[Intro] Came in with my shoes still on, kitchen light buzzing, nothing on the screen but bad news. I let it sit there a minute, then I got up and moved. [Verse 1] Woke up in the morning, neon pouring through the blinds like a warning. The city looked tired, cracked pavement steaming under a dead gray dawn. Scrolling through the internet, staring at the noise, wondering what the hell is normal. Gun in my ass, bullet out my mouth, that’s the shape of the story I’m on. [Chorus] Keep the windows cracked, let the static in If the whole thing bends, I bend back with it Black coffee cold, but I’m still in the fight Reading all the warning signs before the switch hits If they come for the cash, let them choke on the dust I’m not built to kneel, I’m built to get up Say it one more time so the whole block knows We were born in the noise and we move with the smoke [Hook] Say it once, say it loud, keep your head when the floor shakes. Black coffee, bad news, and the same old wire breaks. If the walls come leaning in, I’m already at the door. I woke up with the warning signs, I’m not sleeping anymore. [Verse 2] The law men took the cash and they moved south. They left the vaults empty, left the people counting dust in the mouth. Sirens in the distance, sirens in the wires, sirens in the bones of the block. Smoke hanging low over the corner store, time moving slow like a broken clock. Riots in the streets, glass in the gutters, boots on the curb and flames in the air. Faces lit orange by a thousand small fires, everybody looking but nobody cared. [Verse 3] Ethnic diversity everywhere, a hundred languages cutting through the night. Neighbors on balconies, strangers on stoops, all of us blinking in the same hard light. I keep my head down, keep my hands clean, keep my thoughts sharp as a knife. Because the whole damn system eats with both hands and still complains about life. Bomb over here, a bomb over there, a rumor, a siren, a flash in the dark. Every alley got a secret, every smile got a shadow, every soul got a mark. [Verse 4] I’ve always been the one like, push the red button, stare straight into the flame. I really don’t care what they call me after, if the world keeps spinning the same. Save my family, save my friends, let the rest of it burn if it must. Other than that, pull the warning labels off and let the wind raise the dust. Let nature revert back to its natural glorious self, wild and unfinished and free. No polished lies, no plastic prayers, just roots and rain and trees. [Verse 5] The vote’s in, electronic and written, ballots flipped like cards in a rigged-up game. New rules and laws just now written, but the hands behind them all look the same. Enjoy your peace, enjoy your time, while the cameras blink and the ledgers climb. Either way, they’ll get every fuckin’ last dime, every penny, every ounce of your time. They’re just waiting for you to die, smiling like vultures in the afternoon sun. Soon they collect, it’s their prime time, and the quiet ones say nothing when it’s done. [Verse 6] Thirty verses deep, I keep the pressure on, keep the pulse hot, keep the line alive. Laugh through the chaos, breathe through the smoke, make damn sure the story survives. Gun in my ass, bullet out my mouth. The law men took the cash and they moved south. [Outro] Morning came back ugly, but I’m still here at the window. Let them keep the ledger — I kept the warning.
