Shady Lady Came Home

[Intro]
Back home
Dust still on my name
[record scratch]
But I walk like the verdict changed
Yeah
[Verse 1]
Steel gates slid, I ain’t flinch
Did my time, stitched my skin
Concrete pillow, learned to grin
Turned my rage into a pin
Wrote that work in coffee stains
Names and dates and sinner saints
Candles burned in paper trays
Watched that gavel fade away
Called on shadows, called on flames
Murmured every hidden name
Saw that judge’s collar crack
Sweat drip cold, eyes go black
Next appeal, his voice went thin
Tongue went stone, breath caved in
Case dismissed, I tasted wind
Walked out hard, but I still win
[Chorus]
Shady Lady came home
Spell hit, throne got thrown
Judge fell, truth got shown
Now it’s bricks on bricks
I rebuild my own
Shady Lady came home
Cold eyes, heart full grown
Chains off, mind full blown
Now it’s bricks on bricks
I rebuild my own
[Verse 2]
Mama’s porch light, flicker glow
Mailbox stuffed with “told you so”
Old crew lurking, wanting smoke
Same old ghosts in different coats
I ain’t back to chase that high
I seen worse than homicide
I done bartered sleep for pride
Fought my demons till they cried
[low vocal register]
Kitchen table, spread that cash
Blueprints, beat pads, legal pads
Phone full buzzing, hungry hands
Everybody love a second chance
I got scars they can’t erase
I got wards around this place
Every brick I lay in grace
Got his face in every space
[Chorus]
Shady Lady came home
Spell hit, throne got thrown
Judge fell, truth got shown
Now it’s bricks on bricks
I rebuild my own
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals]
Red thread ‘round the banister
New locks on the door, yeah I answer her
Little girl staring like “Who that is?”
“That’s your blood, that’s a battle in a wig”
[crescendo]
No more stripes on my back
Just lines in my palm, point straight to the map
Every setback, every cell I paced
Turned that curse to a staircase
[Chorus]

rap, Gritty West Coast glitch-rap: swung head-nod drums, heavy cold sub bass, stuttered vocal chops, and DJ-style scratches. Verses stay close-mic’d with distorted ad-libs; hook widens with layered female vocals and detuned synth stabs. Drop-outs for a cappella bars, then bass slams back in for maximum impact., hardcore, glitch, west coast rap, scratch