Nia Vibe - Concrete Lullaby Lyrics

[Intro]
Night shift blues, mama's scrubs and shoes
Clock strikes midnight, another day to lose
Hospital halls echo with her weary stride
While the city sleeps, she keeps hope alive

[Verse 1]
Fluorescent lights flicker like dying stars
ID badge clicking past security bars
Double shifts and overtime pay
Bills keep piling up day after day
Coffee-stained dreams in styrofoam cups
When the world breaks down, she builds it up
Manchester rain on rusty steel
Numbing these wounds that never heal

[Chorus]
Working class hero in the dead of night
Keeping this world spinning, making things right
No glory, no fame, just getting by
While the rich men sleep and the poor folks try
To survive, to survive, just to survive

[Verse 2]
Convenience store wisdom at 3 AM
Counting pennies, doing it all again
Grandma's old records spin memories sweet
Of stronger women who refused to retreat
System wants robots, but we still feel
Every heartbeat, every meal
Every goddamn sacrifice
Paying the same price, rolling the dice

[Bridge]
They say perfection's what we need
But our scars tell stories when we bleed
Beautiful chaos in the machine
Real life ain't what it seems

[Chorus]
Working class hero in the dead of night
Keeping this world spinning, making things right
No glory, no fame, just getting by
While the rich men sleep and the poor folks try
To survive, to survive, just to survive

[Outro]
Night shift blues, mama's scrubs and shoes
Another sunrise breaking through
In this city of broken dreams
We're stronger than the system seems
We're stronger than we seem