

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse] Line of tired eyes at the station Stale air hot breath late bills Punch in punch out same rotation Soul on sale for small spills [Prechorus] Is this living or slow eviction Body breaking chasing fiction [Chorus] Just scraps of a paycheck Rent eats the rest I starve the week Working to just survive Never enough money to truly live I grind my teeth Scraps of a paycheck Whole damn life marked down and cheap [Verse 2] Boss man laughs with his full glass My lunch cold rice in a jar Clock on the wall moves thick as tar Hope on layaway low class [Prechorus] Tell me whose gold are we lifting While our own ground keeps shifting [Chorus] Just scraps of a paycheck Coins in a jar like broken teeth Working to just survive Never enough money to truly live I choke I seethe Scraps of a paycheck I give my life they give me grief [Bridge] What if I walked out no warning Left this cage floor still warm Would I find more than this mourning Or just new teeth in the same storm [Outro] Scraps of a paycheck still ringing Till my hands stop their shaking If this is life I am quitting Or I swear I will tear it open and take it back
Tags
rock, funk, hybrid groove built on gritty live drums sidechained to a pulsing synth bass line with slapped funk bass doubling the riff raw electric guitars cut in on the choruses brass stabs and dirty rhodes bring the jazz and funk male raspy vocal up front slightly distorted with stacked gang shouts in the hook and tight breaks for syncopated drum fills, tone, jazz, male vocals, edm
2:50
No
11/22/2025