[Intro] Mm… Yeah… Listen close— [Verse 1] Front door open, but you still gotta knock Everybody talking, but the room don’t rock Till one voice land and the rest fall back Too many hands make the rhythm crack I’ve seen saints fold for a faster win Trade weight for noise, let the chatter in But down here, baby, we move by feel If it don’t align, it ain’t real [Pre-Chorus] You can dress it up You can bend the truth But the floor don’t move Till the beat approves [Chorus] House rules, blues law Say it once, stand tall If you mean it, it moves If you fake it, it stalls House rules, blues law No appeal, no pause What you play comes back Yeah, the groove keeps score [Verse 2] Brass don’t beg and the drum don’t chase Every note got a rightful place You can dance all night, spin your tale But the truth still ring when the lights go pale I don’t rush the drop, I don’t crowd the sound Let it find the one, let it settle down This ain’t chaos, this is code in skin Feel decides when we let you in [Pre-Chorus] You can talk real fast You can sell the dream But the room knows when You ain’t said a thing [Chorus] House rules, blues law Say it clean, that’s all If you mean it, it moves If you fake it, it falls House rules, blues law No escape clause What you play comes back Yeah, the groove keeps score [Bridge – stripped, half-time] Ain’t no rewrites after midnight Ain’t no forks once the beat decide You don’t argue with the floor You don’t negotiate the one (Say it…) (Mean it…) [Build] Hold— Hold— Now— [Final Chorus] House rules, blues law Feel it rise, feel it lock When the truth hit the one Whole damn room say stop House rules, blues law No debate, no draw Say it once, stand still Watch the world fall in line [Outro] Mm… Yeah… That’s how we do it down here.
