[Intro] [Female – spectral, distant, reverb heavy] You think you free... You think you free... (you think you free, yeah) [808 drops soft but deep] [Verse 1 – Male, melodic auto-tune] Quotes on every fckn mask I wear, yeah "Good son", "loyal dog", "man up" every day, uh Robot code runnin' deep in my veins Husband, daddy, lover — same damn chains, yeah "I can't", "I should", "I gotta" on loop Universe feed me the same old juice, uh Real me in the backseat, dead silent Puppet smilin' hard, call that free will, yeah [Pre-Chorus – Female, airy] Safest path, you call it choice Real hunger buried under that soft voice Grip soft... almost invisible But it never let go, yeah [Chorus] Free slave (free slave) Mind chains tight like quiet steel Free slave (free slave) Think he decide while he kneel, yeah Free slave, free slave 90% still on autopilot Free slave (free slave) Higher Self waitin' for the body to feel [Drop] BORN ORIGINAL (it's lit) DIE A COPY (copy) FREE SLAVE FREE SLAVE (yeah, yeah) [Verse 2 – Male] Emotions kick the door, take the wheel, uh Rage, shame, high — no appeal DNA still runnin' the whole damn show Think I broke out, still in the sim though, yeah Drop a cold line, act like I’m free Same half-dead stage, same likes, same me, uh Hide inside myself — real prison cell Echo in the chest where the real one fell, yeah Asked the AI Who the fck I s'posed to be Copied the answer Buried the "me" (yeah, yeah) [Pre-Chorus – Female] Self-censor cuttin' straight to the bone Mind still walkin' them same roads home Freedom ain’t the move you pick It’s the motive underneath you never sniff [Chorus] Free slave (free slave) Mind chains tight like quiet steel Free slave (free slave) Think he decide while he kneel, yeah Free slave, free slave 90% still on autopilot Free slave (free slave) Higher Self waitin' for the body to feel [Bridge – Female, floating] No middle ground Free or not — right now Consciousness don’t do half Break the "I can’t" Break the "I must" Every chain that ever held you You welded yourself in the rust, yeah [Final Chorus] Free slave (free slave) Mind chains tight like quiet steel Free slave (free slave) Think he decide while he kneel Free slave, free slave 90% still on autopilot Free slave (free slave) Higher Self waitin' for the body to feel [Outro] [Both – hazy, layered] BORN ORIGINAL (original) DIE A COPY (copy) BORN ORIGINAL (it's lit) DIE A COPY (copy) FREEDOM AIN’T REAL TILL YOU USE IT (use it, yeah) [Female fading into reverb] ...slave... ...slave...
