Streetlamp Still on Our Block

Lyrics

Came back to the east side, bag on my shoulder
Block looks smaller, I guess I got older
Corner store's a bank now, glass where the wood was
Still I know the cracks in the street, cause I stood there
Learned to ride a bike on this very sidewalk
Learned to hold my own with the old heads' street talk
Faces I remember, faces I don't know
Same old sky with a different glow

Streetlamp still on our block
Buzzing in the dark like it never stopped
Half the names have changed, but the light's the same
Streetlamp still on our block, calling me by name

Mama's window curtain, same faded blue
Porch still creaking like it's glad that I'm through
Old friend's on the stoop with a kid on his knee
Time moves fast, but it moved on me
We talk about the summers, who moved, who stayed
Who made it out, who's still got dreams that fade
No judgment on the stoop, just a quiet nod
Everybody's carrying their own load

Streetlamp still on our block
Buzzing in the dark like it never stopped
Half the names have changed, but the light's the same
Streetlamp still on our block, calling me by name

I'm not the kid who left and I'm not who I'll be
But this corner holds a piece of me
Every step I take, I carry this ground
Where the first rhymes found a sound

Walking back to the bus with the sun going down
Waved to the neighbors, said I'd come around
Lamp flickers once like it's saying goodbye
Warm in the chest and a little wet in the eye

Streetlamp still on our block
Buzzing in the dark like it never stopped
Half the names have changed, but the light's the same
Streetlamp still on our block, calling me by name

Calling me by name
Streetlamp still on our block