[Verse]
I grew up where the streets don't sleep
Where dreams get buried and secrets keep
Third Ward nights and the sirens sing
The struggle taught me to fight for everything
[Verse 2]
Mama worked hard just to pay the rent
Every dollar gone before it was spent
Broken streetlights but we found our way
The hustle is the prayer we learned to say
[Chorus]
Oh Third Ward dreams they never die
We rise like smoke to touch the sky
Through the pain and the fire we stand tall
From the struggle comes the strength in us all
[Verse 3]
Corner stores where the stories unfold
Lives get written on asphalt cold
Potholes deep but we learned to leap
Turning nothing into something we could keep
[Bridge]
The music plays through the cracks in the walls
A beat so raw it echoes the calls
Of a city alive with a soul so fierce
Through the noise and chaos it pierces
[Chorus]
Oh Third Ward dreams they never die
We rise like smoke to touch the sky
Through the pain and the fire we stand tall
From the struggle comes the strength in us all