Title: “NEEDLE TALK (This Little Light)”

Title: “NEEDLE TALK (This Little Light)”

Tempo: ~88–92 BPM

Feel: Minimal, dusty drums, sub bass, vinyl crackle

Delivery: Half-spoken / half-rapped, dynamic pauses

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Intro (spoken, low)

Cold steel…

Warm blood…

Tell the truth.

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Verse 1

Cold, hard needle kiss my vein like it love me

Hypothermic steel in the flesh, try to numb me

Warm blood turn to hush money, pain go quiet

Fear nod off, conscience sleep, soul in a riot

Wake up broke, house empty, morals gone

Sell my future piece by piece just to feel strong

Monkey on my back grew fangs, call it King Kong

I pray while I’m bleeding, still doing shit wrong

Tell my brothers, tell my sisters, this ain’t flex

This addiction do you dirty, break spirit, break necks

Reach for help, they laugh first, pass poison next

Put more dope in the spoon, say “fly,” sign the check

Pre-Chorus (tight, rhythmic)

They don’t wanna save me

They wanna sedate me

They don’t see a human

Just a headline, maybe

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Hook (chanted, haunting)

I’m not tryna get high anymore

I’m tryna get free

Light a fire in my chest, Jah

Where the dark can’t reach

This little light of mine

I guard it with my life

This little light of mine

Still fightin’ through the night

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Verse 2 (faster, Kendrick pocket)

System say cope, pistol or powder

Same damn message, just dressed louder

Tell me disappear polite or die violent

Either way quiet, either way silent

Black skin = target, pain = entertainment

Tell me numb it or bleed on the pavement

I ain’t lookin’ for wings, I’m lookin’ for ground

Tryna stand sober while the world spin round

Needle talk sweet, say “just one more”

Devil sound gentle when he knock on doors

Every relapse feel like déjà vu

Every prayer feel late but I still push through

Pre-Chorus 2

I ain’t clean but I’m conscious

Still here, still honest

If I fall, I get up

That’s progress

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Hook (slightly louder)

I’m not tryna get high anymore

I’m tryna get whole

Light a match in my chest, Jah

Let it burn through my soul

This little light of mine

I’m gonna let it shine

This little light of mine

I’m gonna let it shine

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Bridge (spoken, stripped beat)

They taught me escape

I’m learnin’ endurance

They sold me relief

I’m choosin’ assurance

Pain ain’t my God

And death ain’t my friend

If I shine once more

I might save me again

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Final Verse (emotional, half-spoken)

If I make it out alive, tell my story in bars

So another little me don’t worship these scars

I ain’t perfect, I’m present, I’m breathin’ today

That alone feel like somethin’ they tried to take away

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Outro / Chant (echoed)

This little light of mine…

Still here.

Still mine.

Still shine.

Let it shine.

Let it shine.

Let it shine.