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Same Floor lyrics
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Intro
Cabin 7204, bleach in the bucket, August salt Tagalog text from mom say "kumusta, anak, be safe" Freeport dry dock, the hull cracked open wide Five-four, tired, spent, smiling for the wage
Verse 1
Vacuum line, deck three, fifth cabin since dawn Tips ghost since June, but the manager say "stay on" Suite guest leave a towel, no cash, just a wave Corporate badge from Doral never learn my name Two-way echo down the hall like a church missing a saint Bleach in my nostril, sweat under the paint Three days no land, signal cut off the coast Just my girl on a voice note saying "miss you the most" The water is the wall, the wall is the world Twelve hundred sent to Manila, rent for the world I unfurled
Chorus
We got off the same floor I just hadn't built mine yet Elevator ding, three-minute debt Hi was the door, hi was the test Same floor, big door, but I climbed from there Big door, same floor, now my family's air Hi, ay, same floor
Verse 2
Pesos to dollars, the math don't sleep Dad's hip is busted, mom say "huwag mag-alala" sweet But she crying through Wi-Fi, pixel thin and slow Girlfriend asking "kailan ka uwi" and I never know Eighteen-hour shift, dressed in white like the host Pass a Brickell suit in the yard, he won't blink at the ghost Saving for a ring, saving for the visa, saving the hope Smile on my face, but my jaw doing rope Ocean don't care who you was before the salt Just clean the cabin, fix the toilet, log the fault
Chorus
We got off the same floor I just hadn't built mine yet Elevator ding, three-minute debt Hi was the door, hi was the test Same floor, big door, but I climbed from there Big door, same floor, now the corporate stare Hi, ay, same floor, I'm still here
Verse 3
Dry dock, deck seven, the elevator open slow Big bro from main office, IT badge below Six-two but the ceiling felt taller, blessed He said hi, I said hi, I said "you know AI?" He laughed, said "kid, let me put you onto something" Three minutes, same floor, doors slide at A-deck And something in my chest unclick like a seatbelt I never drank that night, I opened my laptop instead Blue light on a face wearing twenty different ages And that, that became the wage
Verse 4
Now they call me when the system go dark Cisco cert, A-W-S, ten badges on a card Cabin to bridge, bridge to office, office to the floor I built Doral lights, 836 west, briefcase, no guilt They said "lifer," I said watch the chart move They said "Filipino kid," I said yeah, Filipino smart move Mister Six-two still call me, we still talk shop And the suits at the headquarters Slack me from the top Got my own cabin now, but it's a corner office, ay Got my own crew now, we own what we say
Chorus
We got off the same floor I just hadn't built mine yet Elevator ding, three-minute debt Hi was the door, hi was the test Same floor, big door, but I climbed from there Big door, same floor, now my family's here Hi, ay, same floor, we own the air
Verse 5
Mom and Dad off the plane at MIA, two bags, one cane Girlfriend now my wife, the ring caught the rain Sweetwater two-bedroom, sinigang on the stove Little Manila on Sunday, mass at noon, slow road I tell the new kid mopping, "say hi, just hi" Three minutes can rewrite a sky You from where you from, but you ain't stuck where you start Same floor, big door, just build your apart
Outro
Same floor. Five-four, head up. Hi.
Inside the recording
Cabin 7204, bleach in the bucket, August salt Tagalog text from mom say "kumusta, anak, be safe"
We got off the same floor I just hadn't built mine yet
Same floor. Five-four, head up.
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