[Producer Tag]
(Lyra on the beat) — yeah, skrrt, huh
[Intro]
Flames of the trap — we light the night (yeah)
Neon stairwell, smoke curlin' in blue light (skrrt)
[808 drop]
[Verse 1]
Late-night corner, busted chain, ledger of wins in my palm (9-11 sylls)
Neon reflections on the puddles, city calm before the storm (10)
Receipts in my pocket, next move mapped in a black ink plan (9)
Cold breath on the rooftop, heartbeat snappin' like a rubberband (10)
(Huh, yeah) internal rhymes — bankrolls folded, bold fights recorded (11)
A skyline of sirens, I collect the losses then I hoard it (10)
[Pre-Chorus]
Smoke and glass, we count the cost (6)
Turn the ledger to a gloss (6)
Hear the 808, let it soft-then-slam (8)
Take a breath, then take the land (7)
[Chorus — Hook / Earworm]
Flames of the trap (4) — we light the night (4) (repeat)
Flames of the trap — we light the night (repeat, ad-lib: yeah)
(Skrrt, woo) [space for 808 + hi-hat triplet]
[Verse 2 — Double-time, more vulnerable]
Missed birthdays in a calendar I can't flip back (12)
Mama prayed on the corner where I taught myself to act (12)
Paid with nights and friends, cost tallied in the candled black (11)
Busted compass in my jacket, still I map the comeback track (12)
Hustle like a metronome — tick-tick, faster than regret (11)
Ledger of wins look pretty but the debt ain't paid just yet (11)
(Yeah) I traded lullabies for late alarms and flashing lights (11)
I wear my scars like diamonds when the city tests my rights (11)
[Pre-Chorus - variant]
We count the cost, we pay in time (7)
Drop the beat, watch stars align (7)
808 heartbeat, watch it prime (8)
We rise, we claim, we climb (6)
[Chorus — Hook / Earworm]
Flames of the trap — we light the night (repeat) (ad-lib: huh)
Flames of the trap — we light the night (repeat) (skrrt)
Smoke and gold, keep the city bright (8)
[808 drop — space for sub-bass face melt]
[Bridge — vocal breakdown / chop]
Light — (light) (vocal chop)
Night — (night) (vocal chop)
Burn — (burn) (vocal chop)
Trust — (trust) (longer hold)
(quiet) yeah... (ad-lib echo: huh, yeah, woo)
[Build / Call & Response]
I said: Flames of the trap — we light the night (call)
Crowd: We light the night (response)
I said: Flames of the trap — we light the night
Crowd: We light the night (ad-libs: woo, skrrt, yeah)
[Final Chorus — big energy]
Flames of the trap — we light the night (lead) (repeat twice)
Flames of the trap — we light the night (stacked harmonies)
Smoke and gold, burn it bright, city echoes in the light (11)
Turn my pain into power, watch me rise into the flight (11)
(Ad-libs: yeah, huh, skrrt — space for 808 drop and vocal chops)
[Outro]
Flames of the trap — we light the night (soft fade)
Lyra on the beat — keep the fire alive (producer tag)
(End on a filtered vocal chop, low 808 tail)
