[Hook — barked/sung male] I’m gonna pop outta this bitch like a twin birth No soft landing, no clean nurse No epidural, let the pain work Two of me coming and they both cursed I been packed in the dark with a grin first Kicked through the wall when the room hurt Everybody move when the truth turns I’m gonna pop outta this bitch like a twin birth [Verse 1 — pressure-building rap] I been cramped in the pressure with a smile in storage Dark little room with a violent mortgage They said stay down, I said wrong floor Now the walls got stretch marks by the front door I had patience tied up in a hospital gown But patience got bored and started burning down Every sweet little promise they made me swallow Came back sharp with a name tag hollow I’m not calm, I’m compressed I’m not healed, I’m addressed To whoever thought silence meant finished Come sign for the damage and witness I got jokes in the panic, rage in the paperwork Laughing so hard that the lights do clerical work One knock, two knocks, no answer given Then the whole damn ceiling starts practicing religion [Hook — barked/sung male] I’m gonna pop outta this bitch like a twin birth No soft landing, no clean nurse No epidural, let the pain work Two of me coming and they both cursed I been packed in the dark with a grin first Kicked through the wall when the room hurt Everybody move when the truth turns I’m gonna pop outta this bitch like a twin birth [Verse 2 — speed-flow split-personality run] One of me grinning, one of me ruthless One of me funny, one of me toothless— No teeth, cut that, one of me wounded One of me polished, one of me ruined One says peace, one says prove it One says leave, one says move it One writes curses with beautiful manners One throws chairs in emotional grammar Double trouble, trouble double, pressure made a pair One breathing smoke, one breathing prayer One got charm, one got charges Both came out swinging at imaginary targets Rapid little rupture, public little wonder I don’t need lightning, I came with thunder I don’t need mercy, I brought my own weather Two bad ideas tied wrong together [Flow Switch — slow menace] Slow down. Let the room get pale. Let the soft ones pray That the lock don’t fail. I was not hiding. I was loading the nerve. Now everybody gets What the silence deserved. [Verse 3 — battle-flex closer] I came back loud from a buried position A miracle wearing bad recognition Everybody thought I was done in the basement Then the floor filed a formal complaint with amazement I ain’t reborn clean, I ain’t polished by grace I came out sideways with a laugh on my face No angel announcement, no golden permission Just pain doing paperwork for my ambition Tell every little rapper with a borrowed mean stare I was built in a place that would ruin them there Tell every loud mouth with a soft little spine I do not return, I arrive redesigned I’m the second one first and the first one last I’m the aftershock wearing the original mask If they ask how I made it through hell and worse Say I came out double from a single curse [Final Hook — barked/sung male, heavier] I’m gonna pop outta this bitch like a twin birth No soft landing, no clean nurse No epidural, let the pain work Two of me coming and they both cursed I been packed in the dark with a grin first Kicked through the wall when the room hurt Everybody move when the truth turns I’m gonna pop outta this bitch like a twin birth [Outro] One for the panic. One for the pride. Both came out living. Neither one died.
