///*****/// [Intro] Yeah. Read the fine print, then read who wrote it. Same key open every door 'cept mine. Turn it up. [Verse 1A] Ink on my thumb, put a print by the fine print, signed where the line said I might get a life in it. Funny how "term" mean the time that I'm tied in it, sentence in legal and literal, write it in. Late wit' the rent and you right on the clock wit' it, leak in the kitchen, three weeks and you monitorin'. Urgency flip when the money get mentioned, maintenance missin', but penalties punctual. [Verse 1B] You own the deed so you talk like you built it, brick never touched you, but somehow you bill it. Inherited leverage, interest vested, interestin' how every interest protected is yours. Inspection, you step in, inspect and collect, look through my room like you buildin' a case. Take pics of the damage you wouldn't replace. Paper don't rattle like chains when you shake it, still got me countin' them dates like a sentence. [Pre-Chorus] You got the key, you got the code. Got a clause every time that you movin' the goal. Call it my home, still control who come through it. Ain't laid one brick, but you own what I do in it. [Chorus] Call it a lease, I call it a sentence. You hold the key, then charge for the entrance. Rent due, rights thin, built on dependence. I pay for the cell, ya call it residence. [Verse 2A] Now we past pipes, past paint, past plaster, that's surface. I'm talkin' 'bout who get served and who serve us. Heat get cut, you call that unfortunate. Rent come short, now response get immediate. That's hierarchy hidin' in property, property mean the place and the claim that you got on me. You call it access when keys hit the lock, I call it somebody walkin' in my spot. [Verse 2B] "Charge" mean the rent and the count when you book me, "bond" mean deposit and what you deny me. "Case" mean the file and the story you buildin', "term" mean the lease and the stretch that I'm sittin'. Wordplay ain't wordplay when both meanings fit. Every definition keep circlin' the same shit. Payin' principal, ain't gettin' equity, payin' ya interest while losin' my interest. Don't need cuffs when the roof is the leverage. Shelter the hostage, the lease is the evidence. [Pre-Chorus] You got the key, you got the code. Got a clause every time that you movin' the goal. Call it my home, still control who come through it. Ain't laid one brick, but you own what I do in it. [Chorus] Call it a lease, I call it a sentence. You hold the key, then charge for the entrance. Rent due, rights thin, built on dependence. I pay for the cell, ya call it residence. [Outro] Read the fine print. "Term." "Charge." "Possession." "Release." Funny how the language already knew. [end]
