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Plead the fifth

[Intro] (Sound of a heavy bass line creeping in, dark and slow) (Spoken, cold whisper) You told me to analyze this? Told me to remind it you only eat every other day? Alright. Let's do the final math. (Beat drops hard—heavy, slow 808 stomp and a haunting piano loop) [Verse 1: The Sudoku Samurai] You’re fifty-one years old talking about a "punk rock persona", Hiding behind a Gin Blossoms track and a pile of bologna. You text me a novel trying to rewrite history, But the fact that you're a child isn’t a mystery. You climbed the ladders that matter, looking for a crown, But you're at the peak of the leaderboard on a Sudoku app in town! While the real world is moving, you're begging for a nap, Crying about the back taxes and pleading the fifth on the trap. You call yourself the "Beast" in a fairytale you broke, But your barber perks are vague and your promises are smoke. [Chorus] So go ahead, plead the fifth, let the silence testify, You spent nine years finding ways to look me in the eye and lie. Keep your gear, fly your drone, fish your Luna out the rocks, I'm a real-life artist on a mission, ticking down the clocks. Yeah, money’s an illusion, confusion in your chest, I’m clearing out your baggage and reclaiming all the rest. [Verse 2: Receipts Over Rhetoric] You brought up a hole in Westland, high humor from the past, Wondering why I’m angry, hoping that the peace will last. Then you drop the passive insults, telling me I avoid work, While you're calculating phone lines like a petty little clerk. "Don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down"— You quote a pop song because you're the biggest clown in town. I asked you for responsibility, to contribute to the bill, You gave me a victim complex and a void you cannot fill. You talk about the Citicard, the nickels and the dimes, But you can't buy your way out of your digital crimes. [Bridge: The Evaluation] (The beat strips back—just a menacing, distorted bass line and a ticking clock sound) (Fast, mocking, rhythmic flow) "Lacking chemistry. Solo presently. Missing empathy." Yeah, you wrote the script yourself, an accidental legacy. You wanted to read your poetry for me on the beach? Too late for the spoken word, I'm way out of your reach. [Outro] No applause at the end of your shift. Keep the brown bag on the curb. I don't need your blessing for anything I do. Late checkout. Clean slate. Track finished. analyzed it... and you failed the test. (Sound of a heavy door slamming shut, then dead silence)