Cinderblock Gospel

[87 bpm] [A minor] [Intro – lowpass filter, heavy sub, sirens echo faintly] Yo... basement bloodline, concrete confessional... look [Verse 1 – staccato delivery, syncopated flow] I was raised where the mold grow, cold in the soul glow Mama had to fold clothes, I was on that solo Cinderblock pillow, floor like a warzone Paint peel ceiling — that drip was a metronome Pop never home, just static on the dial I was ten with a burner made from parts of a broken toy aisle Duct tape dreams and a mattress with springs pokin’ Pray the landlord don't knock, that rent ghostin’ [Pre-Chorus – switch to double-time] Basement baptist, rats in the rafters Life move faster when your light bill's passive Roaches in the cabinet, scratchin’ like records Got a shoebox safe with sins I collected [Chorus – pitched down hook vocal, layered with chopped sample] Basement baby, born in the low light Stovetop ramen, steel nerves, no fright Ten toes down on a paint-stained rug Whole world above, but I'm buried in the mud [Verse 2 – bounce cadence, internal rhyme-heavy] Mildew monk with a monk’s discipline Uncle cookin’ loud on the hot plate sizzlin’ I was mixin’ bars with the black mold breath Tryna make a song from the leak drip left Black hoodie uniform, crook in the frame Chain-smoke verses, my hooks spit flame Came from the dust like an outlaw scripture Frame on the wall, bullet hole in the picture [Bridge – whispered fx, slow drag beat] Knock knock — basement speak Voices in the vents, got secrets to leak Hood monk, cloak smell like gasoline Pray to the pipes, let the water sing [Chorus – louder, layered vocal + drop beat] Basement baby, born in the low light Stovetop ramen, steel nerves, no fright Ten toes down on a paint-stained rug Whole world above, but I'm buried in the mud [Outro – fade out with distant sirens, looped cassette noise] Still breathin’ through vents, still dreamin’ through dust If the roof cave in, it ain’t never been luck This that cinderblock gospel — truth from the crust A basement ain’t hell... it's the place they forgot us