Lil Keek - Midnight Toll Lyrics

[Intro]
Late night shadows, fluorescent lights
Frozen in time, bout to change my life
IPhone recording what I can't unsee
Trapped between who I am and who I gotta be

[Verse 1]
Corner store counter, clock strikes twelve
Mama working doubles, I'm here by myself
Dude in the hoodie got his hand on heat
While I'm standing frozen, watching from the street
Hood politics, survival of the realest
When poverty hits, turn saints into the villains
Caught between the streets and these minimum wage dreams
Mama's voicemail echoing through my schemes

[Chorus]
Midnight toll, soul for sale (yeah)
Watching life through this bulletproof glass veil
Midnight toll, who gon' fold? (what?)
One decision turn a good kid cold
F*ck these choices that ain't choices at all
Watch the register open, hear destiny call

[Verse 2]
Memphis streets got stories untold
Each corner store robbery getting old
Mama's voice in my head saying "stay in school"
While these streets offering different rules
Could've been me with that mask on
Could've been me with that cash gone
Instead I'm just watching, phone in my hand
Recording this shit like I understand

[Bridge]
Click-clack, register opens wide
808s matching my heart inside
Sirens wailing in the distance now
Everyone got their own way to bow down
To the system that keeps us trapped
In these circumstances that got us mapped

[Verse 3]
Memory fragments like broken glass
IPhone footage from my f*cked up past
Streets raised us when them checks ain't clear
Now we stuck between survival and fear
Mama working till her bones break down
While we watching stick-ups in this ghost town
This ain't no game, this ain't no test
Just desperate souls trying their best

[Outro]
Midnight toll still ringing in my head
Some choices stay with you till you dead
Memphis nights, fluorescent dreams
Nothing's ever simple as it seems