
Badge Yank
[Hook: Girding sprocket-lung male MC, loud, girding] My badge yanked the punchline back twice Not a speech, a timing you can prove with ice Grip the reel, feel the snap, send the next line through Room holds only if the middle yank is true [Verse 1: Girding sprocket-lung male MC, girding] Lobby bright, lanyard longer than my pride I start a bar and the reel decides to slide Punchline halfway out, then the badge says no Whole room watches my jaw get towed I came to roast the night, not to fight a spring But the cord has jokes of its own to bring Piston kick under my chest as I size the pace Tight snare ready for the gag I have to face [Verse 2: Girding sprocket-lung male MC, colder, girding] Second try, I lean into the pull on purpose Let the yank become the drum the joke serves Crowd learns the timing before I speak the end They clap the snap like a friend Girding through the shame like a vow with no crowd Loud enough for the reel, quiet enough for the cloud I do not own the lobby, I own the middle span If the yank blanks out, the whole gag loses plan [Bridge: Girding sprocket-lung male MC, badge yank, girding] Badge yank under my palm Snare answers hard on the calm Room never needs a speech to know The joke is ours when the reel says so [Verse 3: Girding sprocket-lung male MC, girding, louder] Third try lands on the snap and the laugh is clean I leave the badge clipped where the next shift can be seen Boots in the lobby already testing the give I hear one hard yank and know the gag will live My job is the timing, not the plaque or the board Reel seats, joke holds, that is the whole reward Lanyard still humming from the snap that saved the bit I walk out grinning with the cord as my drum kit now Leave the bit folded where the next dawn can see Badge yank means the cord and the night agree [Hook: Girding sprocket-lung male MC, loud, girding] My badge yanked the punchline back twice Not a speech, a timing you can prove with ice Grip the reel, feel the snap, send the next line through Room holds only if the middle yank is true [Outro: Girding sprocket-lung male MC, proud cold, tight snare rings out and fades] Badge yank, Saturday Tell the reel I said stay [End]

