[Intro – 140 BPM, C# minor, 808 syncopated pattern, staccato synth lead loop, dark pad swells, no vocal, 8 bars, tension build] --- [Verse 1 – heavy autotune male rap, aggressive short percussive phrases, kick mirrors 808, snare beat 3, rapid hi-hat rolls] Time moving fast in a flash but so am I Cannot let time go to waste — that's the oath I live by Sharp like a knife, on point like a snipe Every second got a price, I'm collecting what is right No pausing, no stalling, no room for delay Clock ticking loud and I move with what it say Focused like a laser, locked into the lane What they call pressure, I just call it my name --- [Hook – autotune melodic trap, wide-panned ad-libs high-pass filtered, 808 long decay, staccato synth lead, punchy kick] Flash — time moving fast but I'm faster (faster, faster) Sharp like a knife, built to outlast the (outlast the) Ones who let it slip, ones who fell behind (fell behind) Flash — I'm locked in, running out of time (uh, yeah) Flash — time moving fast but I'm faster (faster, faster) Sharp like a knife, built to outlast the (outlast the) Ones who let it slip, ones who fell behind (fell behind) Flash — I'm locked in, running out of time --- [Verse 2 – harder 808 hits, hi-hat triplet rolls, snare sharp and compressed, vocal delivery more intense, autotune heavy] Time ain't waiting on nobody — I learned that early While they slept in, I was moving through the dark hurry On point like a snipe, no shot wasted, no miss Built a whole foundation while they slept through all of this Minutes turn to product, hours turn to proof What I pour into the work gonna show up in the fruit Running at a different pace, operating clean Sharpest in the room and they don't know what that means --- [Hook – autotune melodic trap, wide-panned ad-libs high-pass filtered, 808 long decay, staccato synth lead, punchy kick] Flash — time moving fast but I'm faster (faster, faster) Sharp like a knife, built to outlast the (outlast the) Ones who let it slip, ones who fell behind (fell behind) Flash — I'm locked in, running out of time (uh, yeah) Flash — time moving fast but I'm faster (faster, faster) Sharp like a knife, built to outlast the (outlast the) Ones who let it slip, ones who fell behind (fell behind) Flash — I'm locked in, running out of time --- [Bridge – stripped production, 808 isolated, pad dominant, autotune spoken-sung delivery, minimal drums, tension build] They waste it — I bank it They drift — I stay planted A second gone is gone for real That's the only truth I feel --- [Hook – autotune melodic trap, wide-panned ad-libs high-pass filtered, 808 long decay, staccato synth lead, punchy kick, final hook energy] Flash — time moving fast but I'm faster (faster, faster) Sharp like a knife, built to outlast the (outlast the) Ones who let it slip, ones who fell behind (fell behind) Flash — I'm locked in, running out of time (uh, yeah) Flash — time moving fast but I'm faster (faster, faster) Sharp like a knife, built to outlast the (outlast the) Ones who let it slip, ones who fell behind (fell behind) Flash — I'm locked in, running out of time --- [Outro – 808 tail long decay, ad-libs wide-panned high-pass filtered, synth lead fades out, hi-hats slow, 8 bars out] Flash (yeah, yeah) [ad-lib: locked in, locked in] Sharp like a knife (uh) [ad-lib: on point, on point] Cannot let time go [ad-lib: never, never] Flash (uh, yeah) [ad-lib: running, running]
