[Verse 1: Pegging brine-rib male rock singer, pegging, hard] Gym smell of leather and the chalk along the ropes I carry gauze and scissors and a head full of old hopes Kid wants the strong hand first like a lucky charm I start weak on purpose so the nerves stay calm Wrist bone, thumb loop, figure eight and pull He frowns at the order, I tell him that is the rule I do not own the fight, I own the thirty seconds prior If my wrap is vanity, the whole round catches fire [Hook: Pegging brine-rib male rock singer, loud, pegging] Wrong hand first so the right one learns Not a speech, a balance he can feel and earn Peel the gauze, snip the tail, send him through the gap Corner holds only if the weaker wrap can clap [Verse 2: Pegging brine-rib male rock singer, pegging, harder] He asks me why the left feels louder than the right I say the body lies until you teach it overnight No spare pep talk coming, no headset to beg Only muscle honesty and a song inside my leg I sing the wrap numbers like a rope thrown down He hears the meter even when he lacks the crown Pegging breath into a night that wants to stall Craft is not a sermon when the bell eats the call [Verse 3: Pegging brine-rib male rock singer, gauze peel, pegging] Roll runs out, gauze peel lifts against the sweat Guitars stack under me like timber finding debt I never see the round answer, only feel the shift Boots start bouncing somewhere past the water gift My job ends at the snip I leave upon the tape Somebody else will curse this quiet and call it fate Boxing gym does not need my name in lights It needs a corner who can count through stubborn nights [Bridge: Pegging brine-rib male rock singer, loud, pegging] Wrap the weak, teach the strong Send him out, do not prolong Gauze peel, nerves settle Wrong hand earns the metal [Hook: Pegging brine-rib male rock singer, loud, pegging] Wrong hand first so the right one learns Not a speech, a balance he can feel and earn Peel the gauze, snip the tail, send him through the gap Corner holds only if the weaker wrap can clap [Outro: Pegging brine-rib male rock singer, breath hard, stacked guitars ring out and fade] Gauze peel, still wrapping Tell the gym we keep mapping [End]