Flower in the Concrete

[Intro: concrete taps, distant music box]
(crack-crack... bloom!)

[Verse: rhythmic whisper to melody]
They laid the sidewalk smooth and gray
Measured every inch to keep the wild away
But something underfoot refused to sleep
Pushed a purple anthem through the seam

[Pre-Chorus: climbing harmonies]
No garden gate, no velvet rope
Just stubborn roots and reckless hope

[Chorus: soaring falsetto]
I'm the flower in the concrete
Growing where I shouldn't be
If the world was built too narrow
That's a problem with the street
(oh-oh, let me grow!)
You can call me out of place
I'll put color in the cracks you made

[Drop: pitched chops, sliding 808]
(bloom-bloom) (break-break)
[Half-time kick, shimmering synth]

[Outro: whispered, smiling]
Watch the pavement learn my name.