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What It Costs

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◢◤◢◤◢ MECHA MUSIC ◥◣◥◣◥ BOUNCE • BASS • RAVE 🎧 Follow for new releases 🎬 HOOK Video: [TBA] 🔁 Remix / Cover welcome 🛠️ Producer help available 💣 BOMBER RECORDS ◢◤◢◤◢ MECHA MUSIC ◥◣◥◣◥ [INTRO – CALM FEMALE RAP, LOW AND REFLECTIVE, LOOSE HALF-TIME POCKET, ALMOST SPOKEN, SLIGHT MELODIC RISES AT THE ENDS OF LINES] Days keep moving The sky keeps changing My circle stays solid While the rest keep fading My eyes see shadows But my path feels clear though Everybody wants the crown Nobody asks what it costs though Maybe I was chasing things I never really needed Gold around the neck Don’t mean the soul underneath is breathing Maybe being great Was never proving I could lead ’em Maybe it was knowing when to leave Before they see it [VERSE 1 – DEEP FEMALE RAP, CONTROLLED AND INTROSPECTIVE, LAID-BACK HALF-TIME FLOW, NATURAL PAUSES BETWEEN PHRASES, OCCASIONAL FASTER RUNS, SMOOTH PITCH MOVEMENT THROUGH THE BARS] Every choice leaves fingerprints Every lie remembers this Every bridge I burned behind me Lit the road I’m walking in I’ve seen saints make selfish moves I’ve seen sinners speak the truth So I stopped asking who was right And started asking what I’d do No permission No prediction No one sees the full position If they pull me by the strings I cut ’em loose without permission I don’t need them understanding I don’t need another witness Some decisions make you lonely Some decisions make you different keep moving Sky keeps changing Circle stays solid Rest keep fading Eyes see shadows Path stays clear though Everybody wants the crown— Nobody asks what it costs though Nobody asks what it costs though. Nobody asks what it costs though costs though costs though. Nobody asks what it costs though asks what it costs though Days keep moving The sky keeps changing My circle stays solid While the rest keep fading My eyes see shadows But my path feels clear though Everybody wants the crown Nobody asks what it costs thoughchasing things I never really needed Gold around the neck Don’t mean the soul underneath is breathing Maybe being great Was never proving I could lead ’em Maybe it was knowing when to leave Before they see it [VERSE 2 – DEEP FEMALE RAP, CONFIDENT BUT REFLECTIVE, LAID-BACK HALF-TIME FLOW WITH OCCASIONAL QUICK DOUBLE-TIME RUNS] I remember being broke With a plan inside my pocket Had a hundred different doors Never knew which one would lock it Had the blueprint in my head Couldn’t tell ’em how I got it Now they look me in the face Like every move was always plotted I was planting something quietly While everybody watched the surface Had to lose a couple people Just to understand my purpose Every choice leaves fingerprints Every lie remembers this Every bridge I burned behind me Lit the road I’m walking in I’ve seen saints make selfish moves I’ve seen sinners speak the truth So I stopped asking who was right And started asking what I’d do No permission No prediction No one sees the full position If they pull me by the strings I cut ’em loose without permission [BUILD 2 – FEMALE VOCAL STARTS CALM THEN RAPIDLY BUILDS IN INTENSITY, LAYERED VOCAL DOUBLES, RISING SYNTH TENSION, FASTER SNARES, HARD SILENCE BEFORE DROP] Everybody wants the crown Nobody asks what it costs though. Nobody asks what it costs though costs though costs though. Nobody asks what it costs though [DROP 1 – INSTRUMENTAL ONLY, VOCALS CUT COMPLETELY, HEAVY HARD TRAP × DUBSTEP DROP, MASSIVE HALF-TIME DRUMS, DEEP SUB, AGGRESSIVE GROWLS, SHORT FM BASS STABS, STOP-START SILENCES, HARD TRANSIENTS] [BREAKDOWN – CALM MALE RAP, DEEP LOW VOICE, REFLECTIVE AND ALMOST SPOKEN, SPARSE ATMOSPHERE, LOOSE HALF-TIME POCKET] Days keep [OUTRO – CALM FEMALE VOICE, ALMOST WHISPERED, MUSIC STRIPPED BACK] Days keep moving The sky keeps changing My circle stays solid While the rest keep fading Everybody wants the crown... Nobody asks what it costs though.