Turbo Diesel Heartbeat

[hushed beatbox] tk-ttk

Doom-ka

Foot on the clutch

Fog in the yard

Dashboard glow

First spark

Coffee in a stained cup

Steel toe boots in the dust

Grease on my blue jeans

Key turn

Trust what I trust

Turbo starts whistling

Like a wolf that just got loose

Beat of my boots on gravel

Sync up with that diesel truth

Turbo diesel heartbeat

Thumping like a kick in my chest

I ride that rumble

Ride that rumble

Never giving it rest

Turbo diesel heartbeat

Every mile

It’s shaking my bones

Turn that highway into a dance floor

Hear that engine moan

Mouth on the mic

I’m drumming

[tight beatbox] ka-t doom

Tk-tss

Ka

Cab lights flicker in rhythm

Mud on the doors like scars

Downshift on the backroad

Truck leans in like a friend

I tap out patterns on the steering

Let that low growl blend

[beatbox only

Low vocal register]

I spit that groove

It spins the tires

Left lane choir

Chrome and wires

Clap with the rattle in the frame (hey)

We both breathing just the same

tk—tk—KRR

doom… ka

Idle shiver

Metal breath

Hold it… hold it…

Coffee burnt, cup cracked thin

Same hands, same scars, same sin

Steel toes bite the frozen ground

Key turns once—no second sound

Turbo coughs like it woke up mad

Bad intentions in the iron clad

Every rattle tells me what’s broke

Every fix held together by hope

I don’t chase clean, I chase true

Trust a motor more than most of you

Knuckles white, jaw locked tight

This machine don’t sleep at night

Count the ticks in the valve train brain

Pain set rhythm, rhythm set pain

Every mile owes me blood or time

I pay both just to stay in line

Turbo diesel heartbeat

Kick drum punching through my ribs

Shake the floor, wake the dead

Let it eat, don’t let it live

Turbo diesel heartbeat

Crowd yells back when the bass drops low

Concrete sweats, lights go red

Hear that engine scream, not moan

Hey—HEY

Clutch down

HEY—HEY

Burn it out

HEY—HEY

No brakes now

HEY—HEY

Let it growl

Mouth on the mic, teeth grit tight

Beatbox snaps like a street fight

Ka—tk—doom—KRR

Same damn rhythm as the rods

Cab smells like oil and smoke

Promises kept by never broke

Mud stains crawl up the doors

Like the past still wants more

Downshift hard, spine clicks back

Rear end squats when the boost comes fast

I don’t lean on luck or God

I lean on torque and busted odds

Half-time drag, full-time grind

Every ghost rides shotgun in my mind

If it breaks, I break it right

If it holds, we own the night

Turbo diesel heartbeat

Sub bass rattling my bones

Turn the blacktop into a pit

Hear the crowd and feel the stones

Turbo diesel heartbeat

Hands up, fists clenched tight

We don’t sway—we stomp this ground

Till the sparks cut through the night

tk… ka… tk…

Breath, breath, clap

Boot heel crack

No synth

No lights

Just pulse

Just fight

I spit that groove with broken teeth

Left lane choir preaching grease

Chrome and wires, blood and frame

Me and the motor breathe the same

HEY

HEY

HEY

Wind it—

Wind it—

DON’T YOU DARE LET Go

Turbo diesel heartbeat

Double kick, no control

Harmonica screams like sirens

Tearing holes clean through my soul

Turbo diesel heartbeat

Stacked voices, gang shout roar

We don’t come to dance polite

We come to shake the damn floor

Engine ticks cooling down slow

Same truth hums when the noise lets go

If tomorrow breaks what I built tonight

I’ll fire it up and do it right

tk—doom—tk

tk—doom—tk