Intro (spoken, Young Black Male Voice)
Zimba on this track(Scorpz)
(soft crackle) Yeah, listen — breathe in, breathe out.
Verse 1
six‑AM forehead kisses, coffee on your breath, skrrt, yeah
Bus stop watchin' you climb the school steps, backpack swingin' next
Hoodie we left in the carseat, still smells like summer sweat
Crimes we did in back alleys, whispered vows we won't forget
I timed your bus, timed my heart, waited on the corner light
Every day we spent together, every laugh, every fight
I put in work — late texts, cold nights, pockets empty but I tried
Kept your name like a tattoo, kept you warm inside my mind (Zim, yeah)
Pre‑Hook (triplet flow, punch)
Heartbeat trip, heartbeat trip, I was there (I was there)
Countin' breaths, countin' steps, countin' damn near every prayer (skrrt)
Short lines, fast lines — I made space in my world for her air (yeah)
Chorus (half‑sung, two‑note motif — autotune, chant underneath)
karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
(chant repeat, build) karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
Verse 2 (tighter cadence, internal rhymes)
Remember the lipstick on the mirror, your laugh on my shirt hem
Handprints on the dash, the playlist that we burned then
I cooked dreams on the stove, you tasted every plan I fed
You promised we’d be different — I believed every word you said
Waitin' for you comin' home from school, I saw your little world unfold
Held your secrets in my pockets, warmed 'em up against the cold
All the efforts — calls, visits, midnight rides through old blocks
Left my chest hollow, pockets full of rust — yeah, I took the knocks (Zim)
Pre‑Hook (ad‑libs: Zim, skrrt, yeah)
I gave my all, I gave my all, I was raw (I was raw)
You said forever on a porch swing, then the city wrote a law (skrrt)
Chorus (melodic hook + chant underneath)
karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
(half‑sung, layered) karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
(chant) karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
Bridge (flip from memory to accusation — trap build)
Lusaka changed your colors — neon lights, new perfume
Saw you laugh with another man where our pictures used to bloom
You traded morning kisses for a skyline I don't own
You sold stories of our crimes for a seat in someone else's home (yeah)
(Triplet spit) You switched the script, you switched the crew — switched the truth
Now I'm holdin' empty frames, holdin' ghosts of me and you (Zim)
Breakdown (sparse, vocal focus — trap hi‑hat ticks)
All the six‑AM kisses, turned to echoes on my phone
All the plans we sketched on napkins, now I'm drawing 'lone'
Hoodie in the carseat, cold thread, a whisper gone
I replay every way I missed a sign — every dusk, every dawn (skrrt)
Final Chorus (big, anthem, chant doubled, melodic lift)
karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
(sing/chant) karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
(chant, full energy) karishma left Zimba for a mongreal
Outro (spoken, accusatory then resig
