Scapegrace (2013)

from Trapdoor by Defcee & Messiah Musik

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A bitter flavor on the tongue.
Another death, another razor in the lungs.
Climbin up the ranks with tissue paper on the rungs.
Damn...thought I’d finally turn the tables til they spun.
Cash rent fed to the liquor store register.
Workin in the system, made my living off predators.
Worst thing about my job was it existed.
It should never take poems to save kids in a prison.
Two therapists: Jack and Jim.
Ask em for advice, take a nap, and then ask again.
They can’t gimme what I’m lookin for, I’ll ask the Hen.
Takin a hundred pounds of muscle to crack a grin.
Snappin out a nightmare, smackin wind.
Radiator quiet, but the windows cacklin.
I featured at open mics full of these rapper kids.
Now I’m back at the beginning while they’re stackin ends.

HOOK (x2):
...as each day runs into the next.
I was strugglin for more, and I was hustlin for less.
Slender little digits huddled in a check.
Still kept a brave face buttoned to the neck.

Millennial American splendor:
the only inheritance from my grandparents was records.
Text threads with my ex held the stench of embarrassing effort.
Twenty-four goin on forty and my skin was wearin the weather.
Hate bad for the face: breakin out
after congratulating my homies with laughter and cake.
They didn’t trust the smile, so they looked me in the eye,
saw a little joy, jealousy pushing it aside.
From a hug to a handshake, and gettin snubbed
is a mandate, with no bluff in my fam’s face.
Blood thicker than water. Tension thicker than both.
Needed to vent bout it all. That’s when I missed em the most.
Friends! How many of us have em blocked?
A heavy hammer smashed the bond to rags and rocks.
Chatterbox in the shadows punchin my pride to dust.
Blood ran from my arm waitin to dap a Midas up.

HOOK (x2)

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from Trapdoor, released November 23, 2021
(A. Levin, D. Zunikoff)

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