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SAME GAME lyrics
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Intro
They said the stage would feel different Nah the knocks just got louder
Verse 1
Cheap camera on the porch red dot blinkin steady Neighbors walk they dogs past the stash like they never see it Court papers in the drawer next to the rubber bands Short stacks on the counter ceiling fan off balance Three knocks mean clientele two knocks mean it's trouble Mama callin from the kitchen while I'm duckin in the huddle Pine sol and regret every hallway shoes by the back exit Told myself one summer that's it then winter turned to profit
Pre-chorus
Same pressure different ceiling Same exit different building Who really gettin played?
Chorus
Same game different door Same weight on the floor Trap or the tour who keepin score? Same game different door Same stakes nothing more Block or the backend what you workin for?
Verse 2
Green room smell like Febreze and anxiety Contract on the rider table sixteen pages deep Promoter takin thirty off the top before I touch it Manager want fifteen lawyer twelve barely in the budget Airport lounge 4 AM redeye to another city Different zip same arithmetic who gettin pretty? Label man grip feel like a lien when he shake my hand Accountant text me numbers don't match what I was quoted Somebody eatin off my plate I ain't even noticed
Pre-chorus
Same pressure different ceiling Same exit different building Who really gettin paid?
Chorus
Same game different door Same weight on the floor Trap or the tour who keepin score? Same game different door Same stakes nothing more Block or the backend what you workin for?
Verse 3
Old charge from '19 flagged at the border canceled Toronto Homie say I switched say I'm Hollywood now Nah I just stopped lettin everybody eat my groceries New team move like ward politicians smilin heavy Tour bus same tint as the whip I used to trap in Same paranoia checkin mirrors interstate at midnight Which version of me real? forgot which one I started
Bridge
I miss the certainty not the life At least on the block you knew who was dangerous Out here everybody smile the same Knife come from the signature line not the waistband Still sleep with the door locked both lives taught me that
Verse 4
Hometown show sold out 954 packed the building Scanning every face half I owe half I'm healing from Lil cousin front row wearin my merch eyes wide Same kid watched me through the screen door on Sunrise Crowd chantin the hook sound like freedom and a funeral Grip the mic the way I used to grip the product Somebody say you made it out, made it out of what? Standing in the same zip code same roads same corner
Verse 5
Still one bad deal from the repo man revisiting Still one wrong handshake from a sentence or settlement Stage don't protect you it just spotlight the target Could lose the publishing same way I lost the re-up Different paperwork same feelin when the numbers flip I ain't celebrating ain't takin no bow for this Switching doors hoping this one got a better lock Which one more dangerous the block or the contract? Been in both rooms neither gave me the answer
Chorus
Same game different door Same weight on the floor Trap or the tour who keepin score? Same game different door Same stakes nothing more Block or the backend what you workin for?
Inside the recording
They said the stage would feel different Nah the knocks just got louder
Same pressure different ceiling Same exit different building
Same game different door Same weight on the floor
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