[BOOT] [BOOT] [BOOT] [Upright bass] [Les Paul growl] [Shamisen answers] [Scratch] Who—who—who— [COSMIC] You wanna know Who I am now? [Beat] They call me Cosmic. [VERSE 1] They call me Cosmic Didn't come with the name Had to walk through a couple Different versions of pain Family had a blueprint World had a plan Everybody had instructions For becoming their man I said— Nah. Keep the wisdom Lose the cage Took the family pencil Wrote a different fucking page Teacher in the daytime Builder after dark Give me one unanswered question I'll come back With a park [GUITAR BEND] I don't sit good Never did Idle mind Gets dangerous quick So give me three screens Four plans Five things moving That's when all the noise Starts turning into music [CHORUS] [STOMP] They call me— [GANG] COSMIC! [COSMIC] Why? I see the pattern In the static [GANG] COSMIC! I take the weight And build a habit [GANG] COSMIC! Love gets complicated? Build. Money gets strange? Learn. Universe gets quiet? [GANG] LISTEN. [COSMIC] Then wait For my turn. [SHAMISEN / GUITAR TRADE] [VERSE 2] I don't need the universe Agreeing with me I need enough curiosity To look and see Signal comes in— Observe. Pattern repeats— Record. Intuition says move— Discernment says— [GANG] PROVE IT. [COSMIC] Good Lord. [Scratch] LOOK AGAIN. Numbers Symbols People Timing Music Markets Love Designing Hold 'em all up Without forcing the fit If the pattern ain't there I ain't marrying shit [BOOT STOMP] But when it rhymes— Ohhh. That's when the room gets fun When six little roads Start behaving like one Everybody looking at me— How the fuck Did you know? I didn't know. I watched. There's a difference. Let's go. [SUB DROP] [CHORUS] They call me— [GANG] COSMIC! [COSMIC] I don't chase I prepare [GANG] COSMIC! I don't beg I become [GANG] COSMIC! If the whole road Ain't clear Give me enough truth For the next one Clarity directs me [GANG] MOVE. Discipline builds me [GANG] MOVE. Expansion follows [COSMIC] Make some fucking room. [GUITAR RIFF] [VERSE 3] Heart got broken? Built a record. Couldn't fix it? Built another. Missing part Ain't in the shop? Roll Bay Two Under the cover. Can't make somebody choose Can't manufacture fate But I can put these hands to work While life decides What life creates [Upright bass] That's how Cosmic got here. Not magic. Reps. That's how wealth gets built. Not wishing. Steps. That's how trust gets earned. Not talking. Proof. That's how freedom gets made. Own What you do. [Scratch] OWN—WHAT—YOU—DO. [BRIDGE — bass + stomps] [COSMIC] Love without surrender. [STOMP] Wealth without greed. [STOMP] Power without domination. [STOMP] Faith without abandoning reason. [STOMP] I create quietly. [GANG] BUILD. I compound patiently. BUILD. I give generously. BUILD. I live deliberately. BUILD. [Les Paul starts riff] [Shamisen copies it] [Les Paul changes phrase] [Shamisen answers] [COSMIC] See? Even those two Can talk. [MASSIVE BEAT] [FINAL VERSE] I broke every expectation Just to find out what remained Turns out underneath the titles There was somebody Without a name So I gave him one. Cosmic. Not because I own the stars Because I kept looking up While keeping both feet Where they are [STOMP] I can teach And still learn Love And still leave Build wealth Without making wealth The reason that I breathe I can question the mystery Without killing the wonder Stand underneath the heavens With the bass Like fucking thunder [SUB] I am not What happened to me Not the role They handed me Not the person Someone needed Not the fear That once commanded me I choose what I build I choose what I feed I choose what becomes action From thought Word And seed [FINAL CHORUS] They call me— [GANG] COSMIC! [BOOT] Not because somebody Gave me the crown [GANG] COSMIC! [BOOT] I built something Where nothing was found [GANG] COSMIC! [BOOT] Still listening Still testing Still learning Still building Still becoming Still— [Music stops] VOICE: Who? [Les Paul feedback] [COSMIC] They call me Cosmic. [SHAMISEN RIFF] VOICE: Yeah, but who are you? [Pause] [COSMIC] Still finding out. [BOOT] [SUB HIT] [END]
