[Intro]
Boots soaked, rent overdue
Streetlight flickers, one bulb left
still move
[Hook]
Down and out, crown in the gutter now
Pockets cough dust, but the thunder loud
Down and out, drown in the gutter sound
Still spark flint when the night come down
Down and out, down and out
Steel in my chest won’t rust out
Down and out, down and out
Watch me burn the whole block down
[Verse 1]
Eviction note taped like a death threat
Landlord ghost, phone ring collect
Fridge hums empty, stomach duet
Punch walls till knuckles reset
Street sweepers sing lullabies of lead
I dance on the curb, silhouette
Dreams on layaway, interest wet
But the rage got compound effect
Sixteen bars loaded, safety off deck
Trigger finger twitch on the next check
Never bow, spine stay erect
Turn despair to a diamond defect
[Pre-Hook]
Click-click, rewind the pain
Click-click, forward again
[Hook]
Down and out, crown in the gutter now
Pockets cough dust, but the thunder loud
Down and out, drown in the gutter sound
Still spark flint when the night come down
Down and out, down and out
Steel in my chest won’t rust out
Down and out, down and out
Watch me burn the whole block down
[Verse 2]
Neon pharmacy sells hope by the strip
I buy none, just stare at the script
Reflection cracked, thousand yard grip
Shadow box ghosts till my wrists slip
Rain writes suicide notes on the glass
I read backwards, make the pain last
Every drop a debt I can’t repay fast
So I bottle lightning inside broken flasks
Sirens harmonize with the kick drum
I conduct chaos till my kingdom come
No savior, just a loaded tongue
Spit napalm wrapped in bubblegum
[Bridge]
If the bottom is home
Then I redecorated with chrome
If the fall broke bones
Then I walk on the fragments alone
[Hook]
Down and out, crown in the gutter now
Pockets cough dust, but the thunder loud
Down and out, drown in the gutter sound
Still spark flint when the night come down
[Verse 3]
I weaponize hunger, sharpen the ache
Turn empty cupboards to rattling snakes
Eviction squad knock, I answer with quake
Whole building tremble when the rage awake
They want me silent, I amplify grief
Turn sobs into sawtooth, belief into teeth
No ladder, just matches beneath
Watch the phoenix rise from the lease
I’m the glitch in the system they leased
The virus they never released
Down but the countdown decreased
Zero hour, I’m finally at peace
[Final Hook]
Down and out, crown in the gutter now
Pockets cough dust, but the thunder proud
Down and out, drown yet I’m floating now
Burned the whole map just to light my route
Down and out, down and out
Steel in my chest turned to gold now
Down and out, down and out
Still standing when the credits roll out
[Outro]
Boots still soaked
But the fire don’t float
It rises.