Track 9 of the album Porch Steps Full · 2025
Spring Cleaning Mixtape, Dust on the Dial
by Kane Rivers
“First warm day, windows wide, dust in the sunbeam. Cleaning out the room cleaned out my head.”
hip hop · groovy hip hop · spring rap · 3:25
Lyrics
First warm day, windows wide, I'm cleaning out the room Dust in the sunbeam like a slow-motion bloom Under the bed, found a shoebox full of tape Handwritten labels, every one an escape Pressed play on the old boombox, static then a drum Suddenly I'm seventeen, hearing the block hum Rhymes I wrote in pencil, flows I couldn't land Now I'm hearing promise in a kid with a plan Dust on the dial, spring cleaning Old tape spinning, got me feeling Every bar that I wrote back then Still got fire, I'd write it again Dust on the dial, turn it up Sunlight and the past in the same cup Neighbors on the sidewalk, rugs hung on the rail Everybody airing out the winter, no fail Little cousin walks in, asks what is that sound I say that's where I started, kid, it's holy ground Mama in the doorway with a smile and a broom Says she remembers that song coming through the room Used to tell me turn it down, now she turns it up Funny how time flips the whole script, what's up Dust on the dial, spring cleaning Old tape spinning, got me feeling Every bar that I wrote back then Still got fire, I'd write it again Dust on the dial, turn it up Sunlight and the past in the same cup Keep the box, toss the doubt That's what this cleaning's about Clear the shelf, make some room Let the old songs bloom Pack the winter coats and wipe the window clean Brand new notebook, nothing in between Hit record on the phone, spit a brand new verse Old me and new me, no rehearse Dust on the dial, spring cleaning Old tape spinning, got me feeling Every bar that I wrote back then Still got fire, I'd write it again Dust on the dial, turn it up Sunlight and the past in the same cup