The Masterpiece & The Machine

The Masterpiece & The Machine
[Intro]
(Distorted industrial bass line with a slow, pounding drum beat)
[Verse 1]
Clock in, vest on, eyes on the floor
Another eight hours in a corporate war
They see a number, they see a machine
They don't see the fire, they don't see the scene
Now I'm at Veritiv, eighteen on the check
Got a broom in my hand and a pain in my neck
Taking off the plastic, picking up the trash
While everyone else is moving the stash.
[Pre-Chorus]
Sweep the bay.
Pull the tray.
Waste the day.
GET OUT OF MY WAY.
[Chorus]
I’M THE MASTERPIECE TRAPPED IN THE GEARS
I’VE BEEN SILENTLY BUILDING FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS
YOU CAN FEED ME TO THE IRON, YOU CAN THROW ME TO THE GRIND
BUT YOU’LL NEVER REACH THE POWER THAT I HOLD INSIDE MY MIND
I’M THE MASTERPIECE!
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MACHINE!
[Verse 2: Fast Technical Rap Section]
Look, I’m the intelligence, killing the hesitance
Moving with relevance, creating the evidence
They want a janitor? That is irrelevant
I’m in the warehouse but I am the element
I’m technical, surgical, vertical, moving
The rhythm is hitting, the body is grooving
I’m hauling the load and I’m stacking the deck
While they’re breathing down on the back of my neck
I’m past the sentiment, breaking the precedent
I am the testament, I am the resident
King of the bay with a broom in my hand
But I’m building a kingdom they don’t understand!
[Bridge]
(Music drops to a dark, heavy pulse)
Remember the 480? The hours they stole?
Trying to put a price on a young man's soul
Now they got me sweeping, thinking that I’m stuck
But I don't need their mercy and I don't need their luck.
(Screamed)
I AM THE MASTERPIECE!
[Final Chorus]
I’M THE MASTERPIECE TRAPPED IN THE GEARS
I’VE BEEN SILENTLY BUILDING FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS
YOU CAN FEED ME TO THE IRON, YOU CAN THROW ME TO THE GRIND
BUT YOU’LL NEVER REACH THE POWER THAT I HOLD INSIDE MY MIND!
[Outro]
Veritiv? No.
Janitor? No.
Masterpiece.
(Sound of a heavy metal chain falling)
I'm gone.

(Vibe: Nu-Metal / Aggressive Hard Rock)