Flash Ain’t Family

Name: Flash Ain’t Family
Duration: 230 s
Description: Flash Ain’t Family by mBaileyz. From the artist’s lyric sheet: “If the light go dead, who read your face? If the bass go thin, who know your name? You can't eat…”

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Flash Ain’t Family lyrics

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Intro

Ring hum, glass cup, wrist got a borrowed gleam Two taps on the stand, then the room go clean

Verse 1

Linen loud, wrist lit, rented crown in a crowded room Cup still sweating, neck still flexing, debt in bloom Blue buzz made the tile taste bright, but the ride went mute Three grins in a frame, then the lane got thin by the food Auntie called twice, you swiped, "I'm good," with a cracked-up thumb Laugh track snapping, backseat tapping, still nobody come Gold little wristband, soft little "yes ma'am," guard at the door Said close tabs early; your whole table looked down at the floor

Pre-chorus

If the light go dead, who read your face? If the bass go thin, who know your name? You can't eat applause with a late fee due Count hands, not eyes, when the room looks full

Chorus

Flash Ain't Family, Flash Ain't Family Who gon' stay? ... stay Everybody claps, but who can carry you? oh-oh, hold on Flash Ain't Family, it don't tuck you in Who gon' stay when the pretty gets thin? Smile if you want, but don't trade your soul Whole room bright, still your hand feel cold

Verse 2

You said "all we got" like a roof and a meal was one word Love in the booth, truth in the bruise, but the rent still heard Need a map in the margin, a jar with a dollar, a way home first No shame in the shine, but the shine don't sign when the lease go worse I watched queens in quick poses quit holding their own pulse Chin up, pin stuck, silk on a sunburned old oath You the hook before the drop; don't beg for a hand-clap gate Move like the verse got paid and the chorus already made

Pre-chorus

If the light go dead, who read your face? If the bass go thin, who know your name? You can't eat applause with a late fee due Count hands, not eyes, when the room looks full

Chorus

Flash Ain't Family, Flash Ain't Family Who gon' stay? ... stay Everybody claps, but who can carry you? oh-oh, hold on Flash Ain't Family, let the front row spin Who gon' stay when the pretty gets thin? Build with your people, put the dream on bones Whole room bright, still your hand feel cold

Bridge

Cord on the carpet, ring full of dust I almost called that magic, I almost called that us Then mama said, "Baby, be bright after the bulb" I felt that line in my chest like a drum with a pulse

Chorus

Flash Ain't Family, Flash Ain't Family Who gon' stay? ... breathe Everybody claps, but who can carry you? oh-oh, hold on Flash Ain't Family, when the power cut low Who gon' stay with the road still closed? Unplug the ring, let the real ones know Whole room dark, still your hand got hold

Outro

Ring hum cut, glass cup still No crowd sound, just one hand real Flash ain't

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