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Cruising
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Oct 17, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
KB's "Cruising" opens with a child's bedtime prayer and then turns it into a survival testimony. The song recounts a bike accident at thirteen, when a car hit him and his head went through the windshield; he remembers being airborne and everyone assuming the worst, while his father insisted otherwise. That refrain, "I'm still OK," carries the track, even as he names the fractures and the fear. The most striking turn is the boy in the same accident at the same hospital who never walked again, which pushes KB into a hard question about why he was spared and what happens next. The lyrics move between Tampa streets, family, and a settled confidence about eternity, ending with the image of sleeping well because the matter is already settled. It is less a victory lap than a reckoning with near-death, gratitude, and the uneasy weight of being the one who walked away.
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Daddy lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I die and I don't wake I'll be better than those who ain't
26, I'm a cool and intelligent hooligan
Native American noobie and cruising with [?]
Yeah they call me KB homes, I ain't talking real estate
Never wanted fame, I was told "eat what's on your dinner plate"
Don't get why being big is such a, such a (I'm into fame)
Think I'm reppin' Oklahoma no matter what
I'm still OK
Rollin' with my partners
All through Tampa, feeling like a boss
HGA behind me, I mean driving, and I'm on the aux
Take me to my hood so I can get that shrimp and garlic sauce
Let me go see my mom before you drop me off
Look, I remember just turning about 13 I promised
I thought it was over, I'm losing it all
I was riding my bike and then crossing the street
And then (car horn), hit by a car
My head went through the windshield, they pumped their brakes
I'm in the air
Knew they thought that I was dead
But that ain't what my father said
I'm still OK
I'm still OK
Fractured a couple bones, but I'm still okay
I'm still OK
God had a plan
Uh, there was a boy
There was a boy, on the same exact day
That got in the same exact accident
In the same hospital
And he never would walk again
What if it was me with the broken neck?
If it was over then?
I'm afraid of what happens next
Living like you'll never die, you'll die having never lived
Worried over making ends meet, forget you'll meet your end
I'm afraid of dying but my death almost welcomed me
I broke it like I do my bed, that's just how I enter it
Draped up and then dripped out
Street paving that 500k
Y East throwing my sins out
No regrets, just righteousness
And I can't wait to be like him
Life only gets better boy
With eternity on your eyelids
Imma sleep well, it's been settled boy
I'm still OK, I'm still OK
This gon' be a good night
I'm still OK, I'm still OK
And we gon' go to bed boy [x2]