Grin in the Dark

[Verse 1]
Hood up
Eyes low, teeth flash
I don’t talk big, I talk last
Soft voice, but the room hush
Steel nerves
Cold grin, calm hands
I don’t chase, I draw maps
Let ‘em walk right into my plans
Tight jaw
Every scar got a name
Every L got flipped to a stain
You can see what it did to my frame
[Pre-Chorus]
You feel that chill in your chest?
That’s me when I’m right on your neck
You hear that tick in the air?
That’s time, and I’m cashing the debt (yeah)
[Chorus]
I got a grin in the dark
They only see teeth, not heart
I move quiet through the noise
Turn fear into fuel, into art
Got a grin in the dark (in the dark)
Let ‘em all talk, I depart
When the light hits, too late
You just met my shadow and the spark
[Verse 2]
Live wire
I don’t blink, I surge
Every doubt you had, I heard
Now it’s fuel when I hit that verse
Half-whisper
Right before I burst veins
Whole crowd lean for the first phrase
Then I black out, tear through the stage (hey!)
I don’t beg
I don’t brand my pain
I just carve these lines in my name
If I said it, I stand on the flame
[Pre-Chorus]
You feel that weight in your gut?
That’s truth that you tried to forget
You taste that iron on tongue?
That’s blood when you bite on regret
[Chorus]
I got a grin in the dark
They only see teeth, not heart
I move quiet through the noise
Turn fear into fuel, into art
Got a grin in the dark (grin in the dark)
Let ‘em all talk, I depart
When the light hits, too late
You just met my shadow and the spark
[Bridge]
Hands up
If you ever been broke, overlooked, still chose to rise
Hands up
If you ever learned real power’s staying dead in their eyes (yeah)
I don’t need your love, your claps
I just need this breath, these raps
One mic, one shot, one chance
Watch a whisper collapse into chants
[Chorus]
I got a grin in the dark
They only see teeth, not heart
I move quiet through the noise
Turn fear into fuel, into art
Got a grin in the dark (in the dark)
Let ‘em all talk, I depart
When the light hits, too late
You just met my shadow and the spark

rap, Dark hybrid Hip-Hop / Rap / R&B with male vocals; eerie detuned bell motif over booming subs and razor-sharp, skittering drums. Verses start hushed and close-mic, almost ASMR menace, then slam into doubled, aggressive rap takes. Hook opens into half-sung, half-rapped melody with stacked low harmonies and a ghostly falsetto pad. Occasional reverse FX swells and abrupt drop-outs for live crowd call-and-response moments., r&b, male vocals, low, hip-hop