A stark UK rap track about street survival, isolation, and the daily fight to stay alive.
It's about surviving inside the struggle, minute by minute.
The tension never releases because the conditions don't change.
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Cold Roads
A stark UK rap track about street survival, isolation, and the daily fight to stay alive.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
K Koke's 'Cold Roads' and the grind to survive
A stark UK rap track about street survival, isolation, and the daily fight to stay alive.
I been dying since the day of my birth
This isn't a song about making it out. It's about surviving inside the struggle, minute by minute. The tension never releases because the conditions don't change.
When he says 'I been dying since the day of my birth,' it's not metaphorical flourish. That line comes after listing the actual pressures: block work, shottin to get by, freedom on the line. The grind isn't a choice; it's what keeps his 'little princess' fed.
It flips the usual idea of a life beginning at birth. Here, birth is the start of a different kind of death sentence, one played out on those cold roads every day.
The way 'cold roads' returns each time, like a refrain he can't escape. It's less a chorus hook and more a fact he has to keep stating.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "I been dying since the day of my birth,"
the pull of "little princess"
how "cold roads" turns into a mantra
Lyrics
Cold Roads
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Who can you trust when it gets on top
When you got no home no dough
Stuck out on these cold roads
Not a damn soul cos nobody cares
I look around and nobodies here
Sometimes I really needed help and nobodies there
I rely on nobody I swear
I got dry tears up in my eyes
Dark night sitting down thinking bout my life
Where did I go wrong
Shit just isn’t right
I been hurting for so long I’m sick of all the strife
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t frightened for my life
Putting in block work fighting to survive
Not enough gwop earned shottin to get by
So just to get by I got my freedom on the line
I’m addicted to the grind
Struggling got me sitting doing time
In these cold roads life is a struggle
Being poor is forcing us to juggle fam
In these cold roads I gotta make a living
Gotta go and get cos noone ain’t giving
In these cold roads my little princess needs me
Gotta stay alive but this shit ain’t easy
In these cold roads I stay prepared for the worst
Fuck death I been dying since the day of my birth
My lifes hard I ain’t asking for no cuddles fam
Na I’m just asking you to understand
Come and see the way I’m living damn
Shits different got me pissing with my stick in hand
Fuck slipping I’d rather make it click and bang
All this murder talk can really make me go and stick up man
All this on my head and the feds wanna pick up man
I’m on the low from the po in their pick up van
In these cold roads life is a struggle
Being poor is forcing us to juggle fam
In these cold roads I gotta make a living
Gotta go and get cos noone ain’t giving
In these cold roads my little princess needs me
Gotta stay alive but this shit ain’t easy
In these cold roads I stay prepared for the worst
Fuck death I been dying since the day of my birth
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What is "Cold Roads" by K Koke about?
A stark UK rap track about street survival, isolation, and the daily fight to stay alive. It's about surviving inside the struggle, minute by minute. The tension never releases because the conditions don't change.
Who performs "Cold Roads"?
K Koke performs "Cold Roads", and this lyric page sits inside the K Koke catalog on LyroVerse.
Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Cold Roads"?
Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "K Koke's 'Cold Roads' and the grind to survive", followed by the full lyric and related songs.
Are there related songs to explore after "Cold Roads"?
Yes. The related section below points to Destiny and Could Have Been with a short reason for opening each page next.
Where can I find more songs by K Koke?
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