FROM THE STREETS — ACCONVAL

**[Intro – Spoken/Sung softly]**
Yeah…
Acconval…
From the streets, for the streets…

They see the smile on my face,
But they don't know the story behind it.
They see me standing today,
They don't know how many times I almost gave up.

But I'm still here…

[Verse 1]

I come from a place where the dream no easy,
Where tomorrow never comes with a guarantee,
Mama pray, while the boy dey chase his destiny,
Many nights I asked myself, “Who go believe in me?”

I have walked through places where nobody knows my name,
I have seen good days disappear inside the rain,
Sometimes I had nothing but a little bit of faith,
Still I told myself, “Acconval, you go find your way.”

I lost some things just trying to find myself,
Had to start again when I had nothing on the shelf,
People only see the moment when you finally succeed,
But nobody sees the battles that you fight when you're alone.

[Pre-Chorus]

Now I got a little place I can call my own,
Even though the journey still feels so long,
I look around and say, “See how far I've come,”
This is just the beginning, I am not done.

**[Chorus – Big, catchy]**

From the streets, for the streets,
That's the story of Acconval,
I was down but I found my feet,
Now I'm standing, I won't fall.

From the pain to the dream,
From the darkness to the light,
If you know where I came from,
Then you know I'm built to fight.

Oh-oh-oh, Acconval…
Oh-oh-oh, I go make am…
From the streets, for the streets,
One day the whole world go know my name.

[Verse 2]

I don't want to be famous just to hear them call my name,
I want to change the story, I want to break the chain,
I want the younger ones to see that they can rise again,
Even when the road is rough and everybody says they can't.

I have dreams bigger than the room I'm sleeping in,
Bigger than the money that I never had to spend,
I want to build something that my people can believe in,
And when they ask my story, I'll tell them how I began.

I know say I never reach where I want to be,
But every little progress means something to me,
Yesterday I was searching for a place to breathe,
Today I got a home—tomorrow I'm chasing my dreams.

[Pre-Chorus]

Now I got a little place I can call my own,
Even though the journey still feels so long,
I look around and say, “See how far I've come,”
This is just the beginning, I am not done.

[Chorus]

From the streets, for the streets,
That's the story of Acconval,
I was down but I found my feet,
Now I'm standing, I won't fall.

From the pain to the dream,
From the darkness to the light,
If you know where I came from,
Then you know I'm built to fight.

Oh-oh-oh, Acconval…
Oh-oh-oh, I go make am…
From the streets, for the streets,
One day the whole world go know my name.

**[Bridge – Strip the beat down]**

If you see me smiling,
Don't think say life was easy…

If you see me rising,
Know say I came from somewhere deep…

Every scar became a lesson,
Every loss became a blessing,
Every closed door made me stronger,
Now I'm walking toward my future.

I don't need to rush my journey,
I just need to keep on moving,
One day I'll look behind me,
And say, “Acconval, you did it.”