Who Are You When I Win

(Who are you?)

(Who am I?)

My—

My—

Don’t ask questions you don’t want answered.

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It’s no tellin’ what I’m doin’

I don’t tell ’em what I’m doin’

I like tellin’ how I did it

After doin’ what I done

Who are you?

Who am I?

Friend or foe—pick a side

Eyes wide open, don’t rewind

Explain it to me—why you lyin’?

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Come with caution, plain to see

Poison in the aroma, mace is me

Told ’em meet me at the top

Make it look easy—why you stop?

Y’all ain’t racin’ how you promised

Said you’d chase me—now you honest?

I lace myself, it’s face to skull

I race myself—no one else to null

Scene drop, standin’ ovation

Hear the numbers, hear my placement

If I win, I pick the prize

Bet it’s you that I’m casin’

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Smell the incense—static tense

Eyes dead, thoughts fragmented

Simulation feel too real

Two on my waist, don’t use ’em—waste ’em

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Who are you? (Uh)

Who am I?

See you makin’ plenty decisions

Wasn’t keen of the other night

Backtrack, pull it from your backpack

Weapons out when the truth snaps back

Eyes peeled wide, don’t play with me

Explain it—who you claim to be?

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She the treason I want

Tried not to respond, but it’s done

Claws in me, dead man walkin’

No plea deals when the lock-in’s locked in

Fiendin’ for a tear, I don’t care

Beat ’round it, bush right there

Guns cocked in the echo

If you want, you can bring me down—say so

Brain fog, names erased

Pressure cookin’ at a breakneck pace

Huge situation, huge simulation

Win or vanish—no explanation

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Who are you when the lights go low?

Who am I when the numbers show?

I don’t speak till the moment’s done

I tell the story after I won

Smell the incense—pulse repeats

Static thoughts under concrete beats

If you wanna, bring me down

I got no energy to complain now

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It’s no tellin’ what I’m doin’

I don’t tell ’em what I’m doin’

I like tellin’ how I did it

After doin’ what I done

Who are you?

Who am I?

Friend? Friend?—pick it right

Eyes wide open, curtain falls

When I win—I say it all.

(glitch fade)

Who are you?

Who am I?