【J(+)-R&B】Behind The Masquerade

[Verse 1 – fast scat rap, tight, percussive] Sticky heat in the midnight air Neon flickers but nobody cares Half-lit faces scrolling through lies Dead-eyed dreams in digital skies Click-clack thoughts in a boxed-up head Say you’re fine but you feel half-dead Static hearts in a crowded room Silent screams in the urban gloom [Hook – short] Take it off now [Verse 2 – fast scat rap] Tick tick tick like a broken clock Truth gets buried under small talk Fake calm smiles in a glass display While the real self slowly fades away Rules don’t bend but they always break Lines get drawn just to suffocate Right feels wrong when the crowd decides So you learn how to slowly hide [Pre-Chorus – melodic build] But I hear it deep inside A voice I tried to deny It’s not about the fight It’s about what feels right [Chorus – powerful shout, full voice] TEAR OFF THE MASK — I’M DONE HIDING NOW SCREAM OUT THE TRUTH — I WON’T BOW DOWN STRENGTH IS NOT FORCE — IT’S WHAT I FEEL KINDNESS IS FIRE — AND THIS IS REAL RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW — I BREAK AWAY NO MORE SILENCE — I WON’T OBEY I RUN THROUGH THE DARK — I CLAIM MY LIGHT I’M ALIVE — I’M ALIVE — TONIGHT [Intro – bass break / spoken low] (…breathe in… slow it down…) (you feel that pulse… that’s real…) [Intro – brass hits / hype] (yeah… step out… right now…) [Verse 3 – fast scat rap, more intense] Noise in the system, numb routine Gray-scale life in a bright screen scene Broken logic, unjust rules Cold indifference shaping fools But the crack in the system grows Where the quiet resistance flows Not by force, not by control But by hearts that refuse to fold [Pre-Chorus] Feel it rise from below Let the hidden self glow No more waiting in line This is your own design [Chorus – bigger, final explosion] TEAR OFF THE MASK — I’M DONE HIDING NOW SCREAM OUT THE TRUTH — I WON’T BOW DOWN STRENGTH IS NOT FORCE — IT’S WHAT I FEEL KINDNESS IS FIRE — AND THIS IS REAL RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW — I BREAK AWAY NO MORE SILENCE — I WON’T OBEY I RUN THROUGH THE DARK — I CLAIM MY LIGHT I’M ALIVE — I’M ALIVE — TONIGHT [Outro – minimal, calm, resolve] (soft breath… it’s quiet now…) (no mask… no fear…) (you made it…)