Smoke Roll Slow

Don't speak, just ride, let the smoke roll slow
You don't know who you are 'til the fire gets close
Outlaw soul, let the cold wind move
Blacked-out heart with a bloodstained truth
We don't talk, we feel, we weigh, we choose
You don't prove real 'less you got somethin' to lose

I don't judge no man, I just clock his stride
Seen saints turn snake when the well run dry
Don't care 'bout your car, or the tags on your feet
I care how you act when the pressure gets deep
Preachers push dope, while the dealers find God
I've seen killers break down when the time hits hard
Don't claim you solid, stand tall when it hits
When the cuffs go tight and your name's on a list
Talk slow, move wise, keep that heat in the dark
Where I'm from, it's your code, not your face, that marks
You ride for your blood? You bleed for your name
Then walk through the fire and come back the same

Don't speak, just ride, let the smoke roll slow
You don't know who you are 'til the fire gets close
Outlaw soul, let the cold wind move
Blacked-out heart with a bloodstained truth
We don't talk, we feel, we weigh, we choose
You don't prove real 'less you got somethin' to lose

I was raised where the roads crack and break your back
Where the law runs shady and the church deals packs
Where a man might pray with a gun on his thigh
And a good girl sin just to get by
It's blood in the soil, it's rules in the cell
It's a hundred fake hugs for one that's real
You don't floss down here, we measure your truth
By how you hold firm when it's you or the noose
It's the dirt on your boots, not the gold on your neck
It's the silence you keep when they come for respect
No need to talk tough, we can tell by your soul
Outlaws don't bark, we just dig the hole

Don't speak, just ride, let the smoke roll slow
You don't know who you are 'til the fire gets close
Outlaw soul, let the cold wind move
Blacked-out heart with a bloodstained truth
We don't talk, we feel, we weigh, we choose
You don't prove real 'less you got somethin' to lose