[Hook Cold Open – distorted Bass VI riff, one dry snare hit] [Female – dry close-mic, low smoky chest voice] I kept it polite. You mistook that for permission. [Full groove enters – organic drums, breakbeat layer, wah-guitar cuts] [Verse 1 – Female, tight speech-led rhythm] Bit my tongue through every warning. Made your excuses sound like mine. You crossed the line, then moved it farther, said I was difficult when I declined. You liked me calm when calm meant quiet. Liked me kind when kindness cost. Every time I kept the peace, you counted what I swallowed as a win. [Short Chorus – Female, clipped rhythmic hook] I don’t swallow it now. I don’t soften the facts. You taught me silence. I learned to bite back. No pretty answer. No clean attack. You wanted harmless. I learned to bite back. [Turntable cut – Bass VI riff resets] [Male Rap – dry center, precise, rhythm-first] You trained the room to call her easy. Always available. Never needy. Every “it’s fine” became a green light. Every forced smile made your version look right. Then she says no and you call it a change. Call her unstable when she steps from the frame. Funny how boundaries feel like betrayal to people who benefited when she had none available. You didn’t lose the person you knew. You lost the access she stopped giving you. [Female – immediate] Say that again. [Male] You lost the access. Not her. [Verse 2 – Female, stronger drum push] I know exactly what you’re doing. Turn my anger into proof. Make the reaction look more dangerous than everything that led me to it. I won’t scream to make you listen. I won’t beg to be believed. I can say it once and clearly. What you do next is not on me. [Second Chorus – altered rhythm, fuller band] I don’t carry it now. I don’t cover your tracks. You taught me silence. I learned to bite back. No more explaining why the boundary stands. You wanted harmless. You don’t get that again. [Instrumental Break Guitar – 8 bars, Bass VI and wah-guitar trading short phrases] [Male Rap – drums tighten, low synth stabs] You called her cold when she stopped absorbing. Called it cruel when she stopped performing. You want the old version? She paid too much. Every quiet compromise left another cut. No war. No threat. No teeth for show. Just one clear line and the strength to say no. [Break] [Music: Abrupt silence. Total stop.] [A cappella – Female, completely dry, controlled rasp] You taught me silence. I learned to bite back. [One beat of silence] [Drop-tuned riff enters with half-time drums – brief controlled impact] [Final Section – Female Lead, earned chest pressure] I won’t make myself smaller so you can stay the same. I won’t call it love when love keeps asking me to take the blame. Keep your version. Keep your story. Keep the mask you thought I wore. I don’t need to hurt you back. I just won’t hurt myself for you anymore. [Male Rap – brief, between band hits] No permission. No retreat. No more truth beneath your feet. No apology for the space she takes. No more smiling while the boundary breaks. [Female – strongest controlled release] I kept it polite. You mistook that for weakness. Now hear me clearly— I said no. [Final riff – two bars only] [Female – dry, close] Don’t make me say it twice. [Hard studio cut]
