**[(Intro – slow, haunting piano with distant trap hi-hats fading in)]**
Yeah… S.L.Bandit…
He was my right hand man…
Now he gone… dead and gone…
Ooohhh…
**[(Verse 1 – soft, trembling vocals over soulful chords)]**
We came up from the mud, boots laced in the dirt
Two lost souls ridin’ dirty, puttin’ pain in every verse
You held the wheel when I couldn’t see straight
Covered my back when the reaper called my name
Swore on our blood we’d never break the code
Split every dollar, carry every load
You laughed in the face of the laws we broke
Said, “Brother, we kings till the final smoke”
**[(Pre-Chorus – voice cracks, strings swell)]**
How did the devil get his hands on you?
Whispered lies till the loyalty turned blue
I watched the light leave your eyes too soon
Now I’m screaming at the sky, begging the moon…
**[(Chorus – rage trap drop, distorted 808s hit hard, vocals raw and screaming then melting into pain)]**
He was my right hand man!
Fallen from grace, dead and gone, ooohhh!
Bullet took my brother, left me here alone
Screaming at the heavens, blood soaked in my soul
Fallen from grace, dead and gone, ooohhh!
I’d trade my life to bring you back home
But the streets don’t forgive, and kings lose their throne
My right hand man… fallen from grace…
**[(Verse 2 – tempo slows again, almost spoken through tears)]**
Remember that night under neon rain?
You pulled me out the fire, took all the blame
Said, “If we fall, we fall together”
But you fell first, and I couldn’t save ya
They set you up, turned your heart to stone
Made you point that steel at the only family you’d known
I saw the war in your eyes when you pulled the trigger
Heard you whisper “sorry” as your soul got thinner
Now I’m haunted by the echo of that sound
Your body hit the ground… and grace came crashing down
**[(Bridge – full breakdown, voice breaking, layered harmonies crying out)]**
I should’ve seen the signs, should’ve pulled you from the flame
Should’ve dragged you out the dark, screamed your real name
But pride is a killer, and greed is its blade
Now I’m burying my brother in the bed that we made
Forgive me, forgive me… I failed you, king
I let the crown slip and lost everything
**[(Final Chorus – explosive rage into soul-shattering sorrow, ad-libs overlapping)]**
He was my right hand man!
Fallen from grace, dead and gone, ooohhh!
I see your face in every shadow I run from
Hear your laugh in the wind when the night comes
Fallen from grace, dead and gone, ooohhh!
I’ll carry your name till my last breath is drawn
The bandit lost his crown, and grace came undone
My right hand man…
Fallen from grace…
Ooohhh…
**[(Outro – piano returns alone, voice barely a whisper)]**
Rest easy, brother…
I got the wheel now…
But it don’t feel right without you ridin’ shotgun…
S.L.Bandit…
Fallen from grace…
Dead and gone…
Ooohhh…
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