[Verse 1] I stepped out the haze with a face like rent due Thirty-seven winters, still hard to offend you They talk big math, I talk bad luck receipts My pockets got holes but my pride got seats I read the room like a mugshot novel Every smile look borrowed, every promise look hostile I’m a cold case file with a warm little grin One foot in the gutter, one foot in the wind They asked if I’m blessed, I said, "Define blessed" If pain got a zip code, I’m on top of that list I keep my thoughts locked up, city ain’t safe Even my shadow got bail and chose not to stay [Pre-Chorus] Everybody got a theory, nobody got proof I been on the edge so long it started feeling cute I could sell a moonrock to a room full of skeptics Then laugh at the ledger like, "Who really checked it?" [Chorus] I’m the joke they can’t decode Cold case soul, hot coat Laugh so hard, I might float Still broke, still woke I’m the joke they can’t decode Old pain, fresh road Smiling like I know What they don’t know [Verse 2] I seen kings in cheap chains act rich for the night Wake up with a headache and a borrowed highlight They preach like prophets with a dirty little grin Then panic when the bill for the truth rolls in I keep my ethics in a paper cup Half full, half "what the hell, give it up" I’m a poet with receipts and a crooked gold tooth Every hard truth funny when it gets too loose They said "build your future," so I built me a fence Around my bad ideas and my common sense Now the wolves at the gate want a quote, want a name I gave them a shrug and a punchline with shame [Bridge] If the sky keep score, let it bend, let it fold I been rich in the cracks and poor in the gold I’m not lost, just entertaining the cold Same old bruise, different story told [Chorus] I’m the joke they can’t decode Cold case soul, hot coat Laugh so hard, I might float Still broke, still woke I’m the joke they can’t decode Old pain, fresh road Smiling like I know What they don’t know
