Expensive Taste, Cheap Escapes by Burnt_Reynolds_rap3 - Zona

Expensive Taste, Cheap Escapes

Track · Mar 3, 2026 · English

Expensive Taste, Cheap Escapes

Burnt_Reynolds_rap3

Burnt_Reynolds_rap3

Duration

3:05

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Gold tag on a thrift-store coat

Black card

But my rent’s still late

Fine wine in a paper cup

Taking pictures of an empty plate

Fresh fade

But my thoughts grown out

Big talk with a cracked-screen phone

Laugh loud in a velvet booth

Counting coins just to get back home

[Pre-Chorus]

I been flexing on the outside (outside)

Hollow like a hallway echo

All these trophies on my nightstand

Still scared to look in the mirror

[Chorus]

Expensive taste

Cheap escapes

(yeah, yeah)

I dress it up

But I can’t fake grace

(oh no)

I’m drippin’ in doubt

Tryna drown my shame

(call and I answer)

You say “How you livin’?” I say “Livin’ in my head again”

Expensive taste

Cheap escapes

(so loud)

Rich on the surface

Broke in the safe

(deep down)

I’m cashing in pain for a borrowed haze

(call and I answer)

You say “How you feelin’?” I say “Elegantly wasted

Babe”

[Verse 2]

Front row in my discount shoes

Sip slow ‘cause the check looks mean

Smile wide for the bathroom glass

Practice happy till it starts to sting

Big chain on a tired neck

New suit on an old regret

Pray soft in the rideshare back

Watching all my fake gods disconnect

[Pre-Chorus]

I been filling every silence (silence)

With another fragile story

All this glitter on my body

Can’t cover up the mourning

[Chorus]

Expensive taste

Cheap escapes

(hey, hey)

I dress it up

But I can’t fake grace

(can’t hide)

I’m drippin’ in doubt

Tryna drown my shame

(call and I answer)

You say “How you livin’?” I say “Livin’ in my head again”

Expensive taste

Cheap escapes

(so tired)

Rich on the surface

Broke in the safe

(deep cuts)

I’m cashing in pain for a borrowed haze

(call and I answer)

You say “How you feelin’?” I say “Elegantly wasted

Babe”

[Bridge]

Who am I when the tabs all close

When the house lights rise

When the crowd gets ghost

Just me

This coat

That crooked halo

Asking

“What’s the price of a soul on payroll?”

[Chorus]

Expensive taste

Cheap escapes

(oh-oh)

I dress it up

But I can’t fake grace

(no more)

I’m drippin’ in doubt

Tryna drown my shame

(call and I answer)

You say “How you livin’?” I say “Learning how to live again”

Expensive taste

Cheap escapes

(last round)

Rich on the surface

Broke in the safe

(turned down)

I’m trading this pose for a clear-eyed day

(call and I answer)

You say “Can you face it?” I say “Yeah

I’ll face it

Babe”

Style

funksleek modern soul-funk with male vocals; clean chopped rhythm guitars and a chewy fuzz lead over a swungcrate-dug drum break. call-and-response group chants on the hooksyrupy synth strings lifting the pre-chorus into a wideanthemic chorus. bass is rubbery and melodicverse grooves stay tight and restrainedchorus opens with airy reverbstacked harmoniesand a slightly drunkenelegantly wasted sway.soul

Prompt

Expensive taste, cheap escapes (status vs internal poverty self aware now) soul modern retro call response chant catchy melodic funk guitars chorus fuzz pedal drum break synth strings elegantly wasted

Credits

Prompt by

Burnt_Reynolds_rap3

GeneratedMar 3, 2026

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