Nowhere Near LUCY AND ZERO COLLAB

[Female — soft sung intro, distant city ambience] Yeah… The city’s buzzing… Tempo high… [Female — melodic R&B verse] The city is buzzing, the tempo is high, For every step I take, I’m asking why. For every decision that I gotta make, Every little chance, every risk I take. For every tone that hums through the night, I feel like I’m the only one in sight. The streets sing to me, every tune unique, But there’s an emptiness—something deep that I seek. [Female — pre-hook, breathy and emotional] Sing to me, concrete beneath my feet, Tell me there’s a love that I’m meant to meet. Lure me here, don’t let me disappear, The promise feels close… But the one I need, I need to pull near. [Female — hook, layered harmonies] Oh, city lights, don’t leave me alone, I’ve been chasing a feeling, I’ve been searching for home. Concrete beneath me, sky over my head, I’m reaching for the words that were never said. Oh, pull me closer, don’t let it fade, Maybe some promises were made to break. The streets keep singing, but I still fear— The one that I need… Ain’t nowhere near. [Male Rapper — calm, deep voice; conversational pocket] You walk your endless path, I watch you lose your shit every day, I ain’t here to guide you, little one, and I definitely ain’t here to stay. You came closer to the place where I sit and watch it all, Day in and day out, watching dreams rise, watching people fall. Ha— I can see it in your eyes, that need to scream and shout, Like you got the whole damn world inside but you can’t let it out. You want something real, something money can’t buy, Something that’ll hold you when the bright lights die. [Male Rapper — more melodic, reflective] What the heart wants, it can’t always get, Move on, princess, your golden path was already set. I’m the one your parents gonna look up and down, The one your daddy probably wish he could run outta town. He might think I’m one fight that he could’ve won, One bad decision, one loaded gun. I’m from the wrong valley, wrong tribe, wrong side, The completely wrong motherfuckin’ guy in their eyes. And you, sweetheart, you’re silk and silver spoons, Champagne dreams underneath them moonlit rooms. I don’t argue, I don’t ask you why, I just look at you once—and let the moment slide. [Female — response / bridge, soft but firm] Don’t tell me where I belong, Don’t tell me that this feeling is wrong. I heard the streets calling your name, And every road keeps leading the same. You say you’re the wrong kind of man, But maybe you don’t understand— I don’t need silver, I don’t need gold, I just need something real to hold. [Male Rapper — final verse, emotional, restrained] I watch as she walks away, and I know I gotta move, Know I’m losing out on the one who might give me something to prove. The one who might make the difference that I know I deserve, But I keep my pain low-key, let it hide in every word. ’Cause there ain’t no place for me on her little earth, No clean white gates where a man like me got worth. Still, I see her in the city when the midnight lights blur, And I wonder if she ever thinks about me… The way I think about her. [Female + Male — outro duet] Female: The city keeps buzzing, the tempo stays high… Male: But some things we want, we just can’t make mine… Female: Concrete beneath me, I’m calling your name… Male: Wrong side, wrong time, but the feeling’s the same… Female: Sing to me… Male: I’m still right here… Both: So close to the promise… but nowhere near.