[Start] [Intro – Thrash Guitar Stabs, Low Siren Drones, DJ Cuts] (Yo...) Yo! Listen up! Ain’t no fairy tale — just the code and the steel... YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.......!!! [Drop] [Verse 1 – Shouted Vocals, Rapid Rhyme] I don’t blink when the lead-line pops, Walk slow while the neighbourhood stops. Truth ain’t blind — it sees through fear, It judges cold with a sawed-off near. They say I’m myth — nah, I’m what’s left When you trade your soul for a breathless theft. No fake moves, no mask to wear, Just a name they whisper like a hidden prayer. [Drop] [Chorus – Gang Vocals, Backbeat Stomp] The hood got rules! (The hood don’t beg!) It don’t care 'bout the badge or a broken leg. The hood got rules! (You best obey!) Where silence talks louder than what you say. [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2 – Rapped Flow, Internal Rhymes and Slant Rhymes] They flip that work, I flip the frame, Truth ain't clean when you live in flame. I walk in shadows, but I talk in light, Strike like thunder when the code ain’t right. I don’t take from those who ain’t in the game, But I will unload if you tarnish the name. Ain’t about stripes, I don’t flash no cloth — But I got scars that the lies ain't washed. [Break – DJ Scratch Solo, Thrash Transition Riff] (Huh) You see me walkin’? Best look twice. This ain't luck. This is sacrifice. [Verse 3 – Growled Vocals] Watch the windows — the walls got breath, Every corner remembers death. You play it cute, I play it true, I bring that order when the streets fall through. I ain't no king — don’t need no throne, But I’m the last voice when the codes get blown. No choir sings for the ones I drop, But the block knows truth when the beat don’t stop. [Drop] [Chorus – Gang Vocals, Explosive Beat Return] The hood got rules! (Ain’t none soft!) We don’t fold when the nights go off. The hood got rules! (No judge, no plea!) Just a gauge and a whisper — that’s all you see. [Guitar Solo] [Breakdown – Spoken Word, Over Minimal Groove] I’ve watched boys die just tryin’ to rise, A flicker gone in a mother’s eyes. But I don’t run from what I’ve done — I walk it back with a loaded one. You think I'm cold? I’m just resolved. In a world like this, that’s problem solved. [Verse 4 – Fast Rap Metal] Don’t need no crew, don’t flash no chain, The hood remembers every ounce of pain. Steel in hand, I move with pace, No echo louder than a ghost’s disgrace. Truth ain’t loud — it’s steady and plain, It knocks three times, then it claims your name. I been the reaper, the weight, the guide — If you cross that line, best choose a side. [Final Chorus – Gang Vocals, Slower Groove, Big Finish] The hood got rules! (You don’t outrun!) It don't sleep, it don’t forgive none. The hood got rules! (No grace, no crown!) You walk like me — or you lay face-down. [Guitar Solo] [Outro – Low End Fade, Sirens Distant, Last Vocal Spoken] I ain’t no villain. I ain’t no saint. I’m just the balance when the world turns faint. You either follow, or face the tools... One thing for sure: The hood got rules. [End]
