[Verse] I see the cracks in the block Homies movin' in silence Watchin' the hustle The pain and the violence Every move in the dark Every mask that they wear I’m the one in the cut I’m the one I’m aware [Chorus] In the cut In the shadow I stand Like a ghost in the smoke I don’t lend out my hand I’m the truth I’m the spark I’m the fire they fear In the cut In the cut I’m the whisper they hear [Verse 2] Streetlights flicker like a heartbeat slow Dreams buried deep where the wild weeds grow The corner’s alive But it eats its own This city’s a jungle And I walk it alone I see the players The pawns And the kings But their thrones are built on the most fragile things Cards in the deck But I shuffle my way In the cut I don’t play I just stay and survey [Bridge] Every shadow tells a story Every brick has a name I’m the echo of the silence I’m the watcher of the game They don’t see me But they feel me Like a chill in their spine In the cut In the cut Where the lost redefine
