1325 South Ohio

Lyrics

[Verse 1] It started at 1325, South Ohio Avenue No roof overhead, just pain I had to drag through Dogs without a roof, no food, just the freeze I was running wrong with the wrong ones, knees in the grease Pockets full of hurt, mind full of smoke I was neck-deep in that gutter, barely hanging by a rope Stealin' from my own, then I seen what I became My mama ain't raise me for this, I wore my own shame I hit that bottom hard, thought the bottom had a floor But rock bottom cracked, and I fell through more I was lost in the alley of my own bad name Then I heard that little voice say, "boy, change your game" [Pre-Chorus] I had to bleed to learn Had to burn to rise I was dead on my feet Now I see with new eyes From the mud to the mic From the dirt to the light I don't live in that hole I been fighting for my life [Chorus] ACE O, ACE O I rose from the low ACE O, ACE O Now I build where I go No more taking from mine I put a roof on the whole block ACE O, ACE O I came back and I don't stop [Verse 2] Now I’m shaking hands with the same folks I used to doubt Walking through the block with my head up, looking out I’m a leader in my people, not a thief in the crowd I turned that hunger into work, made my family proud See the hammer in my grip, see the sweat on my shirt Every nail I drive now is me putting in work I know the cost of the dark, I know the weight of the chain I know what it means when you say you can't escape the pain But I got brothers still trapped in that same old loop So I speak from the scars, I don't preach from a suit I tell 'em "you can break out, you can make it through" 'Cause I bled in the pit and I'm living proof [Pre-Chorus] I had to bleed to learn Had to burn to rise I was dead on my feet Now I see with new eyes From the mud to the mic From the dirt to the light I don't live in that hole I been fighting for my life [Chorus] ACE O, ACE O I rose from the low ACE O, ACE O Now I build where I go No more taking from mine I put a roof on the whole block ACE O, ACE O I came back and I don't stop [Bridge] I know the smell of defeat on a cold ass dawn I know what it is when the money and the morals gone I know the sound of a house with nothing in the fridge I know what it takes just to cross that bridge So if you see me now, don't call it luck I was down in the pit when they gave up Now I stand with my city, with my word intact From gutter junkie to ACE O, and I ain't going back [Chorus] ACE O, ACE O I rose from the low ACE O, ACE O Now I build where I go No more taking from mine I put a roof on the whole block ACE O, ACE O I came back and I don't stop