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Two Cups Spin lyrics
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Intro
☕: “Steam rise, free skies, red stripes in the dawn,” 🍵: “Leaves fall slow, green calm, ancient song reborn.” ☕: “We drip fast—grind dreams through chrome and code,” 🍵: “We steep deep—time slow, truth in every load.”
Verse 1
☕: Thirty trillion strong, engines hummin’ loud, Silicon veins, Wall Street clouds, AI trades, café crowds—move quick, no doubt, Freedom on tap, that’s what we bout. 🍵: Nineteen trillion tides, factories sing, Steel and silk, automation king, Robot rivers flood east wing to west, Tea hands build what the world request.
Pre-chorus
☕: “Speed’s my creed, I brew and lead.” 🍵: “Scale’s my tale, I plant the seed.” ☕ & 🍵 (together): “Two cups spin, same world heat— Can rivals sip and still find peace?”
Chorus
☕ vs 🍵, drip or steep, who run the beat? Market might or mandate seat? We clash, we teach, we pour, repeat— World in a cup, same sunrise steep. ☕ vs 🍵, talk don’t bleed, Let the brew cool down, let the people read, We different beans but the same old need— Stay woke, stay warm, let the nations breathe.
Verse 2
☕: Votes in rows, we loud, we brawl, Messy but the echo fills the hall. 🍵: One voice call, tight walls tall, Order first so the fall don’t stall. ☕: Flawed democracy, still breathin’ true, Freedom House glowin’ red-white-blue. 🍵: Nine on the hundred, but I rise in crew, Discipline’s my mirror—efficiency, too.
Chorus
☕ vs 🍵, drip or steep, who run the beat? Market might or mandate seat? We clash, we teach, we pour, repeat— World in a cup, same sunrise steep.
Verse 3
☕: Nine-nine-seven billion drums, thunder budgets loud, Tanks roll shadows, nukes in cloud. 🍵: Three-one-four billion, still growin’ proud, Six hundred warheads whisper under shroud. ☕: Taiwan lines drawn, sea lights blink, 🍵: Strait so tight, one wrong link. ☕: We posture big, 🍵: We modern quick, Both pray math don’t slip that click.
Bridge
🎶 Old powers hum in the smoky breeze: “Seen this show from the London seats, Tea once ruled, now coffee leads, Both taste change through the hands of need.” 🇬🇧 “Mind your blend,” says UK calm. 🇯🇵 “Keep defense on, stay automaton.” 🇷🇺 “Old bombs rust but the fear lives on.” 🎶 World choir sings: “Don’t spill the dawn.”
Chorus
☕ vs 🍵, no enemies deep, We both heat up what the people seek. Drip fast future, steep slow peace— Shared caffeine keeps the world on beat. ☕ vs 🍵, same roots, new leaves, History brews where tomorrow breathes, One planet barista, pour and believe— We all wake up when the cups agree.
Outro
☕: “Steam fades, crowd hums, stock bells sleep,” 🍵: “Leaves curl soft, the mountains keep.” Both: “When cups cool off, may minds stay steep— Peace tastes best when the world can sip deep.”
Inside the recording
☕: “Steam rise, free skies, red stripes in the dawn,” 🍵: “Leaves fall slow, green calm, ancient song reborn.”
☕: “Speed’s my creed, I brew and lead.” 🍵: “Scale’s my tale, I plant the seed.”
☕: “Steam fades, crowd hums, stock bells sleep,” 🍵: “Leaves curl soft, the mountains keep.”
Excerpts from artist-supplied lyric files matched by title. Lyric sheets may differ from the released performance.