HANG NOTHING [Intro] Drip in the cistern Two basses arguing under the floor I don’t talk yet I look [Verse 1] Clock bleeding, I don’t chase it, I pace it Sit on the piece till the lie in the position is naked Checks, captures, threats — that’s the liturgy Not a prayer, it’s a search warrant through the circuitry Hanging nothing, if it’s loose, I refuse to move cute King first, castle ugly — I don’t play for the view Don’t hope, calculate — hope’s a bluff that you tell yourself I don’t finish the movie, I count what the movie could do Look at his idea before I fall in love with mine Prophylaxis in the pocket, let him waste his time One new piece — don’t tour the same horse twice Develop or die, that’s the tax on a cheap sacrifice Trade when ahead, simplify, strip the paint Winning ain’t flexing — it’s less pieces left to faint Zero-blunder night, antiseptic, no fireworks If it slaps in the clip but hangs on the board, it still hurts [Pre-Chorus] Look first Don’t react Read the threat Then answer back No rush No bait Let the position Tell me where to wait [Hook] LOOK AT HIS IDEA HANG NOTHING KING FIRST THEN TAKE DON’T HOPE CALCULATE TRADE WHEN AHEAD ONE MORE GAME LOOK AT HIS IDEA HANG NOTHING SIT THEN MOVE SAME BLOOD CLOCK LIES I DON’T FLINCH ONE MORE GAME ONE MORE WIN [Verse 2 — Double Time] Double-time, tongue click in the water, I ride the drip Ugly 808 talking slick, clean 808 don’t slip Cello like a low threat underneath the wooden lid Piano in the basement, every note knows what I did Bullet in the blood but the pulse walks slow Plenty time lies — that’s the spell I put on the clock’s throat Notice, react, resolve, take the hanging fruit Don’t romanticize a swindle when the math is absolute His knight wants that hole — I plug it, I don’t pose I ain’t a content king, I’m a leak-closed Calculate the branch, prune it, don’t narrate If the line is hope dressed as swag, I delete the bait Sit. Then move. That’s the whole religion Impulse is a rat and I’m done with feeding him No fireworks, no miracle, no story to defend Just one clean move — and make him solve it again [Hook] LOOK AT HIS IDEA HANG NOTHING KING FIRST THEN TAKE DON’T HOPE CALCULATE TRADE WHEN AHEAD ONE MORE GAME [Verse 3 — Slow / Surgical] Slower now Whiskey hats like a brush on a coffin rim I talk with space Let the board finish the sentence for him Every drip is beat three A drop in a black pool I throw a check in the dark Just to see what the king will do Captures first if they hang Threats if they breathe If none of that lives I develop — then leave One new piece on the file I don’t remix the same tale Opening hygiene I don’t romanticize a failed sale Conversion mode I’m up, I start taking wood from the fire Queens off Noise down Now the win climbs higher That’s trade when ahead That’s the adult in the room Kids keep attacking ghosts I evict the broom No hope in the endgame Just squares and a clock that lies I make the clock feel bored That’s how a flag dies [Bridge — Minimal] Ugly bass scrape Clean bass hold Water drop I don’t fold Cello like a check I haven’t thrown Bell like a flag I already own …silence… Look at his idea. …drip… Hang nothing. [Verse 4 — Rage / Double Time] Fast again, rage in the chest, drill in the floor I don’t need a drop — I need a door Other side of the stereo, something moved in the right I turn the whole board around in my mind mid-flight If I only ride my idea, I’m a tourist If I see his idea, I’m a warden CCT on a loop till it lives in the wrist Not a mantra I recite — it’s a flinch I don’t miss Zero blunder Calculate Clock Take No hope Trade Scan One more in the wake That’s eight doors I kick all eight in one sitting Rated or not The leak don’t get a second living [Pre-Chorus — Stripped] Sit. Then move. Look. Then choose. King first. No fear. See the whole board. Make it disappear. [Hook — Full] LOOK AT HIS IDEA HANG NOTHING KING FIRST THEN TAKE DON’T HOPE CALCULATE TRADE WHEN AHEAD ONE MORE GAME LOOK AT HIS IDEA HANG NOTHING SIT THEN MOVE SAME BLOOD CLOCK LIES I DON’T FLINCH ONE MORE GAME ONE MORE WIN [Verse 5 — Final Philosophy] Last pocket, long breath I still don’t preach I just list the bodies So the hands remember each Hang nothing Sit then move King first Look through Don’t complete his sentence Don’t gift the file Don’t tour one piece like a preacher in denial When you’re better — trade When you’re lost — scan When the clock screams — walk When you’re hot — still scan No ego in the ending No speech when it’s done No need to prove the battle If the board already knows who won One more Not a celebration A loop A vocation [Final Hook — Chant] LOOK AT HIS IDEA HANG NOTHING KING FIRST THEN TAKE DON’T HOPE CALCULATE TRADE WHEN AHEAD ONE MORE GAME LOOK AT HIS IDEA HANG NOTHING SIT THEN MOVE CLOCK LIES I DON’T FLINCH ONE MORE GAME SAME BLOOD SAME SUN [Outro] Drip. Two 808s still fighting. I already moved. Or I didn’t. That’s the point.
