Gravyn van de Buurt - Borrowed Time Lyrics

[Intro]
Static on the line, last words fading out
Marcus on the other side, before the lights went out
Rotterdam streets got teeth, they don't discriminate
Between the ones who make it and the ones who hesitate

[Verse 1]
Same block, different paths, how the f*ck we end up here?
You took the quick cash, I chose beats and atmosphere
Remember trading dreams on those concrete stairs
Now I'm spitting bars while you're fighting off your fears
Every missed call haunts me, should've seen the signs
When you said "I'm good bro" between those broken lines
Working double shifts just to keep your mom alive
While I was in the studio, you were taking dives

[Chorus]
We were borrowed time, borrowed lives
Walking tightropes in these streets that divide
Some of us fly, some of us die
Tell me why I made it and you didn't survive

[Verse 2]
Your mama moved you south, thought it'd save your soul
But demons followed close, had you in their hold
Remember when we dreamed about making it big?
Now I'm living what we planned, while you're six feet deep
Survivor's guilt eating at my conscious mind
Every track I drop feels like I left you behind
Rotterdam's concrete jungle ate you whole
While I found freedom in this microphone's gold

[Bridge]
They say success is sweet, but mine tastes like ash
Every euro earned reminds me of your crash
System's rigged against us, always has been
But why'd you have to be the one to check in?

[Chorus]
We were borrowed time, borrowed lives
Walking tightropes in these streets that divide
Some of us fly, some of us die
Tell me why I made it and you didn't survive

[Outro]
Static on the line, your voice still echoes clear
"We gonna make it bro" - words I still hear
Rest easy Marcus, I'm living for us both
Streets took your body, but your spirit's in these notes