[Verse 1]
He came from the block with a duffel and scars
Big dreams in his chest, still sleepin’ in cars
She came with a smile and a hand like trust
Said, “Let me help you turn that dirt to dust”
He learned how to flip it, how to count every shake
Turned one small move into a whole new bank
Brick by brick, he built it clean
Corner to corner, turned a thought to a dream
She wore that gold like she owned his name
Held his front door, then she fed that flame
Said, “You can be more than the streets you knew”
So he left that life and he ran with her through
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the cars pull up
And the phones stay loud
Every door he touched
Put his name on the cloud
She said, “We up now”
He believed that lie
Had a whole new world
In her pretty brown eyes
[Chorus]
Snake in silk, snake in silk
Wrapped in a smile, but it bit so quick
Snake in silk, snake in silk
He gave her his trust, she took too much
Snake in silk, snake in silk
She loved the money, not the man in it
Snake in silk, snake in silk
He broke that tie and she can’t have it
[Verse 2]
Now the business was booming, the meals got big
He signed those checks and he played that grid
Showroom shine and a house on the hill
Couple more stores and the whole thing still
She at every event with a hand on his back
But her eyes kept driftin’ to the safe in the rack
She was countin’ his wins like they all were hers
Plotting in silence, movin’ in cursive
Then the papers came out and the truth came through
Her soft little poison, that cold tattoo
He read them lines and the room went still
Like a gun on the table and a broken will
[Pre-Chorus]
She said, “That’s ours”
But it wasn’t hers
She built that fraud
With a smile that purrs
He shut that door
Took the key and left
Now the only thing she knows
Is a void and debt
[Chorus]
Snake in silk, snake in silk
Wrapped in a smile, but it bit so quick
Snake in silk, snake in silk
He gave her his trust, she took too much
Snake in silk, snake in silk
She loved the money, not the man in it
Snake in silk, snake in silk
He broke that tie and she can’t have it
[Bridge]
He ain’t fall to the floor, he rose up mean
Cut the fake from the frame, kept the whole machine
No more sweet talk, no more scheme
Just a man with a name and a clean new scene
She reached for the share, for the ring, for the claim
But the court saw the cracks in the pretty game
Now he toasts to the loss, to the lesson learned
Every crown got thorns, every trust can burn
[Chorus]
Snake in silk, snake in silk
Wrapped in a smile, but it bit so quick
Snake in silk, snake in silk
He gave her his trust, she took too much
Snake in silk, snake in silk
She loved the money, not the man in it
Snake in silk, snake in silk
He broke that tie and she can’t have it