[Verse 1]
Steel doors slam
Echo in my chest
Coffee gone cold
Vest still pressed
Kitchen serving scraps
Same tray
Same lies
They point at the budget
We point at the skies
Blame on the guards
Blame on the suits
We just catch it in the middle
Blood on our boots
Only keys on my hip
No steel on my side
If it jumps in the block
All I got is my eyes
[Chorus]
It’s a twelve-hour cage
Clock stuck
Won’t move
Every tier
Every rage
Same fight
Same groove
Code 10-99
All in
No rest
I leave half my mind
Locked up in this nest
[Verse 2]
Office lights buzz
Paper cuts and dust
Radio on my shoulder
Whose life do I trust
In the glass
My face
Older than last year
Lines from the stress
Deep as the tier
Wonder when it pops
Who runs
Who stays
Who makes it home
Who’s lost in the haze
[Chorus]
It’s a twelve-hour cage
Clock stuck
Won’t move
Every tier
Every rage
Same fight
Same groove
Code 10-99
All in
No rest
I leave half my mind
Locked up in this nest
[Bridge]
Count time
Chow time
It all sounds the same (hey!)
Their numbers
My number
Just pages in a game
If I walk from this gate
I’ll still hear that slam
Still smell that kitchen
Still feel who I am
[Chorus]
It’s a twelve-hour cage
Clock stuck
Won’t move
Every tier
Every rage
Same fight
Same groove
Code 10-99
All in
No rest
I leave half my mind
Locked up in this nest