[Intro]
Snow on the block, but my steps still bare
Everybody got gifts, man, my porch chair
Look up at the sky, see the sleigh fly south
Deep breath, bass hit, “Yo, Santa missed my house!”

[Verse 1]
Mom lit a candle in the window glass
Neighbor kids brag ‘bout what they unwrap
I just got dishes in the sink, last past due
Same old hoodie, same old run-down shoes
I hung one sock, had to nail that tight
Paint chipped wall, but it still looked right
Left out cookies from the discount shelf
Woke up, crumbs from me, that’s it, myself

[Chorus]
Oh, Santa missed my house
Flew right over this tired old couch
All these lists, all these prayers out loud
But the sleigh rode by my side of town
Oh, Santa missed my house
But I’m still here, still singing out
If the big man can’t bring that joy around
We gon’ build our own on the broken ground

[Verse 2]
Uncle frying chicken in a beat-up pan
Cousin at the table with a two-card hand
Grandma hums low, that old church tone
Turns this tiny kitchen to a golden throne
TV preacher talk “give and receive”
We pass plates heavy just to make folks breathe
No wrapping paper, just newspaper seams
But the jokes hit hard, and the love stay green

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Maybe he lost my letter in the junk mail pile
Maybe all this brown skin on the wrong side of the mile
But my nephew laughs loud with his gap tooth grin
That sound right there, man, that’s the win [crescendo]
[backing vocals: “That’s the win, that’s the win”]

[Chorus]

[Outro]
So if you see that sleigh when the moon comes out
Tell him swing back around to the word-of-mouth
Where the heat’s from the stove and the heart, not the cash
We the gift, we the tree, we the star on the dash [gospel ad-libs]