[Intro ] Woonsocket nights, bass down low, neon on the face of the street, First Ave pulse, hood tales, where lost boys and glory meet. This is for Mikey — the wild chapters and the waking light. [Verse 1] I ran the blocks like a story in fast-forward, thirty packs and white lines, House parties bleeding into dawn, fights, cheap laughs, borrowed time. Slanging weight to feed a hunger that ended every promise with a grin, Doing licks for the thrill, counting cash, tasting sin. Girls changed like seasons, different names on different nights, Party like a rockstar, cameras flash, then gone at morning light. Worcester House warnings, cell doors, iron cold and stark, Bud by my side, bid after bid, in and out, living in the dark. [Chorus ] Legend of Blackstone nights — I walked Redemption Road, Legend of Blackstone nights — I carried a heavy load. I walked Redemption Road — from deathbed back to home, I walked Redemption Road — the streets taught me how to grow. [Verse 2 (Verbatim - user’s original lines)] change streets to 1st ave woonsocket party all night long girls lived the party animal inwas till it took me down a lath to drunken nights alone to jail at Worcester house bud after bid in and out life of mikey crazy should have been my name crazy nights ill mever forget till i was on the brink of death found hope with my first child then found the love of my life and had 2 more beautiful babies sober 10 years marriage on the way old lofe behind me stories is whats left and the memory of mikey wasted the legend of blackstone [Pre-Chorus ] Heartbeat in the corridor, beeps, that clinical glow, I saw a cradle in the flash — a little hand, a halo. One small breath, one tiny face, pulled me from the fall, A promise hung in early dawn: I won't let my children watch me crawl. [Chorus ] Legend of Blackstone nights — I walked Redemption Road, Legend of Blackstone nights — I carried a heavy load. I walked Redemption Road — from deathbed back to home, I walked Redemption Road — the streets taught me how to grow. [Verse 3] Found the love that stitched the seams, then two more lights to guard, Sleepless nights, diaper fights, coffee black and working hard. Courtroom clocks to backyard swings, from visiting rooms to cake, From razor edges of the bottle to mornings where I stay awake. Ten years clean, ring on the way, the past fades but still tells tales, I trade gunmetal nights for lullabies and grocery lists and mail. Deathbed ghosts still whisper, sometimes the old bass calls my name, But I answer soft with father hands — I won't let that man remain. [Bridge ] There’s grit in every memory, a scar that shaped my skin, I wear the legend like a map of where I’ve been. Redemption ain't a single moment — it’s a thousand tiny fights, It’s one more day, one more kiss, holding my kids through the nights. [Chorus — Short Hook] Legend of Blackstone nights — I walked Redemption Road. Legend of Blackstone nights — I walked Redemption Road. [Outro ] Woonsocket’s neon shrh