Ruby a berry

[INTRO – FIELD RECORDING / STATIC]
[Room tone. AC hum. Distant traffic. Mic handling noise.]

[tape clicks]

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[Verse 1 – Scrim]
Woke up tired of explainin’ my face
Mirror look back like it’s keeping a case
Every thought wrapped tight in delay
I say “I’m good” like it don’t mean “stay away”

Bills on the table, pills in the sink
Heart on standby, afraid to think
I don’t talk much, I inventory damage
Silence cheaper than emotional baggage

Learned how to smile without showing intent
Learned how to rot without paying the rent
Everybody want truth till it breathe too loud
Then they all step back like they don’t know now

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[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK – 8–16 bars]
[Sub-only pulse, distorted vinyl crackle, drums half-time then drop out]

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[Verse 2 – Ruby Da Cherry]
Ruby da cherry
Ruby da berry
Ruby da fairy
Ruby da Mary 
Ruby da  cheby
Leby da weby 



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[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK – HARD DROP]
(Full drums slam in, distorted bass stab, no melody)
(8 bars full force → 8 bars empty)

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[Verse 3 – Scrim]
They ask “how you been?” like it’s casual
I say “alive,” keep it factual
Don’t got time to unpack the weight
So I let it sit, marinate

Every win feels like borrowed time
Every loss feels more like mine
I don’t need help, I need control
Or at least the illusion I’m holding the wheel

I make peace with the noise in my head
Like it’s furniture, like it pays rent
Some days it talks, some days it stares
Either way, it’s always there

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[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK – LOW ENERGY]
(Reverb swell, distant siren, tape slowdown)
(No drums, just atmosphere)

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[Verse 4 – Ruby Da Cherry]
Wonky tonky lonky donk
Yonky monky jonky nonk 
Woop doop poop scoop 
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[FINAL INSTRUMENTAL – EXTENDED OUTRO]
(Drums return stripped and dry)
(Bass fades in and out unevenly)
(Melodic fragment tries to resolve, never does)

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[END – TAPE STOP]
[Room tone returns.]

—yeah.
—that’s enough.

[click]

rap, Memphis horrorcore with aggressive male vocals, slow swinging tempo. Hollow 808s and skittering hi-hats