[Intro - lone shakuhachi over rain, a koto pluck, then the deep 808 sub drops in slow] [mumbled, woozy, low] yeah... ronin... mm, slidin' slow... [Hook - hypnotic mumble, slurred and melodic, ad-libs] Ronin... slidin' through the neon, yeah (yeah) katana on my hip, I don't need 'em, yeah (woo) deep in the bass where the lonely go (low) Tokyo cold but I'm movin' slow (slow) [Verse 1 - slurred mumble flow, woozy] Yeah, I'm drippin' in the rain, lost my name in the smoke (smoke) shamisen cryin' while I'm sippin' on the low (low) heavy on the 808, feel it knock through my soul (knock) no master, no map, just the dark and the gold (gold) mm, lanterns on the water, watch 'em bleed in the haze (haze) ghost behind the neon, I been gone for days (gone) koto in the cut, got me lost in a daze (daze) slidin' through the city like a blade through the maze (yeah) [Hook - mumble] Ronin... slidin' through the neon, yeah (yeah) katana on my hip, I don't need 'em, yeah (woo) deep in the bass where the lonely go (low) Tokyo cold but I'm movin' slow (slow) [Verse 2 - woozy, more slurred] Mm, sub-bass rumble like a temple bell (bell) movin' through the smoke with a story I don't tell (shh) faded in the lantern light, can't nobody tell (nah) heaven on my left but I'm ridin' through the hell (hell) yeah, shadow of a samurai, I drift and I fade (fade) shakuhachi whisperin' the price that I paid (paid) deep in the low end, that's the bed where I laid (low) ronin in the rain and I'm never afraid (yeah) [Hook - mumble, fading into the sub and the rain] Ronin... slidin' through the neon, yeah (yeah) deep in the bass where the lonely go (low) Tokyo cold but I'm movin'... slow... [the koto rings out, the sub holds a final deep swell, fade into the rain]
