
Zipper Give
[Hook: Lapping teak-chest male MC, loud, lapping] Zipper gave on the bar I refused to drop Not a speech, a seating you can feel and mop Grip the pull, keep the pace, send the next line through Set holds only if the middle gag is true [Verse 1: Lapping teak-chest male MC, lapping] Stage cold under a palm that knows every fray I carry pride and timing and a pant that will not stay Top bar holds the first laugh, I seat and pass it on Evening crowd waits on my give before they cue at dawn Hands on the pull, lungs full of dust and chalk Headset dead for hours, so the voice becomes the walk I do not own the room, I own the middle span If my zipper blanks out, the whole gag loses plan [Verse 2: Lapping teak-chest male MC, colder, lapping] I learned the mark from a comic who left no name Only a worn stage chart and a habit that became the game Tonight the pull snags like a quiet dare I feel the catch before the house lights care Fat kick waits on my mouth to land the seat I sing the bars they need and keep the line neat No banner, no speech about pride or the past Just pull in my hands and a gag that has to last Lapping through the doubt like a vow with no crowd Loud enough for the zipper, quiet enough for the cloud [Bridge: Lapping teak-chest male MC, zipper give, lapping] Zipper give under both palms Snare answers hard on the calm Crowd never needs a speech to know The set is mine when the pull says so [Verse 3: Lapping teak-chest male MC, lapping, louder] The pull seats free and the room takes the proof I step back half a pace and let them own the roof Boots on the grade already testing the give I hear the laugh once and know the gag will live My job is the timing, not the plaque or the board Pull seats, bars hold, that is the whole reward Leave the chart folded where the next dawn can see Zipper give means the set and the night agree [Hook: Lapping teak-chest male MC, loud, lapping] Zipper gave on the bar I refused to drop Not a speech, a seating you can feel and mop Grip the pull, keep the pace, send the next line through Set holds only if the middle gag is true [Outro: Lapping teak-chest male MC, proud cold, fat kick rings out and fades] Zipper give, Saturday Tell the set I said stay [End]

