ELLE DUPREE — Sharp Corners

[Intro, Slow Fade-In Beat, Sparse Rhodes] (Yeah… uh) Midnight thinkin’, city still breathin’ — Sharp corners make clear minds sharpened. Let’s get it. [Verse 1, Rap — Smart + Gritty] Came up readin’ people quicker than they speak, Clocked motives in a glance, didn’t need a week. Pressure hit early, learned pain got a fee, Every scar a receipt that belonged to me. Taught myself patience where the fast fade out, Watched loud mouths drown when the truth came out. Every move mapped, I don’t gamble on chance, Calculated rhythm when the real ones dance. Mind stayed measured while the noise got loud, Peace ain’t public — I keep it unannounced. Never played follow, just built my own route, Made sharp turns when the path cast doubt. [Pre-Hook, Spoken-Sing] I seen hearts fold under light too bright, Brains melt down when the fame feel right. But I… keep my code in ink, not talk, Only paper that speaks is the check I walk. [Hook, Singing — Clever Tone] Dividends rising, peace stays earned, Few seats open, trust gets burned. Heart stays guarded, lessons confirmed, Elle Dupree — mind well-turned. [Verse 2, Rap — Reflective Flow] I don’t chase trends, I set quiet lanes, When the rest lose breath, I’m still sustainin’ my gains. Eyes in the back like rearview dreams, Saw fake love dressed clean at the seams. You can feel real power in a calm tone, No flex, no jewels — just a well-built zone. Talk slick, sure, but receipts don’t lie, Every “hi” tested, every “bye” justified. Wisdom taught me: silence cut deep, The sharpest tongue still bleeds when it speaks. So I write my truth where the world can’t pry, Encrypted in a beat only real ones vibe. [Interlude, Spoken — Low Keys, Introspective] You can measure a mind by what it don’t say, You can feel a plan by the way it stays quiet. Everything loud burns out — But the thinkers… they last. [Hook — Extended, Vocal Layers] Dividends rising, peace stays earned, Few seats open, trust gets burned. Heart stays guarded, lessons confirmed, Elle Dupree — mind well-turned. (Yeah… mind well-turned) Ohhh, mind well-turned. [Verse 3, Rap — Street Intellect Vibe] Sharp corners made queens outta thinkers and scars, Brains like mine read the streets like bars. No ghostwriter, no mask, no front, Just a page and a pulse and the truth I hunt. Told the young me: don’t beg for the mic, Earn your words, make ‘em cut like a spike. Let your tone be the steel, let your calm be the fight, Let your lessons light torches through the night. I see moves before they surface in sight, I see hearts crack from the thirst for light. But I keep cool, play chess not dice, One mind clear in a crowd full of vice. [Bridge, Smooth Vocal Drop + Beat Fade] (Hmm… yeah) Every plan’s drawn quiet — never loud, never rushed. I’m built off the hush. Peace don’t need applause, just trust. [Hook, Final — Long Outro with Harmony Stack] Dividends rising, peace stays earned, Few seats open, trust gets burned. Heart stays guarded, lessons confirmed, Elle Dupree — mind well-turned. Dividends rising (yeah), peace stays earned, Few seats open, trust gets burned. Heart stays guarded, lessons confirmed, Elle Dupree — mind well-turned. [Outro, Spoken — Over Beat Fade-Out] Sharp corners… That’s where the real edges live. That’s where I think best.