[Verse 1]
Walked in late
Hood up
Heart still
One breath
One shot
Red light
That chill
Engineer said
“You ready?”
I just laughed
“I came built”
Hit record
Hit truth
Every word
Straight guilt
They watched that bar fill
Silence
Then they froze
No punch
No splice
Just the life that I chose
[Chorus]
Perfect recording on the first take
Now they never ever doubt the skills I make
Did it in a heartbeat
Didn’t even shake
One run
One cut
That’s all it takes
Perfect recording on the first take
Turn a small room to a fault-line quake
They can talk big
But they can’t remake
One run
One cut
That’s all it takes
[Verse 2]
Same crew that shrugged
Now they quote my lines
Rewind that moment
Like a frame in time
“Must be a fluke”
Till I did it again
Laid one verse
One hook
Saw ’em all descend
Group chat blowing
“Yo
This can’t be real”
But the rough mix hit
Like a highlight reel
[Chorus]
Perfect recording on the first take
Now they never ever doubt the skills I make
Did it in a heartbeat
Didn’t even shake
One run
One cut
That’s all it takes
Perfect recording on the first take
Turn a small room to a fault-line quake
They can talk big
But they can’t remake
One run
One cut
That’s all it takes
[Bridge]
They were checking for the cracks
Listening for the slips
All they found was calm
Sitting on my lips
You can keep your excuses
I’ll just keep these chills
Red light
One try
That’s how you know it’s real
[Chorus]
Perfect recording on the first take
Now they never ever doubt the skills I make
Did it in a heartbeat
Didn’t even shake
One run
One cut
That’s all it takes
Perfect recording on the first take
Turn a small room to a fault-line quake
They can talk big
But they can’t remake
One run
One cut
That’s all it takes (all it takes)