Black ledger

Verse 1

Private jets and velvet lies

Champagne smiles, dead in the eyes

Every room got secrets sealed

Every deal already signed and sealed

They shake hands in quiet tones

Build empires out of broken bones

Every whisper bought and sold

Truth gets buried, bought in gold

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Pre-Chorus

You won’t see it on the screen

But you know what I mean

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Chorus

There’s a black ledger, name by name

Every secret, every shame

They can hide it, they can pretend

But the list don’t ever end

Money talks, silence screams

Power built on dirty schemes

You can run but you can’t sever

What’s written in the black ledger

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Verse 2

Closed doors and coded calls

No witnesses inside those walls

Every favor comes with chains

Every crown comes soaked in stains

They rewrite it, clean the slate

Call it rumor, call it hate

But shadows stretch when lights go low

And truth ain’t something you can throw

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Pre-Chorus

You can dress it up in gold

But the cracks still show

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Chorus

There’s a black ledger, name by name

Every secret, every shame

They can hide it, they can pretend

But the list don’t ever end

Money talks, silence screams

Power built on dirty schemes

You can run but you can’t sever

What’s written in the black ledger

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Bridge

Every lie stacked high and tall

Echoes when it starts to fall

You can bury, you can pay

But it never fades away

Every ghost you thought was gone

Still remembers what you’ve done

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Breakdown / Alt Chorus

Black ink, no erase

Every name, every face

No more silence, no disguise

You can’t outrun what survives

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Final Chorus

There’s a black ledger, name by name

Every secret, every shame

All the power, all the lies

Burning now in open eyes

Money fades but truth remains

Etched in more than just a name

You can run but not forever

Nothing hides from the ledger