Queens of the Cage

Sludge metal with rap-metal bite: swamp-heavy down-tuned riffs, pounding drums, blues-laced leads and a dirty screaming guitar solo; analog saturation, gritty room mics, plate reverb, thunderous low end; 94 BPM cage-fight stomp opening into a half-time breakdown; the user's recorded voice in streetwise shouts, snarled gang vocals and a low raspy spoken outro

[Verse 1]
Cheap motel and a busted lip
Black tape tight on a two-fist grip
Rent past due, got a debt to pay
One more fight just to make some change

Cold steel fence and a concrete floor
Blood on the canvas from the fight before
Two hard women with a score to settle
No pretty faces, just nerves of metal

[Pre-Chorus]
Lock that gate, let the whole place shake
Ain't no mercy when the knuckles break

[Chorus]
**Queens of the cage, born in the dirt**
**Raised on rage and a lifetime of hurt**
No gold crown, no saving grace
Just blood and sweat in a goddamn cage
Queens of the cage, nothing to lose
One walks tall, one pays her dues
No backing down, no turning away
**You want that crown? You fucking pay!**

[Verse 2]
First round's ugly, second one's worse
One spits blood and the other one curses
Elbow cuts and a swollen eye
Neither one came here to play nice

Crowd screams murder from the cheap-ass seats
While the rich boys gamble on who gets beat
One fights hungry, one fights mad
Both got scars from the lives they've had

[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that bell like a warning shot
Give 'em everything the world forgot

[Bridge – Half-Time, Heavy and Raw]
Third round, lungs on fire
Legs gone numb but the stakes get higher
One hits the floor, hears the crowd go dead
Sees her whole damn life flash through her head

Eight-count heartbeat, back on her feet
Looks her opponent in the eye through the heat
No hate left, just a hard-earned truth
**She's fighting the same damn hell as you**

[Breakdown]
NO KINGS!
NO SAVIORS!
NO HANDOUTS!
NO FAVORS!

BLOOD!
SWEAT!
BONE!
STEEL!

**YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT
'TIL YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS!**

[Guitar Solo – Dirty, Screaming, Unhinged]

[Final Chorus]
**Queens of the cage, born in the dirt**
**Raised on rage and a lifetime of hurt**
No gold crown, no saving grace
Just blood and sweat in a goddamn cage
Queens of the cage, nothing to lose
Both paid the price, both got the bruises
No backing down, no turning away
**You want that crown? You fucking pay!**

[Outro – Low, Raspy, Almost Spoken]
One gets the belt, one gets stitched
Both go home to the same old shit
Touch those gloves, let the whole room fade
**Ain't no queens that were ever made...**

**They were forged in the cage.**

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[Verse 1] Cheap motel and a busted lip Black tape tight on a two-fist grip Rent past due, got a debt to pay One more fight just to make some change Cold steel fence and a concrete floor Blood on the canvas from the fight before Two hard women with a score to settle No pretty faces, just nerves of metal [Pre-Chorus] Lock that gate, let the whole place shake Ain't no mercy when the knuckles break [Chorus] **Queens of the cage, born in the dirt** **Raised on rage and a lifetime of hurt** No gold crown, no saving grace Just blood and sweat in a goddamn cage Queens of the cage, nothing to lose One walks tall, one pays her dues No backing down, no turning away **You want that crown? You fucking pay!** [Verse 2] First round's ugly, second one's worse One spits blood and the other one curses Elbow cuts and a swollen eye Neither one came here to play nice Crowd screams murder from the cheap-ass seats While the rich boys gamble on who gets beat One fights hungry, one fights mad Both got scars from the lives they've had [Pre-Chorus] Hear that bell like a warning shot Give 'em everything the world forgot [Chorus] **Queens of the cage, born in the dirt** **Raised on rage and a lifetime of hurt** No gold crown, no saving grace Just blood and sweat in a goddamn cage Queens of the cage, nothing to lose One walks tall, one pays her dues No backing down, no turning away **You want that crown? You fucking pay!** [Bridge – Half-Time, Heavy and Raw] Third round, lungs on fire Legs gone numb but the stakes get higher One hits the floor, hears the crowd go dead Sees her whole damn life flash through her head Eight-count heartbeat, back on her feet Looks her opponent in the eye through the heat No hate left, just a hard-earned truth **She's fighting the same damn hell as you** [Breakdown] NO KINGS! NO SAVIORS! NO HANDOUTS! NO FAVORS! BLOOD! SWEAT! BONE! STEEL! **YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT 'TIL YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS!** [Guitar Solo – Dirty, Screaming, Unhinged] [Final Chorus] **Queens of the cage, born in the dirt** **Raised on rage and a lifetime of hurt** No gold crown, no saving grace Just blood and sweat in a goddamn cage Queens of the cage, nothing to lose Both paid the price, both got the bruises No backing down, no turning away **You want that crown? You fucking pay!** [Outro – Low, Raspy, Almost Spoken] One gets the belt, one gets stitched Both go home to the same old shit Touch those gloves, let the whole room fade **Ain't no queens that were ever made...** **They were forged in the cage.**

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