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Tap Tap lyrics
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Intro
(Filtered newsroom static melts into a synthetic choir) Yeah, faces loading, truth buffering, lights on standby Midnight glow from the glass rectangle, we live-streamin’ our alibis
Verse 1
Scroll wake, no sun, just a ring light halo Timeline déjà vu, everybody déjà-famous Clones talk fluent me, got my cadence on rental Deepfake smiles blink twice, yeah the lies look gentle Paper trail pixelated, checks clear in a cloud They buy trust with an update, sell fear real loud I see ghosts in the comments, they wearing my tone Algorithm raise my kids, taught ‘em how to be known Thumbprints smudged on the future, I sign with a swipe Rent my face for a moment, that’s a hell of a price I’m encrypted in public, but naked in DMs Truth got a loading wheel, patience on ten
Chorus
Who’s real when the screen starts talkin’ back? Who’s me when my voice get copy-pasted fast? Mirror made of code, yeah it knows my past If the lie go viral, do the truth still last? Who’s real, tap, tap, who’s real? Who’s real, tap, tap, who’s real?
Verse 2
Bot farms till the soil where opinions grow Paid likes bloom overnight, that’s a plastic rose I read my own obituary wrote by a brand Said I died for engagement, resurrected by ads Mama said “be careful what you feed your name” Now my name feed the servers, servers feed the flame Blueprints of my laughter in a training set They remix my mistakes like a greatest hit I ghost my location, still tracked by desire Every rumor got wings, every wing need a buyer I’m too human to trend, too real for the bait So I stitch my spine straight and negotiate fate
Bridge
(Sudden drop, heartbeat bass, minor to major lift) If a copy can love you, can it bleed for you? If a filter can save you, what it steal from you? I mute the noise, hear the pulse in my chest Unplug for a second, feel alive, then I press
Chorus
Who’s real when the screen starts talkin’ back? Who’s me when my voice get copy-pasted fast? Mirror made of code, yeah it knows my past If the lie go viral, do the truth still last? Who’s real, tap, tap, who’s real? Who’s real, tap, tap, who’s real?
Outro
I watermark my soul with a scar and a laugh If they steal the reflection, they can’t steal the path Close the app, feel the floor, hear the city breathe I go offline to remember what believing means [Loop] Who’s real when the screen starts talkin’ back? Who’s me when my voice get copy-pasted fast? Mirror made of code, yeah it knows my past If the lie go viral, do the truth still last? Who’s real, tap, tap, who’s real?
Inside the recording
Yeah, faces loading, truth buffering, lights on standby Midnight glow from the glass rectangle, we live-streamin’ our alibis
Who’s real when the screen starts talkin’ back? Who’s me when my voice get copy-pasted fast?
Who’s real when the screen starts talkin’ back? Who’s me when my voice get copy-pasted fast?
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