[Title: LIFE IN A VICE] [Rap / Trap-Hip-Hop · 100 BPM · Halftime Pulse · Defiant Intensity] [Intro - Siren wails in the distance, police radio chatter fades in then out] [Verse – Tight Flow, Tense Piano Stabs] Alarm screams, another day begins, Same cracked sidewalk, same tired sins. corner store coffee, expired card, Work all week, climb's too hard. [verse] Cubicle walls, just bars in disguise, Billboards sell dreams, telling me lies. I ain't crazy enough, I'm just staying tough. life's a battle to win, bass drop, pressure sinks in. [Chorus – Heavy Beat Drop, Call and Response] Lead: I'm living life in a vice! Backing: (Squeeze! Squeeze!) Lead: Paying the price, Backing:(paying the price!) Lead: back against the wall, feet on thin ice, All: I'm living life in a vice! Backing: (Squeeze! Squeeze!) Lead: I'm done playing nice! All: LIFE IN A VICE! Lead: Done playing nice! All: LIFE IN A VICE! Lead: Done playing nice! [Verse – Aggressive Flow, Distorted Guitar Enters] Full-time worker, financial mess, One step away from arrest. Groceries up, paycheck stays flat, How the hell do i beat that? Count every dollar, for rent on my place. Swipe work badge, fake smile on my face, Eight hours of my life erase. [Verse – Halftime Breakdown, Low and Menacing] Can't move out, can't afford to stay, Can't take a sick day, can't waste a day's pay. Make one mistake, whole thing cracks, One missed shift, never bounce back. They promised freedom, but chained to this grind, Selling my life, just to borrow some time. [Chorus – Full Beat, Layered Call and Response] Lead: I'm living life in a vice! Backing: (Squeeze! Squeeze!) Lead: Paying the price, Backing:(paying the price!) Lead: back against the wall, feet on thin ice, All: I'm living life in a vice! Backing: (Squeeze! Squeeze!) Lead: I'm done playing nice! All: LIFE IN A VICE! Lead: Done playing nice! All: LIFE IN A VICE! Lead: Done playing nice! [Verse – Rapid-Fire Flow, Guitar and Drums Build] Who gets ahead? Tell me, who gets out? everybody's got doubt. Buy a little hope, with a credit card swipe Pay it back with interest, for the rest of my life! [Verse – Halftime Breakdown, Low and Menacing] Not asking for a mansion, or a gold-plated throne. Just a damn little breathing room, to call my own! (MY OWN! MY OWN!) [Verse – Beat Strips Back, Then Builds to Final Climax] Broke, but I'm not broken yet, Still got fire in my lungs, places to get. Squeeze every dollar, tighten that chain, I'm done with shame, done swallowing pain. Can't beat the system, can't break through tonight. But I'll stand here screaming, never run out of fight.(never run out of fight) [Final Chorus – Maximum Intensity, Gang Vocals, Crowd Chant] Lead: I'm living life in a vice! Backing: (Squeeze! Squeeze!) Lead: Paying the price, Backing:(paying the price!) Lead: back against the wall, feet on thin ice, All: I'm living life in a vice! Backing: (Squeeze! Squeeze!) Lead: I'm done playing nice! All: LIFE IN A VICE! Lead: Done playing nice! All: LIFE IN A VICE! Lead: Done playing nice! Lead: Back against the wall, All: Done playing nice! Lead: I'm done playing nice! All: LIFE IN A VICE! Lead: Done playing nice! All: LIFE IN A VICE! Lead: Done playing nice! [Outro – Piano Stabs, Guitar Feedback, Beat Cuts Out] Same damn fight. survive another night. Just another damn LIFE. IN. A. VICE. Done. Playing. Nice!
