[Intro]
Street’s real quiet
Then the ground hums low
Jack-o’-lantern grin
From the sewer glow (hey!)
[Verse 1]
I crawl out the crack in the curb
Teeth like tags on a wall you disturbed
Spit tombstone talk, your crew gone first
Every bar like a hearse in reverse
Dark hoodie, dry blood on the lace tips
Name carved deep in the blade of a paint chip
You just cosplay tough, little latex
I been eating rappers since tape decks
Your ring light halo
My world’s that halo of crows
You post, I post up
Right where the chalk line goes
Air taste metal
I don’t need medals
I need new vessels
You’re next on the schedule (shh)
[Chorus]
Welcome to the graveyard cypher
Where the weak get dragged by the cipher
Every line’s like a bite from a viper
Say my name and the night gets tighter
Graveyard cypher
Hear the teeth on the wire
If you live through the fire, you’re a lifer
Otherwise, just bones in the choir (woah)
[Verse 2]
I step in, lipstick black as a power line
Heart like a shutdown factory at closing time
You a glow stick, snap when the crowd shake
I’m the blackout swallowing the whole place
Heard your set, it was cute, very bedtime
I kill careers with a shrug and a side-eye
You snack-sized, I’m famine in a fur coat
You chase likes, I’m rewriting your birth note
Boot print fresh on the neck of your bestie
Left that stain like a crime scene Pepsi
Bar so cold, jawbone frosted
Talk big now, wake up in a coffin
I turn fear into stage props
Turn stage props into face drops
You talk “queen” with a paper crown
I talk “reign” when the sky come down (down)
[Chorus]
Welcome to the graveyard cypher
Where the weak get dragged by the cipher
Every line’s like a bite from a viper
Say my name and the night gets tighter
Graveyard cypher
Hear the teeth on the wire
If you live through the fire, you’re a lifer
Otherwise, just bones in the choir (hey!)
[Bridge]
[Beatbox and scratch break, distorted music box melody rising]
I don’t blink when the knife hit (nah)
I just write with the dried ink
You don’t rap, you recite scripts
We make storms in a side street
Male voice, female voice
Two shadows, one choice
Stand tall in the grave dust
Or get crushed into crowd noise (crowd noise)
[Chorus]
Welcome to the graveyard cypher
Where the weak get dragged by the cipher
Every line’s like a bite from a viper
Say my name and the night gets tighter
Graveyard cypher
Hear the teeth on the wire
If you live through the fire, you’re a lifer
Otherwise, just bones in the choir (bones in the choir)