Lyrics

[Verse]
Concrete jungle, hunger pains, tight ropes
Dreams get shredded, ain't no safety net for hopes
Cash in the mattress, dice games on the stoop
Ducking from the flashing lights, swerving in the loop

[Chorus]
Survival instincts, heartbeat of the block
Grinding through the chaos, ticking like a clock
Built from the rubble, diamonds in the rough
Ghetto made warriors, life here’s tough

[Verse 2]
Neighbors ain't friendly, trust cut like razors
Bills piling high, dreams sitting on the waivers
Every step a gamble, a roll of the dice
Stay strapped with ambition, pay the ultimate price

[Bridge]
Echoes of sirens, lullabies of the night
Broken glass symphonies under dim streetlight
Whispers in the alley, shadows hold the code
Every soul's a soldier, on this battlefield road

[Chorus]
Survival instincts, heartbeat of the block
Grinding through the chaos, ticking like a clock
Built from the rubble, diamonds in the rough
Ghetto made warriors, life here’s tough

[Verse 3]
Bodega hustle, ramen packs, canned dreams
Street's a canvas painted with fractured schemes
Wolves in the shadows, sheep walk on tight strings
Survival in the ghetto, the crown’s on the king