[Intro]
Static in my skull
Teeth on the wire
Boots on the concrete
Gas in the fire (hey!)
[Verse 1]
I was raised on "stay in line"
Sharp tongue, dull life, steel spine
Teacher said, "Pick one lane"
I broke the road, set blaze, left flames
Bus pass, punch clock, same chair
Same cheap jacket, dead stare
Now my name buzz round their boardrooms
Same kid they said would die bored soon
I don't fit in your spreadsheet squares
Barcode dreams, plastic prayers
You sell fear like flavored gum
I chew it, spit it, load my lungs
[Chorus]
I got a firewall in my veins (veins)
Every rule you write, I bend the frame (frame)
You build those walls, I climb, I carve my name (name)
You wanna shut me up?
You gon' learn today
I got a riot under my skin (skin)
Every "sit back down" just pulls me in (in)
You lock that door, I kick it off the hinge (hinge)
You wanna shut me up?
Watch me make you listen
[Verse 2]
Clock hits 9, whole block on mute
Same grey sky, same cheap suit
But my block speak code in the bass line
Side street sermons in the brake lights
Mamá said, "Mijo, be safe"
But safe feels same as the chains
So I lace my faith in the chaos
Turn every "later" to "say what?"
They sell futures in plastic bags
Quick high, long fall, toe tags
I want land deeds, free schools
Big sound systems, strong tools
[Bridge]
Hands up if you tired of the script they wrote (hands up)
Hands up if you drowning in a shallow vote (hands up)
Hands up if you broke but your dream too big
If you sick of being data in a rigged spreadsheet
[Chorus]
I got a firewall in my veins (veins)
Every rule you write, I bend the frame (frame)
You build those walls, I climb, I carve my name (name)
You wanna shut me up?
You gon' learn today
I got a riot under my skin (skin)
Every "sit back down" just pulls me in (in)
You lock that door, I kick it off the hinge (hinge)
You wanna shut me up?
Watch me make you listen