STATIC JERSEY

Name: STATIC JERSEY
Duration: 330 s
Description: STATIC JERSEY by mBaileyz. From the artist’s lyric sheet: “Jumbotron ain't ever gonna read my last name Garment bag heavy with a dream that ain't the same Lens…”

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STATIC JERSEY lyrics

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Verse 1

Twenty 'til tip, I'm holding his fourteens Polo wet at the collar, fluorescent on his sheen Badge says GUEST, they let me past the rope Section 113 chanting MVP like it's hope He gives me dap, dap turns into a flash Camera catches half my face and the back of his sash I'm proud, I'm proud, I keep saying it twice 'Cause if I say it once, my voice cracks ice

Pre-chorus

Jumbotron ain't ever gonna read my last name Garment bag heavy with a dream that ain't the same Lens flash hits him, I'm the blur in the back Pride and a wound on parallel tracks

Chorus

Static jersey, no name on the back Plus-one in the tunnel, badge spinning on a strap Hold his extra Kobes while the section screams his name I'm in every photo but I'm not in any frame Static jersey, static jersey Section 113, I ain't never on the floor Static jersey, static jersey Y'all see him, but you don't see me no more

Verse 2

Two-forty-seven, lounge on the forty-second floor Bottle service, security learn what I'm here for "You with him, right?" only way they know my name I nod, tip, order water, watch him play the game Post a story, geotag, delete it 'fore the morning Being seen too close got its own warning

Pre-chorus

Bottle bill three thousand, my card ain't even tapped Free drinks, free fits, free everything 'cept the gap Between us in the booth and the version y'all see He's the dream, I'm the receipt of what could've been me

Chorus

Static jersey, no name on the back Plus-one in the lobby, hood up, eyes adjust to black Hold his Cartier glasses, tour bus at the curb I'm in every photo but I'm always on the verb Static jersey, static jersey Service entrance, never seen the marquee Static jersey, static jersey Y'all see him, but you don't see me

Verse 3

DMs from the block, screen lit at three AM "Bro, you got the connect?" same five names again Auntie need a kidney, cousin bail, mama rent Then there's Trell, spin a rock prettier than him Caught a charge at seventeen, judge ain't see no win Trell text: "glad it's you, dawg, not nobody else"

Bridge

Game six, three seconds, ref swallowed the whistle Whole arena gasped like a punctured pencil He cried in the tunnel, head in his hands First voice he heard was mine: "this ain't the end" But that's the part don't show on the stat sheet The friend, the brother, nobody ask three

Verse 4

Three-fourteen AM, hallway lights on a dim He knock on my door 'fore he knock on his kin Sit on the floor, back to the wall, ice melting in a cup "You think I'm done?" I said "nah, fam, this the warm-up" He laugh, then he quiet, then the quiet turn loud Said "I'd be lost without you", and the room got proud And I felt it, I felt it, the weight of the why Why I been here, why I ain't ever asked why I'm not dead weight, I'm the wire in the wall

Verse 5

The reason the lights stay on when the building 'bout to fall But the jersey still hang with no name on the spine That wound don't close, it just learn how to align Proud, tired, love him, and I ache Both of them true, that's the deal I make Every hug from him, a stat that don't graph

Chorus

Static jersey, no name on the back Plus-one for life, badge spinning on a strap Hold his extra Kobes while the section screams his name I'm in every photo but I'm not in any frame Static jersey, static jersey I'm the wire in the wall when the lights gotta hold Static jersey, static jersey Y'all see him, but the brother see me

Outro

Y'all see him But the brother see me

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