[Verse 1]
I treat the map like a mood ring
Cali sun on my suitcase sins
Chicago wind through my guilty grin
Same sky, but the clocks spin different
Duffle bag heavy like unspoken vows
Paper like pages I’m tearing out now
Every stamp on the passport, subtle bruise
Every mile is a question I refuse
UPS drop it like Schrödinger’s box
Could be my rise or the key to the locks
Vacuum seal prayers in a plastic tomb
Hope they smell like money, not my doom (yeah)
[Chorus]
Back and forth, Cali to the Chi
I’m just tryna choose which version of me survives
Highways hum like a monk in my mind
Every mile I gain, lose another line
Back and forth, chasing what I claim is truth
Duffle full of ghosts disguised as loot
Feds on the trail, footprints in the snow
If freedom is a fever, how hot can it go? (go, go)
[Verse 2]
Rearview mirror is a prophet that whispers
Says, “Every shortcut just sharpens the scissors”
Cut ties, cut time, cut conscience thin
Fold fear like clothes, tuck it all right in
Phone ping patterns like modern-day psalms
Each green bubble, another small bomb
Addresses read like coordinates to doubt
One wrong digit and the whole plan shouts
I turn my guilt into clever quotes
Philosopher in a stolen coat
If karma’s just interest on borrowed days
I’m rich in now, broke in always (always)
[Chorus]
Back and forth, Cali to the Chi
I’m just tryna choose which version of me survives
Highways hum like a monk in my mind
Every mile I gain, lose another line
Back and forth, chasing what I claim is truth
Duffle full of ghosts disguised as loot
Feds on the trail, footprints in the snow
If freedom is a fever, how hot can it go? (how hot can it go?)
[Bridge]
Is it sin if I never stop to name it?
Is it fate if I’m the one who framed it?
Every exit sign looks holy in the dark
Every little siren feels like a question mark
[Chorus]
Back and forth, Cali to the Chi
I’m just tryna choose which version of me survives
Highways hum like a monk in my mind
Every mile I gain, lose another line
Back and forth, chasing what I claim is truth
Duffle full of ghosts disguised as loot
Feds on the trail, footprints in the snow
If freedom is a fever, how hot can it go?