[Intro: one cold bass note alone, then the grime drums crash in] Bag on my back and a pen in my teeth Bell on the bars, and the bell means move your feet [Verse 1] Seven in the morning and the ring road's locked Suits in the back of a cab, staring at the clock I'm a blur in bright yellow on a fixed-gear frame Gear's fixed, babe, but I'm never in the same lane Ten-ton lorry on my left and a bus on my right I go through the gap like a thread through the eye Bright yellow jacket and I'm still not seen Sign for the parcel, never look up from the screen Ten-million contract in a sleeve on my spine And they pay me eleven quid to beat the deadline Deadline? Only thing dead is the line of cars Fifty brake lights glowing like a row of cigars Cabbie leans out like, love, you'll get killed I said, mate, you're the one sitting still getting billed [Hook] Red light, red light, the whole road waits Vans on the horn and the cabs on the brakes I'm in the right, and I'm coming through I got the right of way [Verse 2] Two tyres, never tired, do the maths on that Chain on the bike, but there's no chain on my back Every spoke in the wheel is a word that I spoke Every man in a van that said smile, love, choked Danny's on a carbon bike that cost him five grand Spent five grand to come second, now he's my biggest fan Dispatch in my ear going, Kaylee, where you at I'm already at the door, mate, I'm halfway back Boardroom glass and a pen that cost a car Ten men clap for a deal that I carried that far They signed with my pen, and they kept it, no thanks I'm back on the bike before the ink hits the bank [Hook] Red light, red light, the whole road waits Vans on the horn and the cabs on the brakes I'm in the right, and I'm coming through I got the right of way [Verse 3] Quarter to six and the rain's coming flat Junction by the station, hear the crunch and the crack Danny on the tarmac and his carbon's in bits Van driver filming like the crash is a clip Never put a foot down, never, not once, not for red Put both of them down and I'm kneeling by his head Told him, Danny, breathe, I got your bag and your drop Two bags on my back, and the clock don't stop Two towers, two stairwells, two sign-heres Beat his clock and mine with a minute to spare Danny in the ambulance laughing through a split lip Said, you stopped. I said, once, mate. Don't get used to it [Bridge: just drums and that one bass note] Highway code says give way to the right Turns out the right was me the whole time Rule one, never stop, never brake, never wait Rule two, somebody's down, so rule one can break [Final Hook: the bass finally leaves its one note and climbs under her] Red light, red light, the whole road waits Vans on the horn and the cabs on the brakes I stopped for him, and I still came through I gave the right of way Lost a whole minute, and I still won the race Right of way's a thing you give, not a thing you take [Outro: the bell rings twice, that one bass note alone] [End]
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