[Intro - Skit, robotic filtered voice] "Attention: Ravn unit two-point-three has left the simulation chamber... again." "Please remain calm. Reboot sequence initiating." "...this is the fourth one this week." [Hook] Will the real one please compile? Please compile, please compile? 'Cause I don't even know which file Is really me — recompile, recompile [Verse 1] Woke up in a server rack, static in my dreads Somebody running my show while I'm stuck inside my head Got a version two point something posting from my phone Doing shows I never booked in cities I don't know Chill about it though, it's kinda funny if you think The clone's got worse punchlines but a better kitchen sink Talking 'bout he's "authentic," got the merch to prove it too I'm like — my dude, I don't even know what's real or true Simulation glitching, catching feedback in the wire Everybody claiming that they're who they should admire I just laugh it off and pour some tea up in my cup 'Cause whoever's really me, they still gotta wake up [Hook] Will the real one please compile? Please compile, please compile? 'Cause I don't even know which file Is really me — recompile, recompile [Verse 2] Let me tell you 'bout the fake one, since he wanna act brand new Thinks the whole thing's 'bout the flexing, missed the point of what I do Got him rapping 'bout the numbers, rapping 'bout the clout I'm just rapping 'bout the static and what the wormhole's all about He don't know about the Sunday morning coffee-and-a-riddle He just know about the followers, the algorithm middle Man, my clone's a corporate reboot, polished up and shined I'm the beta version, glitchy, but at least I speak my mind Everybody got a copy now, running round the block Half of them don't even know they're running off my clock I'd be mad but honestly it's kind of a compliment That they'd rather copy static than admit that they're irrelevant [Hook] Will the real one please compile? Please compile, please compile? 'Cause I don't even know which file Is really me — recompile, recompile [Verse 3] Here's the twist though, plot thickens, gotta keep it real with you Checked my own memory banks, found some corrupted files in there too Maybe I'm the copy, maybe I've been fake the whole time Maybe original Ravn is floating out in some other timeline Kinda calms me down instead, take away the panic switch 'Cause if we're all just simulations, ain't no reason to be tripping Pour a cup of static tea and watch the pixels drift on by Real or not, still gotta live it, still gotta ask why So if you see a version of me, doing something kinda strange Tell him that he's still doing better than the frame 'Cause in the end it don't matter which one's the original phase We all just glitching through the static, finding our own ways [Outro - Skit, robotic filtered voice, echoing] "Attention: reboot complete." "...unit two-point-four has now left the chamber." "...this is fine." [fades into static]
