — grit in my bones
[Pre-Chorus]
Memory in flash frames — CCTV, cracked glass
Footsteps echo backwards, shadows that I pass
I hold tight to small things: the laugh, the match, the scarf
I keep walking through the cold — blueprint on the charts
[Chorus] (Hook — repeat)
Echoes call my name — I move through smoke and rain
Cold streets, colder truth — I breathe, I remain
Echoes call my name — I move through smoke and rain
One foot in the shadow, one foot in the flame
[Bridge] (Melodic, autotuned, breathy)
Smoke in my lungs but I hum to the dawn
Late-night promises stitched into song
From kebab sauce stains to the skyline drawn
I write my name in light — I stay, I carry on
[Verse 3 — Rapid, percussive]
Snap, snap — life’s in the small cracks, pocket lint, lost caps
Trip the cadence, trip the night, fridge buzz, TV snaps
No gold chains, just a cold chain of past maps
I step past the gates where laughter collapsed
Pavement remembers every scuff and every shout
I keep my head low but my plans loud, no doubt
Mandem know the code — we move soft, speak when out
Scar city, star city — watch me route the route
[Final Chorus] (Hook — build and land)
Echoes call my name — I move through smoke and rain
Cold streets, colder truth — I breathe, I remain
Echoes call my name — I move through smoke and rain
One foot in the shadow, one foot in the flame
[Outro] (Resolve — striking image)
Night folds its hands, but I fold mine into light
I plant my pulse on the skyline; scars map the flight
Echoes fade to a skyline stitched with the brave
I’m the un
