[INTRO] (The loop starts alone. Muffled at first, then becoming clear and sharp.) (Background Loop Constant): Ba-da-bam-bam-bam-ba-ba-ba-ba-bam-bam-bam-ba-ba-ba-ba-bam... (Layer in: Heavy 808 Kick on Beat 1. Crisp Snare on Beat 3.) (SFX: Scanner Beep - Ka-ching) [VERSE 1] (Rap flow is tight, locking into the "Bam" accents of the background loop) Mind on the / track / like a / rat / in a / maze Count-ing the / nights / and I'm / count-ing the / days. Walk in the / store / and I / look / at the / shelf Talk to the / loop / and I / talk / to my- / self. (Background Loop): ...bam-bam-bam-ba-ba-ba-ba-bam... Code on the / wrist / and a / chip / in the / hand Do what they / say / and I / do / what they / planned. Glitch in the / eye / and a / twitch / in the / lip Wait for the / crash / and I / wait / for the / dip. (SFX: Cash Register Drawer - CH-CHING!) [CHORUS] Sys-tem / o-ver- / load. Run-ning / down / the / road. Scan it / price / is / wrong. Wait-ing / way / too / long. Cir-cle / round / the / drain. Static / in / the / brain. No-thing / here / is / free. Eyes on / yours / and / me. [VERSE 2] (Faster articulation. Glitch effects chopping the vocals) Paper or / plas-tic / credit or / cash (Glitch: c-c-cash / c-c-cash) Make a de- / ci-sion / make it a / dash. Wheels are / spin-ning / stuck on the / tile Fake lit-tle / happy / fake lit-tle / smile. (Background Loop): Ba-da-bam-bam-bam... [BRIDGE] (Music drops out. Just the vocal loop and the rapper whispering rhythmically) (Background Loop Clear): Ba-da-bam-bam-bam-ba-ba-ba-ba-bam... (Whisper) Round and round. Lost and found. Safe and sound. Underground. (Louder) Round and round. (Glitch SFX) Lost and f-f-found. Safe and sound. Un-der-ground. Safe and sound. Un-der-ground. [OUTRO] (Beat returns for one last heavy cycle) (Full Volume): Ba-da-bam-bam-bam-ba-ba-ba-ba-bam! (Background Loop fades into a mechanical stutter) Ba-da-bam-bam... bam... b-b-bam... b... (Silence)
