Sneakers on the Fire Escape · 消防梯上的球鞋

[Verse 1]

Look, fifth floor walk-up, elevator never came

Mama working double, I was learning how to aim

At a ceiling with a water stain that looked just like a map

Of a place we'd never been, so we sat right there and talked about that

My brother kicked his off and tied the laces to the rail

Said these shoes cost more than what we made the whole of April

Swinging over traffic, over somebody's whole life

We was broke but we was flying, man, we was the only kite

[Pre-Chorus]

And the wind don't care what's in your pocket

And the city don't care whose name you got on

But up here we the kings of the concrete

Five floors up and the air taste sweet

[Chorus]

Sneakers on the fire escape, fifth floor, no net

We ain't got a view, but we got the skyline yet

Laces tied together hanging off the iron rail

Take 'em off to be ourselves, put 'em on to never fail

Sneakers on the fire escape, yeah, fifth floor, no net

[Verse 2]

Look, winter came and went, we still up on the same damn step

Talking 'bout the money that we ain't even made yet

He said one day I'ma buy my mama something with a yard

I said one day I'ma stop pretending that it ain't that hard

Two pairs on the railing, one white and one red

Every dream we ever had hanging by a thread

But the thread held, man, the thread held

And the sun came up on the side of the building like it knew us well

[Pre-Chorus]

And the wind don't care what's in your pocket

And the city don't care whose name you got on

But up here we the kings of the concrete

Five floors up and the air taste sweet

[Chorus]

Sneakers on the fire escape, fifth floor, no net

We ain't got a view, but we got the skyline yet

Laces tied together hanging off the iron rail

Take 'em off to be ourselves, put 'em on to never fail

Sneakers on the fire escape, yeah, fifth floor, no net

[Bridge]

Now I got a key, now I got a floor with a name on it

Still climb up to the roof when the money don't feel honest

Shoes cost more now, but I still tie 'em to the rail

'Cause the only thing that saved us was the height and the pale

[Final Chorus]

Sneakers on the fire escape, fifth floor, no net

We ain't got a view, but we got the skyline yet

Laces tied together hanging off the iron rail

Take 'em off to be ourselves, put 'em on to never fail

Sneakers on the fire escape, yeah, fifth floor, no net

[Outro]

Fifth floor, no net

Fifth floor, no net

Put 'em on to never fail