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Intro
whispered, behind the beat, South Florida clipped consonants they got the code to the gate and the gate to the soul code rainin’ on the concrete where the streetlight used to hold AC unit hum like a server rack dyin’ slow I been runnin’ the same loop since the first time the rent was due
Verse 1
corner store plexi flickerin’ like it tryna speak in tongues hologram ads for shoes that cost more than the lights been on I swipe the card, it declines, but the smile on the cashier still on like the script already wrote the part where I pretend I’m calm bus brake hiss at 79th sound like data leakin’ out the sky I look up, see the same cloud that been followin’ me since July they told me keep my head down, keep my hustle in supply but the numbers on the receipt look like coordinates for a lie they got the code to the gate and the gate to the soul I been knockin’ with the same two knuckles since I was 14 years old mama prayin’ in the kitchen while the lights do that slow blink I got two choices and both of ’em cost more than the note on the Buick voice crack on the realization is this the part where the screen go black or the part where I finally think
Chorus
Is this a glitch? Is this a glitch? Is this a glitch in the feed that been playin’ me since birth? Is this a glitch? They got the code to the gate and the gate to the soul and I’m standin’ here with a bat like the loop finally showed its throat
Verse 2
I smashed the first screen in the apartment lobby at 3:17 reflection looked back like it knew what I was ’bout to see code rain on the glass, little green numbers slidin’ down like sweat I swear I saw my own name in the scroll before the power cut they got us all coded — the court date, the gig app, the ‘Gram filter every time I try to step left the whole block shift like a river repo man pull up with the winch like he followin’ a script I asked him if he ever feel the strings, he just laughed and said “we all get clipped” aftermath quiet I heard the dial tone in my chest like the city was tryna confess
Chorus
Is this a glitch? Is this a glitch? Is this a glitch in the feed that been playin’ me since birth? Is this a glitch? They got the code to the gate and the gate to the soul and I’m standin’ here with a bat like the loop finally showed its throat
Bridge
what if even this rage is part of the code what if the bat swing is just another scene they wrote I been performin’ for the algorithm since I learned how to pose for the camera in the corner store, for the judge, for the road but the ones still loopin’ on the block don’t deserve to stay froze so even if it’s scripted I’m still gon’ break the glass even if the exit’s fake I’m still gon’ make it last
Outro
they got the code to the gate and the gate to the soul but the bat don’t care about the script when it finally let go error 404… exit not found… we break it open anyway.
Inside the recording
whispered, behind the beat, South Florida clipped consonants they got the code to the gate and the gate to the soul
Is this a glitch? Is this a glitch?
they got the code to the gate and the gate to the soul but the bat don’t care about the script when it finally let go
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