Cloud Nine Is The Floor

[Verse 1]
Clock in, clock out
Same screen, same doubt
Eyes red from the grind
Not the weed, just the time
Boss talk, I tune out
Heart heavy, I move round
My cubicle like a cage
Bit by bit losing days
Back home, shoes off
Soul bruised, too soft
Hands shake when I twist
This the only break I get
Light it up, slow drag
Chest tight, lungs grab
Feel the week leave my spine
One hit and I unwind
[Chorus]
I’ve been getting higher than ever before
Cloud nine is the floor I walk on
Work all day but I’m barely alive
Smoke out all the demons that I’m feeling inside
Higher than ever, I’m gone
Cloud nine is the floor I walk on
If I make it through the day, it’s fine
I’ll just burn these shadows out my mind
[Verse 2]
Paycheck, late rent
All stress, half spent
Every call, every text
Got me braced for the next
Friends say I should slow
But they don’t see the low
When the ceiling starts to bend
And the dark feels like a friend
So I roll till it’s right
Little green, little light
Watch the room start to sway
Let the weight float away
Inhale, I don’t speak
Exhale, I feel peace
For a minute I can breathe
I can finally just be me
[Chorus]
I’ve been getting higher than ever before
Cloud nine is the floor I walk on
Work all day but I’m barely alive
Smoke out all the demons that I’m feeling inside
Higher than ever, I’m gone
Cloud nine is the floor I walk on
If I make it through the day, it’s fine
I’ll just burn these shadows out my mind

rap, Moody boom-bap meets modern trap: swung drums, warm sub-bass, hazy Rhodes keys and distant vocal chops. Verses are close-up, confessional rap with doubled male vocals on key punchlines; hook widens with airy harmonies and a simple, chantable melody. Subtle risers into each chorus, tight arrangement that rides a slow, head-nod pocket., hip hop