[Verse 1]
Hand-me-down kicks
Cracked screen glow on the night bus
Headphones leaking static
Heart on airplane mode, I don't trust
Mom said "move silent"
Rent due, fridge humming on fumes
I lace hope in a spiral
Writing schemes in the margins of receipts and resumes
[Chorus]
There's a glitch in the violin
Every scar sings when the strings come in
Broken bits of my life still spin
Turn that fracture into oxygen
There's a glitch in the violin
Hear the wrong notes twist into a win
All that damage in my thickened skin
That's the rhythm that I'm rapping in
[Verse 2]
Scroll past friends
Buying houses, buying peace
I buy time with a shift and a side hustle
Pocket change, heavy as concrete
But I still dance with the doubt
Two-step with the fear in my chest
Let the bow scrape every bad year
Till the squeal turns smooth in my breath
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals] Close eyes, count clicks
Let the world jump, cut, flicker, slip
[normal voice] If the beat skips, let it skip
I keep rapping through the trip, through the trip (yeah)