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PERNICIOUS PRECISION lyrics
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Intro
Whispers on the set, the lights come on Newscast chill, then a lexical bomb Anchor dropped "pernicious" like a coded grenade Now my mind in a maze where the meaning got played
Verse 1
Yo, I'm posted in the zone where the syntax spins Where a ten-dollar word got the airwaves pinned Said "obesity pernicious," what you even mean? You flippin’ that diction like a smoke machine No facts, just gas, now we lost in the fog Like that syllable’s a leash, and the crowd’s your dog Distraction tactic, academic gymnastics Turned a crisis into some semantic theatrics
Chorus
Pernicious—word witchin’ malicious Twistin’ truth in them boardroom dishes Loquacious wizards with agendas fictitious Talk slick, but the motive’s suspicious Yo! They spin it like it’s prolixicious Pompous in tone, perniciously vicious If you speak like that, you ain't ambitious You just playin’ mind chess—kinda pernicious
Verse 2
Now it's "salacious," "nefarious," "didactic" flex Weaponizin' language with a Harvard text Gaslightin' clear while they stand professorial Obfuscate vibes, call it linguistic memorial You ain’t solving problems, you’re the syntax czar Detour to thesaurus just to sound bizarre “Obesity’s pernicious”? Nah, that’s spin Talk to the root, not the word you in
Bridge
Etymology trap, that’s a clever disguise Slidin’ syllables like snakes in ties You think that depth lives in multisyllabics But it’s shallow mind games, psychological acrobatics Fake sage, high page, but no flame Talkin’ in riddles to dodge real blame From "erudite" to "seditious" They rollin’ with vocab malicious
Chorus
Pernicious—word witchin’ malicious Twistin’ truth in them boardroom dishes Loquacious wizards with agendas fictitious Talk slick, but the motive’s suspicious Yo! They spin it like it’s prolixicious Pompous in tone, perniciously vicious If you speak like that, you ain't ambitious You just playin’ mind chess—kinda pernicious
Outro
So if I hear "insidious" from your lips next I’ll know it ain’t love, it’s a language hex Keep your thesaurus, I want truth and the real Not a podium spell with no soul to feel I spit from the curb, not the ivory tower While you dilute problems with lexical power
Inside the recording
Whispers on the set, the lights come on Newscast chill, then a lexical bomb
Pernicious—word witchin’ malicious Twistin’ truth in them boardroom dishes
So if I hear "insidious" from your lips next I’ll know it ain’t love, it’s a language hex
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