From the Block to the Sky
Kendrick Lamar

(Intro)
Yeah, yeah
From the block to the sky

(Verse 1)
Young boy, eyes wide, heart on his sleeve,
Living in a world where it's hard to believe,
Concrete jungle, where dreams go to fade,
Friends falling off, it's a heavy price paid.

Running through the alleys, dodging the pain,
Hanging with the homies, but it ain't the same,
Every laugh I hear turns to a silent scream,
Wishing it was different, but it’s all a bad dream.

(Chorus)
Why we gotta lose, why they gotta go?
Tears in my eyes, but I still put on a show,
From the block to the sky, I’ll carry their names,
In this life of struggle, we’re bound by the chains.

(Verse 2)
Streets cold, but my heart's on fire,
Every corner turned, it’s a funeral flyer,
Lil' homie lost, far too young to die,
He had a dream, now he’s a memory, why?

We were just kids, playing ball in the sun,
Now I’m left solo, but I keep pushing on,
Every loss I feel cuts deeper than the knife,
I’m just a young warrior, fighting for my life.

(Chorus)
Why we gotta lose, why they gotta go?
Tears in my eyes, but I still put on a show,
From the block to the sky, I’ll carry their names,
In this life of struggle, we’re bound by the chains.

(Bridge)
If I could take away the pain, I would,
Turn the clock back, make it right, if I could,
But here I stand, making sense of the mess,
Living with the echoes of the ones I miss.

(Verse 3)
Time moves on, but I’m stuck in the past,
Chasing shadows, can’t escape, can’t outlast,
This life’s a cycle, it’s hard to break free,
But I will rise up, keep fighting, that’s me.

(Hook)
So I’m holding on tight to the lessons I learned,
Flames of my homies, forever they'll burn,
From the block to the sky, their spirits will fly,
In the heart of the struggle, we’ll never say die.

(Outro)
Yeah, yeah
From the block to the sky, we rise, we fly.