Gravyn van de Buurt - Streetlight Memories Lyrics

[Intro]
Streetlights flickering, memories getting dimmer
Every night I see your face getting thinner
Bijlmermeer nights, we were just some kids
Running from the shit that life forbids

[Verse 1]
Remember when those punks came at me wrong
You stepped up quick, proved where you belong
Mocking my accent, thinking shit was sweet
Till you showed 'em what respect means on these streets
Mixing Dutch slang with my mother tongue
Two lost boys, but together we were strong
Now I'm speaking proper, climbing high
While you're just a ghost against the Amsterdam sky

[Chorus]
Where'd you go, Marcus? (Where'd you go?)
Rotterdam swallowed you whole
Streets got your soul, brother (Got your soul)
While I made it out, but at what cost though?

[Verse 2]
Sirens in the distance, same old song
Been playing since the day you moved along
Got your last text from some unknown number
Said you're hustling, but the system pulled you under
Sometimes I dream we're back on that corner
Speaking that mix only we could understand
Now I'm in boardrooms, wearing designer
While your story's scattered like grains of sand

[Bridge]
Success tastes like ash when you ain't here to share it
Every award, every deal, feels like I'm playing pretend
Sometimes I wonder if I deserve this life I inherited
While you're just another kid the system chose to end

[Chorus]
Where'd you go, Marcus? (Where'd you go?)
Rotterdam swallowed you whole
Streets got your soul, brother (Got your soul)
While I made it out, but at what cost though?

[Outro]
Under these same damn lights
Two kids once shared their fights
Now one's lost in the void
While the other one flies
I'm sorry, Marcus...