[Verse 1] What’s the cost if I let you stay? How much more of me you taking when you walk away? I already paid in sleep, in flinch, in checking twice. So tell me what you want before I pay it twice. What’s in it for you? The key, the room, the cracked-up chest? You looking for a home or a trophy you can leave on the step? I ain’t trying to be cruel. I’m trying to see the bill. Last time “I got you” came with a quiet I still feel. [Pre-Chorus] Say it plain. Don’t sell it soft. If you leaving, what you walking off with? [Chorus] What’s the cost? What’s the take? How much of me you moving when you hit the brakes? I need to know the why before I hand the night. What’s in it for you if I let you inside? What’s the cost? Don’t dress it up. I can love you and still ask what it’s gonna cost. [Verse 2] You don’t snatch. You wait. You look at me like stay. That’s new. That’s why my body won’t obey. I watch your hands for the dish, for the door, for the fade. You keep choosing the room like you mean the day. What’s in it for you? I kept waiting for the extract. Then it hit me slow — you ain’t here to take me back in parts. You looking at the wreck like it’s worth the work. Not a spare. Not a story. Not a quiet you can desert. [Rap] How much more you taking if you finally leave? I asked it like a wound. You answered like you’d never thief. No trophy, no exit plan tucked in the coat. You in it for me — that’s the line I couldn’t quote. I was scanning for the invoice. You were standing in the cost. Not to collect me. To keep me when I’m lost. [Chorus] What’s the cost? What’s the take? How much of me you moving when you hit the brakes? I needed the why before I gave the night. Turns out what’s in it for you… is me, this time. What’s the cost? I still ask it out of habit. But you ain’t here to empty me. You here to have it. [Outro] How much more of me you taking if you leave? …You ain’t taking. You staying. That’s the cost I didn’t see.
