Violence in the Lights

I’ll mark: • [breath] = quick inhale • [hold] = ride the bar, no breath • (GRR) / (WHAT) / (UH) / (COME ON) = ad-libs • CAPS = punch emphasis • / = flow split • // = hard stop Use it like you’re attacking the beat, not just riding it. ⸻ “Deadbeat in a Hospital Chair” — Performance Version Intro (GRR) Yeah… (WHAT) You heard me. (UH) This for every child left bleeding while a coward played missing. (COME ON) ⸻ Verse 1 You call yourself my father? / Man that title don’t FIT // (NAH) You just somebody that abandoned ship / then dipped real quick // (GRR) [breath] Major spinal surgery / I was cut and rebuilt // And you ain’t even show up / so your absence speak GUILT // (WHAT) [breath] I was laid up / spine split / pain deep / doped numb // Every beep from them machines soundin’ like / “he won’t come” // (UH) [breath] Hospital room cold / but your heart colder STILL // You ain’t miss me by mistake / you missed me by WILL // (FACTS) [breath] Let’s be clear / let’s get truth / let’s put weight on it // A real man show up / a coward put a cape on it // (COWARD) [breath] You wasn’t busy / you was duckin’ what a dad should DO // I was fightin’ outta surgery / still had more backbone than YOU // (GRR! GRR!) [breath] That’s a punchline / and a DIAGNOSIS // You disappeared so hard / fatherhood turned to hocus-pocus // (POOF) [breath] Don’t ever speak on family / with that fraud in your TONE // You left your kid in recovery / to die emotionally ALONE // (ALONE) [hold] ⸻ Chorus You ain’t a dad / you a WARNIN’ label // (UH) Fake bloodline / unstable // (GRR) [breath] I was in that hospital bed / half-bent / half-dead // And you still couldn’t drag your sorry ass THERE // (WHAT) [breath] Now you gone for life? / Good / stay out my VIEW // I grew a whole spine / what the hell happened to YOU? // (COME ON) [breath] You walked out once / now I’m sayin’ it CLEAN // I survived that surgery / you survived being SEEN // (SEEN) [hold] ⸻ Verse 2 Let’s talk truth / since you love hidin’ in LIES // (LIAR) You ain’t leave a child / you left damage behind // [breath] You left scars / that a surgeon couldn’t stitch shut // Turned abandonment to habit / then called it “man enough” // (NAH) [breath] Real men don’t vanish / when the pain get LOUD // Real men don’t ghost / then act fake-proud // (GRR) [breath] You got nerve bein’ absent / then expectin’ respect // You ain’t even earn the title / on the line you neglect // (FACTS) [breath] I was flat on my back / learning pain by the DOSE // While you was somewhere breathin’ easy / being a dad in name most // (UH) [breath] You should be ashamed / but shame take a CONSCIENCE // You left me in a crisis / and called your silence “options” // (COWARD) [breath] That’s sick // You a coward with convenient EXCUSES // The type to run from truth / then blame the bruises // (WHAT) [breath] I got metal in my body / and more strength in my SCARS // You got nothin’ but excuses / and a head full of fog // (GRR) [breath] Let me hit where it hurts / since you did it to ME // You couldn’t stand by a hospital bed / but stand by your ego for FREE // (FREE) [breath] That’s why I don’t chase closure / I just bury the MYTH // A father is a verb — and you never did SH— // (NAH!) [hold] ⸻ Chorus You ain’t a dad / you a WARNIN’ label // (UH) Fake bloodline / unstable // (GRR) [breath] I was in that hospital bed / half-bent / half-dead // And you still couldn’t drag your sorry ass THERE // (WHAT) [breath] Now you gone for life? / Good / stay out my VIEW // I grew a whole spine / what the hell happened to YOU? // (COME ON) [breath] You walked out once / now I’m sayin’ it CLEAN // I survived that surgery / you survived being SEEN // (SEEN) [hold] ⸻ Bridge Every nurse that checked in / did more than you DID // (FACTS) Every stranger in the hallway / showed more love to your KID // (GRR) [breath] That’s filthy // That’s facts / not rage // You failed the only role / written on your page // (YOU FAILED) [breath] And I know pain / I got screws / scars / proof // But the deepest cut in that room / was the truth // (TRUTH) [breath] That blood don’t make a father / and time don’t make it RIGHT // You walked out in the daylight / I buried you that NIGHT // (GOODNIGHT) [hold] ⸻ Verse 3 So here’s your headline / deadbeat EXPOSED // (EXPOSED) You folded on your child / when I needed you most // [breath] You don’t get redemption / ‘cause you share my face // You forfeited that / when you abandoned your place // (NAH) [breath] I don’t owe mercy / to a man that showed NONE // You let me suffer alone / then thought you had won? // (WHAT?) [breath] Nah / I turned pain into bars / turned grief into VENOM // Now every line hit hard / ‘cause your name still in ‘em // (GRR) [breath] You should thank me / honestly / I made you matter TONIGHT // Only reason you alive in this song / is I decided to write // (WRITE IT) [breath] Outside of that? / You a ghost with a DEBT // A man-shaped