[Spoken Intro – low, tired voice over soft ambient noise]
"Some days, I’m right here — grindin’, bleedin’, breathin’ heavy like the world’s sittin’ on my chest.
Other days, I’m somewhere else... driftin'...
Caught between the streets and the sky.
Two minds... same soul...
Still floatin'."
[Lo-fi beat kicks in softly after "floatin'."]
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[Verse 1 – Day-in-the-life: real talk tone]
Early sun through a cracked-ass blind
Dead phone, cold floor, still on my grind
Pocket full of ones and a couple dimes
Thank God I ain’t losin’ my mind
Cold streets, cold eyes, cold-ass days
Folded dreams stuffed down in my safe
Heart heavy, dipped in clay
Still lace my boots up anyway
---
[Pre-Chorus – grounded, slight lift]
(But I)
Learned to hustle in the deep end
(Finally)
Made peace with demons
(Time to)
Lift my head again
(Won’t sink, won’t fold, fuck breakin' again)
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[Chorus – Day-in-the-life version]
Floatin’, no chains on me
(Risin’ up where the fuck shit can't reach)
Glowin’, even when the skies ain’t clean
(Livin’ light, bitch, lucid free)
I’m floatin’, no chains on me
Just the sky, just the sky, swear to God...
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[Verse 2 – Transition to dreamy/trippy]
Hit the block, but my mind on stars
Deadass zoned, driftin’ too far
Every step a memory scar
Seein’ colors that ain’t even ours
Talk to ghosts in the gasoline gleam
Waves in the air breathin’ the steam
Everything fake, everything dream
But shit, I just lean
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[Pre-Chorus – floatier delivery]
(And I)
Learned to swim where the world sinks
(And I)
Found my high when the low shit stinks
(So now)
I drift free where the wild winds sing
(No chains, no pain, just me, just me)
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[Chorus – Dreamy version]
Floatin’, no chains on me
(High as hell where the dark can’t be)
Glowin’, even when it’s hard to see
(Wild and free in a lucid dream)
I’m floatin’, no chains on me
Just the sky, just the sky, on god...
---
[Bridge – fully trippy]
No clocks, no walls, no ties
Just breath, just wings, endless sky
No hate, no snakes, no lies
Just me floatin' where hurt can't bite
(Yeah, yeah...)
(Just float, bitch...)
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[Final Chorus – blended real + dream tone]
Floatin’, no chains on me
(High as dreams where the dark can’t see)
Glowin’, even when the world get mean
(Wild and loose in a lucid dream)
I’m floatin’, no chains on me
Just the sky, just the sky, just the sky...
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[Outro – soft instrumental fade]
(Sky... sky... no chains... we gone...)
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