Always Watching

[INTRO — FX + 808s + FEMALE AI] (rhymic rebot beeps… boom‑808s) "Wake word detected." (rhymic rebot beeps… boom‑808s) "Selector matched." [VERSE 1 — MALE LEAD] I lock the door but I’m never alone (FEMALE AI: "Microphone active.") The screen on the wall has a mind of its own A hidden lens buried deep in the frame (MALE ADLIB: "I feel you watching…") A microphone catching the space in my name A shadow outside floats slow through the air (MALE ADLIB: "Up above me…") A drone in the night with a thermal stare [PRE-CHORUS — MALE LEAD] The doorbell is snapping a shot of my face A smart home security trap in this place (MALE ADLIB: "Can't hide…") They know when I’m coming, they know when I go They feed the database and run with the show The meter is spinning, the utilities trace The second I wake or I sleep in this space (MALE ROBOT] Always watching… [CHORUS 1 — MALE LEAD + MALE HARMONY] I’m not a customer, I’m just a node on the grid [MALE HARMONY: soaring high-octave echo] somebody's watchin' me Reduced to a selector, they found where I lived [MALE HARMONY: bright falsetto] somebody's watchin' me A data point sold for a fraction of cents [MALE HARMONY: airy layered tone] somebody's watchin' me An asset they weaponized at my expense [MALE HARMONY: emotional lift] Why are they watchin' me (MALE ROBOT] Always watching… [BREAKDOWN RAP — MALE RAP] Yeah— I’m scrolling through the static, algorithmic mathematics, Every tap becomes a tactic in a system built to track it. They map it, then package it, sell it back as a habit, I’m the product in the attic of a digital apparatus. (MALE ROBOT] Always watching… Paranoia’s automatic when the network’s problematic, Every click is cinematic in a world that’s autocratic. I’m trapped in the schematic of a data-driven planet, And the watchers never panic — they already understand it. [BUILD-UP — MALE LEAD] The speaker is awake and the sensors don’t sleep They’re constantly listening, cataloging receipts (MALE ADLIB: "Every move…") My phone and my tablet are beacons of light They’re tracking my movement, recording the night (MALE ADLIB: "Can't escape…") A drone overhead with a spotlight beam Mapping my roof like a government scheme (MALE ADLIB: "They're above me…") A remote hacker flips on the camera to see The digital ghost of what used to be me (MALE ADLIB: "Who am I now…") [CHORUS 2 — MALE LEAD + MALE HARMONY] I keep on clicking 'I Agree' but it’s tracking me [MALE HARMONY: soaring high-octave echo] somebody's watchin' me A digital prisoner of luxury [MALE HARMONY: bright falsetto] somebody's watchin' me The mic is green, the lens is wide [MALE HARMONY: airy layered tone] somebody's watchin' me There isn't a corner where I can hide [MALE HARMONY: emotional lift] Why are they watchin' me (MALE ROBOT] Always watching… [BRIDGE — MALE LEAD] I whisper my thoughts but they echo online Every search that I make gets recorded in time I’m scared to speak freely, I’m scared to be me (MALE ADLIB: "Losing myself…") When privacy dies, so does autonomy [CHORUS 3 — MALE LEAD + MALE HARMONY] "I think it out loud, it’s up on my feed [MALE HARMONY: soaring high-octave echo] somebody's watchin' me They sell me the product before I can breathe [MALE HARMONY: bright falsetto] somebody's watchin' me Data Profile sold for a price [MALE HARMONY: airy layered tone] somebody's watchin' me Labeled as inventory from my own device [MALE HARMONY: emotional lift] Why are they watchin' me (MALE ROBOT] Always watching… [OUTRO — FX + REBOOT TONES] (beep… beep‑beep… bzzt… reboot‑tone… boom‑808) "Node confirmed." (MALE ROBOT] Always watching…