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NEGATIVE lyrics
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Intro
Your current balance is... negative
Verse 1
I been watching since the direct deposit hit at six AM Fourteen hundred, already promised to the rent Apple Pay kissed the reader at the coffee shop on Broward Three subscriptions hit before he even found his towel Afterpay got four installments on a jacket he wore once Gym membership debiting for muscles he ain't building I'm the only one who sees the math He took a selfie in the mirror, caption: "God's timing" I'm sitting at eleven dollars, declining
Pre-chorus
Looking full on the outside Running empty where it counts
Chorus
Swipe again, go on, I don't mind Spend it like you earned it every time I'll hold the receipts you never check Pour another round on my respect Swipe again, swipe again
Verse 2
Friday hit, bottle service, section roped Fifteen hundred pending, card still warm inside his coat Tipped the waitress forty on a tab that touched three hundred Strangers posting stories, none of them remember Sunday I watched the charge go pending like a sentence waiting judgment He posted "blessed" at 2 AM, I posted insufficient funds The girl he bought the drinks for saved his number as "Free Drinks" And I'm the one who knows, cause the Venmo never pings
Pre-chorus
Looking full on the outside Running empty where it counts
Chorus
Swipe again, go on, I don't mind Spend it like you earned it every time I'll hold the receipts you never check Pour another round on my respect Swipe again, swipe again
Verse 3
Opened up a second card to pay the first card's minimum Balance transfer, zero percent, twelve months then the guillotine His financial advisor is a YouTube short at 3 AM The lease costs more monthly than his mother's rent He drove the Charger to her house, told her God was blessing him Three accounts now, shuffling like shells without the pea Credit limit keep increasing, he thinks that means he's winning I been here before with other owners, this the season
Bridge
You think this story's about him? I've had a hundred owners, give or take Same selfie, same "blessed" caption Same 2 AM balance check in a bathroom stall The ones who make it stop performing for strangers He just applied for another card
Verse 4
Tuesday lunch, Thai spot on Commercial Boulevard Card came back declined, reader beeped like a flatline Laughed it off, blamed the chip, "bank app always tripping" But I felt his pocket buzz, the fraud alert he swiped away Wasn't fraud, just math he never wants to face Bathroom, hands shaking, scrolling through the real numbers Negative four hundred, pending charges still incoming Splashed water on his face, fixed the collar, walked back smiling I'm the curtain he hides behind
Verse 5
I thought maybe this one learns, they all get one good scare But he pulled the credit app before he left the lot Pre-approved forty thousand, tapped accept, muscle memory Called his boy, speaker phone, "we eating good this summer" Same plot, same ending, same balance at the funeral He'll flex until the repo, post until the garnishment I'll be here, negative, holding every receipt That nobody asked to see The numbers don't lie, but the owner always does
Outro
Your application has been... approved
Inside the recording
Your current balance is... negative
Looking full on the outside Running empty where it counts
Your application has been... approved
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