Midnight Mike's

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    Lyrics
    Yeah…
    Every block got angels
    You just don’t always recognize the wings.
    
    Side street saints with the worn-out shoes,
    Got a past full of fights, got a heart full of bruise.
    They ain’t holy by name, ain’t polished by grace,
    But they save who they can in a rough-run place.
    I seen hustlers give coats to the kids in cold,
    Seen a man with nothin’ split what he stole.
    Seen a woman hold strength when her whole world shook—
    Silent hero in a script that the world overlook.
    These the saints that rise where the light don’t reach,
    Where the hope get thin and the nights don’t preach.
    But they carry their truth with a raw-type pride—
    Halo bent up, but the soul won’t hide.
    Every block got a battle, every heart got scars,
    But their grit shine soft like forgotten stars.
    So I walk with respect when their paths I meet—
    These the saints of the side street.
    
    Saints of the side streets—
    Where the lost find love and the hurt find peace.
    No wings on their back, no gold on their feet—
    But they holy in the ways that the world can’t see.
    Yeah—saints of the side streets,
    Holdin’ life down where the nights run deep.
    If you look real close when the dark repeat—
    You’ll find light in the side street saints.
    
    Seen a man with a past like a cracked-up frame,
    But he kept kids fed while they spoke his name.
    Seen a mother raise four with no help, no break,
    Turnin’ every small win to the life they make.
    Seen a brother with dreams that the world dismissed,
    Still give half of his hope to the ones he missed.
    It ain’t clean, it ain’t sweet, but it’s honest and real—
    Sacred in the grit that the pain can’t steal.
    Saints don’t glow, they endure the strain,
    Keep walkin’ through the fire with a heart unchained.
    Every choice that they make got a cost they pay,
    But they still give love in a world gone stray.
    Respect to the souls that the world skip by—
    If you know, you know why their halos fly.
    And I’m humbled each time that my path we meet—
    By the saints of the side street.
    
    Saints of the side streets—
    Where the lost find love and the hurt find peace.
    No wings on their back, no gold on their feet—
    But they holy in the ways that the world can’t see.
    Yeah—saints of the side streets,
    Holdin’ life down where the nights run deep.
    If you look real close when the dark repeat—
    You’ll find light in the side street saints.
    
    Yeah…
    Not every hero got applause.
    Some just keep the block alive
    One small kindness at a time.
    
    Now the moon hit dim on the cracked concrete,
    But their stories fill the air like a slow heartbeat.
    These the ones who survive what the world won’t face,
    Still find room for compassion in a ruthless place.
    I seen broken men rise when the night turned mean,
    Seen the toughest ones crack just to keep things clean.
    Seen the quietest souls lift a life up tall—
    And the loudest ones fold when the stakes got small.
    But the saints stay strong with a weathered grace,
    With a faith born deep in a heavy space.
    They remind me to breathe when the nights feel bleak—
    Yeah, I learn from the saints of the side street.
    
    Saints of the side streets—
    Where the lost find love and the hurt find peace.
    No wings on their back, no gold on their feet—
    But they holy in the ways that the world can’t see.
    Yeah—saints of the side streets,
    Holdin’ life down where the nights run deep.
    If you look real close when the dark repeat—
    You’ll find light in the side street saints.
    
    Yeah…
    Halos ain’t always shiny.
    But they shine where it matters.
    Saints of the Side Streets

    Saints of the Side Streets

    AaronLiveOnline

    from G-Funk Resurrection

    Lyrics
    Yeah…
    Every block got angels
    You just don’t always recognize the wings.
    
    Side street saints with the worn-out shoes,
    Got a past full of fights, got a heart full of bruise.
    They ain’t holy by name, ain’t polished by grace,
    But they save who they can in a rough-run place.
    I seen hustlers give coats to the kids in cold,
    Seen a man with nothin’ split what he stole.
    Seen a woman hold strength when her whole world shook—
    Silent hero in a script that the world overlook.
    These the saints that rise where the light don’t reach,
    Where the hope get thin and the nights don’t preach.
    But they carry their truth with a raw-type pride—
    Halo bent up, but the soul won’t hide.
    Every block got a battle, every heart got scars,
    But their grit shine soft like forgotten stars.
    So I walk with respect when their paths I meet—
    These the saints of the side street.
    
    Saints of the side streets—
    Where the lost find love and the hurt find peace.
    No wings on their back, no gold on their feet—
    But they holy in the ways that the world can’t see.
    Yeah—saints of the side streets,
    Holdin’ life down where the nights run deep.
    If you look real close when the dark repeat—
    You’ll find light in the side street saints.
    
    Seen a man with a past like a cracked-up frame,
    But he kept kids fed while they spoke his name.
    Seen a mother raise four with no help, no break,
    Turnin’ every small win to the life they make.
    Seen a brother with dreams that the world dismissed,
    Still give half of his hope to the ones he missed.
    It ain’t clean, it ain’t sweet, but it’s honest and real—
    Sacred in the grit that the pain can’t steal.
    Saints don’t glow, they endure the strain,
    Keep walkin’ through the fire with a heart unchained.
    Every choice that they make got a cost they pay,
    But they still give love in a world gone stray.
    Respect to the souls that the world skip by—
    If you know, you know why their halos fly.
    And I’m humbled each time that my path we meet—
    By the saints of the side street.
    
    Saints of the side streets—
    Where the lost find love and the hurt find peace.
    No wings on their back, no gold on their feet—
    But they holy in the ways that the world can’t see.
    Yeah—saints of the side streets,
    Holdin’ life down where the nights run deep.
    If you look real close when the dark repeat—
    You’ll find light in the side street saints.
    
    Yeah…
    Not every hero got applause.
    Some just keep the block alive
    One small kindness at a time.
    
    Now the moon hit dim on the cracked concrete,
    But their stories fill the air like a slow heartbeat.
    These the ones who survive what the world won’t face,
    Still find room for compassion in a ruthless place.
    I seen broken men rise when the night turned mean,
    Seen the toughest ones crack just to keep things clean.
    Seen the quietest souls lift a life up tall—
    And the loudest ones fold when the stakes got small.
    But the saints stay strong with a weathered grace,
    With a faith born deep in a heavy space.
    They remind me to breathe when the nights feel bleak—
    Yeah, I learn from the saints of the side street.
    
    Saints of the side streets—
    Where the lost find love and the hurt find peace.
    No wings on their back, no gold on their feet—
    But they holy in the ways that the world can’t see.
    Yeah—saints of the side streets,
    Holdin’ life down where the nights run deep.
    If you look real close when the dark repeat—
    You’ll find light in the side street saints.
    
    Yeah…
    Halos ain’t always shiny.
    But they shine where it matters.
    Built While Nobody Watched

    Built While Nobody Watched

    AaronLiveOnline