[Intro: Brooklyn female MC, flat and cool] Ticket four-four-one, sign right here [Verse 1: Brooklyn female MC, sharp and steady] Pawn shop on Atlantic and the gate goes up at nine Everybody's last resort, I keep the ledger, keep the line Wedding bands from Tuesday and guitars from Friday night Watches with a name engraved for somebody out of sight Then he walks in Saturday in the chain I bought in June Cuban link, the heavy one, I paid it off in overtime at noon Lays it on the counter, doesn't even meet my eyes Says, how much for this, I got a dinner date at five [Pre-Hook: Brooklyn female MC] So I weigh it, write it, tear the yellow sheet Slide it back and smile at him like the meal's on me [Hook: Brooklyn female MC, full force] You got thirty days to come back for it Thirty days to miss it, then the price goes up Interest on the first and, baby, interest on the rest After thirty days it's mine, and I wear it best [Verse 2: Brooklyn female MC, faster] Week one, he's on a rooftop posting pictures with a drink Week two, he's paying for her nails and doesn't stop to think Week three, he calls at two a.m., I let it ring and ring Week four, the girl is gone, and now he's missing everything Day twenty-nine, he's counting singles in the corner store Bodega cat is staring at him like it's seen it all before Day thirty, he's at work and figures one more day is fine Day thirty-one, he's at my glass, and now the chain is mine [Hook: Brooklyn female MC, full force] You got thirty days to come back for it Thirty days to miss it, then the price goes up Interest on the first and, baby, interest on the rest After thirty days it's mine, and I wear it best [Verse 3: Brooklyn female MC, staccato flow, clipped single words on the snare] Ticket. Thirty. Days. Gone. Ledger. Signed. Date. Wrong. Chain. Gold. Neck. Mine. Cash? Late. Sir. Time. He's tapping on the glass with the money in his fist Like the counter owes him something and the ledger got it missed I lean in close so he can see it shining on my neck Told him read the yellow ticket, baby, I don't take a check [Bridge: Brooklyn female MC, low and slow] Everything behind this glass was somebody's whole life Every watch a father and every band a wife You can buy it back if you show up on time Thirty days is generous, the rest of it is mine [Hook: Brooklyn female MC, full force] You got thirty days to come back for it Thirty days to miss it, then the price goes up Interest on the first and, baby, interest on the rest After thirty days it's mine, and I wear it best [Outro: Brooklyn female MC] Next in line [End]
