[Intro] Yeah... You ever notice? Nobody comes. Not when the rent due. Not when the lights off. Not when the fridge empty. Everybody got advice. Nobody got help. King Koff. [Verse 1] I grew up where the streetlights buzzed all night, Where dreams got smaller every month, every light. Folks worked double shifts just to barely survive, Still one bad week away from watching hope die. Mama said keep pushing, keep your head up high, Boss said "work harder," while the wages stayed dry. Landlord knocking harder than the rain on the roof, Everybody selling promises, nobody proof. I watched grown men break and pretend they were fine, Smile for their kids while they drowning inside. Watched people pray for a break, for a sign, Then wake up next morning to the same damn grind. And the League don't care. The rich don't care. The folks in the towers don't even know you're there. You're just another face. Another bill. Another body standing still. [Hook] Nobody's coming. That's the lesson that I learned. Nobody's listening. That's the reason that I turned. Smoke in my lungs. Poison in my veins. Everybody talks about sunshine, I'm dancing in the rain. Nobody's coming. Nobody's saving us. You either get swallowed by the pressure, Or become dangerous. [Verse 2] I knew a kid who wanted badges and fame, Now he stocking shelves and forgetting his name. Knew a girl with talent, smartest in her class, Now she buried in debt, watching opportunities pass. Everybody says "follow your dreams." Nobody tells you what the dream machine costs. Nobody tells you how many people get crushed, How many years get burned, How many battles get lost. The world got a funny way of teaching the truth. It don't whisper. It kicks in your tooth. You learn real quick that fairness ain't real, And people with power don't know how you feel. Cause if they did... Maybe things would've changed. Maybe folks wouldn't feel so desperate, So angry, So strange. Maybe they wouldn't put on black uniforms. Maybe they wouldn't answer when Team Rocket calls. [Hook] Nobody's coming. That's the lesson that I learned. Nobody's listening. That's the reason that I turned. Smoke in my lungs. Poison in my veins. Everybody talks about sunshine, I'm dancing in the rain. Nobody's coming. Nobody's saving us. You either get swallowed by the pressure, Or become dangerous. [Verse 3] See, people ask me why I joined. Like it's complicated. Like one day I woke up and decided I hated. Nah. I got tired. Tired of watching good people lose. Tired of watching the system choose. Tired of hearing "just wait your turn." When my whole damn life was watching bridges burn. Rocket offered something nobody else did. A place. A purpose. A chance to be more than another forgotten kid. And yeah... Maybe we're villains. Maybe the papers got a point. Maybe the smoke I breathe ain't healthy for the joints. But tell me— Where was the world when we needed it? Where were the heroes? Where were the saviors? Where were all those people talking about hope? Cause all I remember is empty pockets. Closed doors. Cold nights. And silence. [Bridge] The world made me hard. Rocket made me useful. The world made me angry. Rocket made me dangerous. The world filled my lungs with poison. Now everybody wondering why I breathe it back. [Final Hook] Nobody's coming. That's the lesson that I learned. Nobody's listening. That's the reason that I turned. Smoke in my lungs. Poison in my veins. Everybody talks about sunshine, I'm dancing in the rain. Nobody's coming. Nobody's saving us. You either get swallowed by the pressure, Or become dangerous. [Outro] Maybe things could've been different. Maybe. But the world made its choice. It looked away. It turned its back. It left people to drown and acted surprised when they learned to swim with sharks. So don't ask why I'm bitter. Don't ask why I'm venomous. Don't ask why I smile when I watch another empire crack. You built this. Every broken promise. Every forgotten kid. Every empty stomach. Every desperate soul. You built this. Team Rocket didn't create the poison. The world did. We just learned how to weaponize it. And if one day the whole rotten thing goes up in flames? Don't look at me. Look in the mirror. R's up.
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