Cold read

Yeah…

I don’t enter a space, I scan it first

Clock who’s too calm, who rehearsed

Who laughs just a second too late

Like they trying to sync up fate

I keep my face low, voice even tone

But I see what you are when you think you’re alone

Every shift in your posture gets stored

Every lie you don’t say gets scored

I grew up where silence had weight

Where one wrong word could sit for days

So I learned how to let things fade

Not react, just watch how it plays

Now I don’t argue, I just remove

No speech, no warning, no proof

If it feels off, I don’t need truth

I just step and cut the loose

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HOOK:

I don’t need much, I just need it real

No bending for how I feel

If it changes, I change the deal

No noise, just what I seal

Bless thyne ears, hear the room go still

It ain’t music, it’s iron chill

It’s late night when the fake gets real

And you hear what you never will

I move off read, not trust or hope

If it’s solid it never won’t

If it’s shaky it starts to choke

I don’t save what already broke

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Back—

I seen loyalty slip through teeth

Same smile, different belief

Same hands that used to be clean

Now they hide what they mean beneath

I don’t call it betrayal no more

It’s just math when it hits the floor

If it folds under pressure, it’s poor

Nothing personal, just law

I been quiet but not out of peace

Out of knowing what words release

How a sentence can change a room

How a truth can increase the heat

So I speak like I’m weighing each line

Not for art, just for time

If it doesn’t hit, I don’t mind

I just leave it behind

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SWITCH:

Look—

I don’t chase what I already clocked

I don’t knock on a door that’s locked

If it cracked once, it’s already shot

No repair, no second shot

I been in rooms where respect don’t live

Where everything’s take and never give

Where a favor is just a pivot

To see what you’ll slip and give it

So I move like I’m slightly apart

Not cold, just guarding my heart

Not lost, just not in the dark

I see everything start where it starts

And I don’t raise my voice for effect

If I leave, it’s already checked

If I stay, it’s cause I detect

Something real I can’t reject

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HOOK:

I don’t need much, I just need it real

No bending for how I feel

If it changes, I change the deal

No noise, just what I seal

Bless thyne ears, let the tension sit

Every word got a quiet grit

It don’t heal, it just coexist

With the parts you try to skip

I move off read, not trust or chance

If it’s solid it holds its stance

If it shakes, it don’t get a dance

I don’t give it a second glance

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Last pass—

I don’t talk like I need to be heard

I don’t chase validation or words

If I’m there then it’s already earned

If I’m gone then the page just turns

I seen too much to be impressed

By loud talk and fake success

So I keep my world compressed

Small circle, less stress

And I don’t pretend I’m above it all

I just don’t answer every call

If it rises, I let it fall

Gravity handles it all

Yeah…

I don’t need much, I just need it real.