Cold Brick Monday

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I came from the block with the cough and the frost Hand in my pocket, still counting my loss Old heads told me, "Keep your face on the cross" I was ten toes down when the whole thing lost Trap door creak when I step through the hall Boots hit the slab and the neighbors hear all Mama said, "Boy, don't you answer that call" But the phone kept ringing like a siren in fall I knew them corners, that bus stop chain Rain on the window, same bruised-up lane Now I move sharp with a grown man's pain Young in the face, but I carry that stain [Pre-Chorus] Don't test my patience I don't do favors Too many faces Too many dangers [Chorus] Cold brick Monday Keep it one way Cold brick Monday I don't fold, no way Cold brick Monday Hear the whole block say Cold brick Monday I don't fold, no way [Verse 2] New York on my mind, but the cold don't fade Brownstone steps and the money got made Old school talk with the new school blade Same slick grin when the debts get paid I learned from the greats, how to pivot and swing How to say less, let the whole room sing How to walk in clean with a look that stings And leave with the truth like a ring of keys Now every move got a witness attached Every old story got a stitch in the patch I made my own lane, no need for the match I burn slow, but I still got that scratch [Bridge] I been through winter I seen the fold I kept my name I kept my soul [Chorus] Cold brick Monday Keep it one way Cold brick Monday I don't fold, no way Cold brick Monday Hear the whole block say Cold brick Monday I don't fold, no way