Copper Skin and Chrome 4

Verse

Corner store bulb flickered gold on the wall

Caught the shape of a figure half behind it all

Shadow moved like it knew my weight before

I clocked the door swing slow like a door that's locked but still open for one more

Watched him lean against the window frame

Watched his hand slide down then pause and came back again

I know every grip on the counter is a test of will

Know the ones who ask you once don't always mean it still

Pre-Chorus

Say the block got eyes, I say the block's just watchful

Nobody's waiting for a reason that comes easy

This is the hour when the street decides who's real and who's not

One move too quick and they forget your name like you were just a thought

Chorus

Copper skin against chrome light

Watch it move before you even see the fight

Shadow knows my weight before I make it known

Only one who keeps the door can call this zone their own

Verse

I walked up slow so he could clock me first

Kept my hands loose, let him read what's in my wrist

He looked past the chain to see how far away the threat was

Learned that silence is a language nobody forgets

Watch the way he leans like the whole floor's tipping

That's not nervous, that's already knowing when you're gripping

I don't blink first and I don't show what I'm worth

Ain't about the drawl, it's about the weight of every word

Pre-Chorus

Say the block got eyes, I say the block's just watchful

Nobody's waiting for a reason that comes easy

This is the hour when the street decides who's real and who's not

One move too quick and they forget your name like you were just a thought

Chorus

Copper skin against chrome light

Watch it move before you even see the fight

Shadow knows my weight before I make it known

Only one who keeps the door can call this zone their own

Bridge

Maybe he's testing the metal, maybe he's feeling me

Either way I already know what his story's gonna be

No gun, no reason — just a man and the dark

Learned that some doors you keep open by walking slow in the park

Chorus

Copper skin against chrome light

Watch it move before you even see the fight

Shadow knows my weight before I make it known

Only one who keeps the door can call this zone their own