Corner Clock by Dead Air Syndicate
Corner Clock
[Intro]
Tick-tock.. on the corner clock
Streetlight blinking like it know my thoughts
Uh
[Hook]
Time move different when you’re posted on the block
Watching days turn into years, hope fading with the chalk
Same faces, same pain, same watch
Corner clock don’t stop, nah, corner clock don’t stop
Mama praying, sirens singing, hearts locked
Life cheap, dreams heavy, wrists watch
Time move different when you’re posted on the block
Corner clock don’t stop, nah, corner clock don’t stop
[Verse 1]
I learned math from weighing grams and counting losses
Learned trust from betrayal, learned love from the crosses
Posted where the concrete crack like promises
Every hour feel eternal, minutes full of consequences
Seen a kid turn grown with the same old scars
Same corner, different season, same broke stars
Police lights paint the night in red and blue
Funny how they say time heals, but it never healed the crew
We was rich in conversation, poor in options
Lunch was hope, dinner was caution
Dreams on layaway, reality cash-only
Future blurry, past clear, that’s the math they showed me
[Hook]
Time move different when you’re posted on the block
Watching days turn into years, hope fading with the chalk
Same faces, same pain, same watch
Corner clock don’t stop, nah, corner clock don’t stop
Mama praying, sirens singing, hearts locked
Life cheap, dreams heavy, wrists watch
Time move different when you’re posted on the block
Corner clock don’t stop, nah, corner clock don’t stop
[Verse 2]
Lost my brother to a moment, not a lifetime
One decision, one second, flatline
They say patience is a virtue, I been waiting
But hunger got a voice and it don’t like debating
Every crack in the sidewalk know my name
I paced circles so long, feel like time a game
Young boys learning rules from the wrong men
Old heads stuck in stories that don’t end
I seen tears freeze in the winter air
Summer nights feel shorter when you’re barely there
Clock hands spinning but we standing still
Trying to outrun fate with a iron will
[Bridge]
If I leave will the block remember me?
Or am I just another name in its memory?
Corner raised me, but it won’t bury me
I swear I hear tomorrow whispering carefully
[Verse 3]
I ain’t glorify the pain, I report it
These bars case files, every line recorded
I want more than survival, more than respect
More than looking back wondering “what’s next?”
Time ain’t money where I’m from, it’s blood
Spent it wrong, now the interest flood
I’m trying to buy my mama back her sleep
Trying to teach my lil’ self to dream
If I make it off this block, it’s for all of us
For the names on the wall and the fallen dust
Till then I’m here, watching seconds drop
Under that flickering light, by the corner clock
[Hook]
Time move different when you’re posted on the block
Watching days turn into years, hope fading with the chalk
Same faces, same pain, same watch
Corner clock don’t stop, nah, corner clock don’t stop
Mama praying, sirens singing, hearts locked
Life cheap, dreams heavy, wrists watch
Time move different when you’re posted on the block
Corner clock don’t stop, nah, corner clock don’t stop
[Outro]
Yeah…
If you listening, don’t waste it
Time already spent on the corner
Tick-tock…