
Invisible Chains
**[Beat Cue]** *Slow vinyl crackle → minor-key piano loop* *Boom-bap kicks hit like footsteps in an alley* *(Gun cock ad-lib, low choir pad fades in)* --- ### **[Intro – Spoken / Whispered]** *(echoed)* They don’t gotta kill us no more… Just gotta watch us. *(breath)* Follow me… --- ### **[Verse 1]** Raised in a cage with no visible bars They trade truth for comfort, sell fear to the stars Phone light glowin’, yeah it watch how I move Every tap snitched, every text gotta prove AI study pain like it’s homework Learning who the leaders are, who might revolt first Scroll till you numb, yeah the screen got fangs Turn kings into serfs with a couple updates News anchors lie with a professional smile Same script, different face, same wicked style They don’t need bullets when the brainwash work Make you doubt your own eyes, make the real feel cursed *(Ad-libs: “watchin’ you…”, “stay woke…”, “uh”)* --- ### **[Pre-Hook – Half Beat Drop]** They say relax, it’s all in your head But history screamin’ from the people they dead --- ### **[Hook – Female Vocals]** *(Ethereal, haunting, layered)* 🎶 *They got me tied in invisible chains* *Smile through the hurt while they feed me pain* *Say I’m free, but it don’t feel the same* *Hands in the sky, still losin’ my name* 🎶 *(Background ad-libs: “can you feel it…”, “don’t believe it…”)* --- ### **[Verse 2]** Facial recognition read my soul in a scan Label me a threat just for thinkin’ like a man Big Pharma want lifelong customers Cures in the vault, profits love sufferers Poison in the soil, poison on the shelf Then they blame your choices when it wreck your health Working every day, still starvin’ at night No livin’ wage, but Congress feelin’ real tight Vote themselves raises, tell us “be patient” Meanwhile the block need food, education They strip rights quiet, page by page Call it “policy,” I call it modern chains *(Ad-libs: “liars!”, “they know!”, “facts!”)* --- ### **[Hook – Female Vocals]** 🎶 *They got me tied in invisible chains* *Conditioned to suffer, addicted to pain* *TV talkin’ but it don’t explain* *Why the rich get richer off the bloodstains* 🎶 --- ### **[Bridge – Spoken / Choir]** *(Choir hums low)* Peace don’t pay… War keep the lights on. --- ### **[Verse 3 – Most Aggressive]** They want war ‘cause peace don’t flip stocks Send the poor to die while the suits get yachts Inside trading whispers in a closed-door room Market jumpin’ every time a bomb go boom Left vs right, keep us beefin’ online While the real theft happen outta sight They don’t fear riots, they fear unity That’s why they weaponize identity I ain’t paranoid, I’m prepared Ancestors talk when the air get rare 2PAC spirit, question the throne If truth a crime, I’m guilty as shown *(Ad-libs: “Follow me!”, “wake up!”, “tell ‘em!”)* --- ### **[Final Hook – Female Vocals + Choir]** 🎶 *Invisible chains, but I feel ‘em tight* *Tryna dim my soul, tryna kill my sight* *If I speak the truth, they call it a fight* *But I’d rather die woke than live polite* 🎶 --- ### **[Outro – Spoken]** *(beat fades, single piano note)* They can track your phone… Program your mind… But they can’t own your spirit Unless you hand it over. *(Gun cock → silence)*

