[Verse 1: Ferocious double-time female MC, rapid and relentless] Night shift picker with a scanner on my hip until the sun Clock out, boil the noodles, boot the cartridge up and run Twenty-year-old plastic with the sticker peelin' off the back Eleven years the record's held by a loudmouth in the chat Talkin' like the castle got his name across the gate Sayin' girls don't route and girls don't grind, they only watch and wait I been eatin' resets since the snow was on the ground Ten thousand deaths and I'm still here, I'm the roach that won't lie down Learned the pixel on the ledge where you can slip into the floor Learned it in the dark until my wrists were raw and sore Now my thumbs got calluses the shape of every button He got a trophy on his shelf, I'm 'bout to make it nothin' [Chorus: Ferocious double-time female MC, chanted hard] Any percent, I'll take it any way it comes Clip the wall, skip the boss, and leave you on the run Any percent, no rules and no excuse Eleven years you sat up top, I'm cuttin' you loose [Verse 2: Ferocious double-time female MC, breathless] Then the lights die, landlord's note is taped across my door Power's off, the fridge is warm, the router's dead upon the floor Grab the cartridge, grab the bag, I'm sprintin' to the mall Game store got a demo kiosk bolted to the wall Manager is moppin', says we close in twenty flat I need eighteen forty-one, I tell him, man, I'm good with that Kids look up from scrollin', phones come out, a crowd Stranger in a hoodie says the castle skip ain't allowed I say any percent means any, read the rules again, chief Then I'm through the first world in a minute like a thief [Bridge: Ferocious double-time female MC, frame-perfect clip, toms locked to every syllable] One frame, one shot, sixteen milliseconds wide Jump, crouch, turn, and now I'm slidin' through the castle side Wall says no, I tell it yes, the sprite falls through the stone Manager drops the mop, the kids are screamin' at their phones [Chorus: Ferocious double-time female MC, chanted hard] Any percent, I'll take it any way it comes Clip the wall, skip the boss, and leave you on the run Any percent, no rules and no excuse Eleven years you sat up top, I'm cuttin' you loose [Verse 3: Ferocious double-time female MC, victory lap] Final split is gold, I hit the axe, the timer's blue Eighteen thirty-nine, I beat his time by two Had no power, had no stream, I had a kiosk and a prayer Forty phones were rollin' and the clip went everywhere Then he tries to run it back and dies in world one twice Eleven years of sittin' still will make your fingers ice [Chorus: Ferocious double-time female MC, chanted hard] Any percent, I'll take it any way it comes Clip the wall, skip the boss, and leave you on the run Any percent, no rules and no excuse Eleven years you sat up top, I'm cuttin' you loose [Outro: Ferocious double-time female MC, war-drum toms ring out] Got the record in a mall with the power off at home [End]
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