[Intro – Spoken, calm, no beat] [Sound: Ambient drone, subtle vinyl crackle] You asked where all the men went. Why we stopped dating. Why we don’t talk. Why we feel so far away. This isn’t poetry. This is the obituary you wrote for us while we were still breathing. We’re not missing. You just never listened. [Verse 1 – Calm rap, internal rhyme] We didn’t grow up learning to cry We learned how to swallow & survive Hold the pain, clench the jaw Work through loss, obey the law Some of us raised by ghosts in suits Some by fists or debt or boots Some of us made it out alive But never learned what it means to thrive We show up, pay bills, stay quiet Smile through grief, fake compliant We say "I'm good" when we’re barely here 'Cause honesty never got us clear [Anchor 1 – Tired, observational] You told us not to speak. So we didn’t. Then you asked why it got so quiet. [Verse 2 – Flow picks up, rhymes tighter] You post “Where are the good men now?” While calling us creeps for a look or vow You want protection, but not control You want providers with no soul We try to open, get told we’re weak We hold back, now we’re “emotionally bleak” We talk? It’s twisted. Cry? It’s fake. Smile wrong, and now we’re snakes We’re threats if we stare, ghosts if we don’t We’re trash if we’re broke, used if we won’t So we stopped trying. Closed that gate. What’s the point of being bait? [Verse 3 – Chopper flow activates] We’re told “Just listen,” then mocked when we do We're told “Be kind,” then ghosted too We’re told “Be men,” but not like that You want the king, but crown the brat We cleaned the mess, we stayed through storms We held your trauma while losing form We bent and broke and stayed awake But still got blamed for your mistakes You wanted peace, but craved the war You wanted more, then more, then more We gave you everything we had But it was never quite the man you planned [Anchor 2 – Sharper, critical tone] You wanted everything. Then blamed us for nothing. You broke the bond. Then called us cowards. [Verse 4 – Cold and factual] You want dates? But laugh when we try. You want truth? But punish the guy. You want safe? But chase the thrill. You want calm? But love the kill. You say, “Where are the real ones at?” After calling us all dogs or rats You say, “We want men who lead” But hate the ones who don’t concede So we left. Not in rage. Just outgrown the modern stage No clubs, no apps, no games, no chase Just work, gym, sleep — and space [Verse 5 – Final chopper burst, slows at the end] We don’t owe you conversation We’re done with false expectations You said men are violent, vile, and mean Until you needed us to clean Some of us found peace alone Some just turned the heart to stone Some still try. Some still care. But most of us just aren’t there [Anchor 3 – Quiet, final tone] You taught us silence. We became it. Now you call it abandonment. But we call it peace. [Outro – Spoken, slow breath] We didn’t disappear. We just watched you turn every word, every act, every step — into something wrong. So we stopped. You don’t get to ask where we went. You sent us there.
