[into – calm melody, footsteps + cigarette flick] Houho… o.o.o… [whistling on the melody] You can’t escape… Truth catches up, every time… Death is the only option… Hahahah… so tell me — what would you choose to live for? [pause melody] [rising tension – drop – beat hits] [pre-chorus – whispered / layered voices + echo] Huh… (breathe…) shadows in the back — (back, back…) One step wrong, no way to turn back — (back, back…) Pah pah pah — heart knocks heavy in the night, No savior here, just the streetlights. (street… lights…) [verse 1 – raw, broken flow with adlibs] Black hoodie, black steel, silence in my lane — (huh) Cold nights, fast life, all I know is pain — (pain, pain) Dollar signs in my eyes, demons in my veins — (veins) Slow ride, dead stare, chains on my brain — (pah!) Watch ‘em lie, watch ‘em switch — they don’t last — (nah) Fake love, fake trust, dead in the past — (gone) Street law carved deep like a blade in the skin, No angels here, only death gonna win. (win… echo fade) [pre-chorus – ghosted voice, doubled] Huh… (hhh) I see the snakes, I see the lies — (lies…) I keep my blade sharp, I keep my eyes wide — (wide…) Pah pah pah — silence louder than the crowd, No way out — streets don’t allow. (allow… allow…) [chorus – hypnotic, layered, echo] Dark sky, low ride, I move alone — (slide… slide…) Red eyes in the drug, did this the home— (home…) Clock ticks, street slick, no peace shown — (tick… tick…) Still alive in the shadow of a dead zone — (zone… zone…) [verse 2 – more intense, broken breaths, adlibs] Double cross, double loss — trust don’t breathe — (don’t breathe) Empty bottles, cold nights, shadows I see — (shadows I see) Enemies whisper, but the bullets talk loud, Every step heavy when you walk with the crowd. (pah pah pah) Money, murder, lust — same old grind, Time versus death — both wanna take mine — (mine… mine) Heartbeat sync with the kick, doom doom — (doom doom…) Lights cut off — straight to the tomb. (tomb… tomb…) [pause melody] [rising tension – drop – beat hits - loop] [pre-chorus – whispered + reverb trail] Hhh… (breathe slow…) I keep my silence tight, One false look and you lose your life — (life… life…) Pah… shadow steps move fast in the fog, Truth in the dark, no faith in God. (God… God…) [chorus – doubled, more aggressive delivery] Dark sky, low ride, I move alone — (move… alone…) Red eyes in the drug, did this the home — (too far…) Clock ticks, street slick, no peace shown — (tick… tick…) Still alive in the shadow of a dead zone — (zone… zone…) [pre-chorus – final, distorted ghost voice + echo trail] Huh… (shhh) silence feeds the flame — (flame… flame…) Death writes the code, street owns the name — (name… name…) Pah pah pah — heartbeat, no escape route, Truth always wins — no doubt. (doubt… doubt…). [chorus – final, ghosted voices layered] You can’t run, nah, the truth gon’ chase — (chase…) Death is the only option when the debt takes place — (clack clack) Huh, hahah — tcho tcho — what’s left to choose? Dirty laughs, empty souls, you pay just to move. (move) You can’t run, nah, the truth gon’ chase — (chase…) Death is the only option — make your choice, lose face. (face) Pah pah pah — heartbeat heavy like a hammer blow, We live fast, die cold — welcome to the ghetto. [outro – darker, more real] Blood on the floor… it don’t wash away — (blood… blood…) Names fade quick, faces die, streets still pay — (pay) Gun smoke in my chest, I can’t breathe right — (hhh) Concrete cold, city owns me tonight. (tonight) No savior… no prayer… (nah…) Only hunger, despair… (despair, despair…) I carve my truth with a blade in the stone — (clack) And the street stares back, it claims my soul. (claims my soul) [last breath – whispered ghost voice] No morning… only night… (night, night…) Truth catches up — face to face, no flight. (silence…)
