((Tempo: 118 BPM | Key: D minor))
((Influence: Kendrick Lamar – PRIDE., Drake – The Ride, Travis Scott – 90210))
((Mood: haunting, introspective, cinematic))
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[Intro – Drake tone, melodic]
((Filtered synth pad rising))
((Low 808 heartbeat pattern))
Yeah…
Sometimes I feel him whisperin’ my name,
Dark room, cold air — still feels the same.
Tryna stay grounded, but the floor keep fallin’,
Fate on hold, but the reaper keep callin’.
((Sub-bass hits, hi-hats fade in slow))
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[Verse 1 – Kendrick-style flow, storytelling tone]
Walkin’ through the night, feel the silence creep,
Prayers on my tongue that I barely keep.
Death been flirtin’ like she want my soul,
Playin’ tag with fate, but I’m losin’ control.
Every choice feel loaded, destiny twistin’,
Voices in the wind — I swear they still listenin’.
Mama said “boy, you were born for more,”
But how you shine when the light don’t pour?
((808s pulse — dark melodic bell synth echoing the verse))
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[Pre-Chorus – Drake melodic hook]
I feel it in my chest, yeah, the pressure gettin’ deeper,
Heart race, cold sweat — whisper from the reaper.
He say, “Time short, better move with faith,”
But I still question what’s written on my fate.
((Reverb builds — synth arps shimmer faintly))
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[Chorus – Drake & Kendrick layered vocals]
When the reaper calls my name,
Will I rise or fade away?
I’ve been runnin’ from my pain,
Tryna see another day.
Every breath feel borrowed time,
Every line a thin red sign.
I ain’t ready, I ain’t blind,
But the reaper stay on my mind.
((Drop – distorted bass hit, chopped vocal echo “my mind… my mind…”))
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[Verse 2 – Kendrick-style poetic verse]
Every move feel pre-planned,
Still I fight, still I stand.
Writin’ verses like last confessions,
Turnin’ scars into my weapons.
Ain’t no halo, ain’t no sinless man,
But I pray my story still expand.
From the ashes to the cold sunrise,
Every loss got a piece of my life.
((808 slides, airy pad progression, glitchy percussion in background))
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[Bridge – Drake emotional tone]
((Beat drops out, synth chords swell))
They said heaven’s got a door, I just ain’t found it,
Every lesson got a cost — I been countin’.
Tryna dodge fate, but it feel magnetic,
Every mirror I face, reflection prophetic.
((Background: faint reversed vocal samples — “callin’… callin’… callin’…”))
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[Final Chorus – full layered vocals, atmospheric climax]
When the reaper calls my name,
Will I rise or fade away?
I’ve been runnin’ from my pain,
Tryna see another day.
Every breath feel borrowed time,
Every line a thin red sign.
Even if my end’s designed,
I’ll still fight the reaper’s line.
((Outro beat slows, detuned synth decays, low echo “I ain’t done yet… I ain’t done yet…”))
ReapEternal
