*"Hard Rap Version (Funeral-March Flow)*"
**(Organ intro — 4 bars, minor key, slow and heavy)**
**Verse 1 (16 bars)**
I / real-ised / some-thing / to-day,
Bout / love and / why I / run a-way.
Take / my hits / just earn-in' / a buck,
Grind-ing / hus-tlin' / run-nin' on / luck.
Keep / my head / low — off / the ra-dar,
Drink / at home / not down / at the bar.
I / ain't hid-in' / but I / hate the scene,
Sick / of tell-in' / where I / have been.
*"Chorus / Hook (8 bars — sustain words over organ)**
We / used to be / tight — / you were my / light,
No / dark-ness, no / doubt — / every-thing / right.
The / nights had us / shak-in' — / hearts would / break,
Now / you're smok-in' / so much / you're ba-kin', no / fake.
**(Short 2-bar organ drop)**
**Verse 2 (16 bars)"*
Come / on — me / bail? you / outta your / mind,
Think / be-fore / talk-in' — / hit re-wind.
Ev-ery / word / sends the / con-vo south,
Shoot / off fire / from a / reck-less mouth.
I've / shown you / re-spect, you / know that's true,
But / the pipe's / got a / hold on / you.
Ac-cu-sa-tions / spark a / fight at / night,
It's / of-fen-sive — / you ain't / act-in' right.
**Chorus / Hook (8 bars again)**
We / used to be / tight — / you were my / light,
No / dark-ness, no / doubt — / every-thing / right.
The / nights had us / shak-in' — / hearts would / break,
Now / you're smok-in' / so much / you're ba-kin', no / fake.
**(Organ breakdown — 4 bars, maybe add a sub-bass under it)*"
**Verse 3 / Bridge (16 bars, darker tone)**
Wish / we could / go right / back to the / start,
Don't / wan-na / lose what / owns my / heart.
You / push my / but-tons / like you / don't care,
Do / you even / see — or / are you / un-aware?
I've / cried too / many / nights a-lone,
Even / when you're / here — you're / still not / home.
May-be / I'm to / blame, but / this ain't / love,
This / feels like / a game, no / hand in / glove.
Told / you straight / right from / the start,
You'll / al-ways / have my / heart.
**Final Chorus (Darker Twist) (8 bars, drawn out delivery)**
We / used to be / tight — / now there's / no light,
You / come a-round / here just / hunt-ing / for white.
When / you're close / I trem-ble — / I shake,
You / took all / there was / to take.
Mon-ey, / clothes, / even my / tools —
I / keep my / code while / break-in' / rules.
**(Outro organ riff — slow fade, let last note drag)**
