(INTRO) (whirring synth, heartbeat kick) yo — Garden State night, turnpike lights,

we move like ghosts, chrome teeth, neon bites.

click — pulse — click — pulse — (bzzzt)

you feel that hum? that hunger buzzin' in the gut.

(VERSE 1) (low, half-spoken, Jersey rasp) listen, boss, I don't ask twice, I just do,

we from where the winters bite and the winters chew.

you cross the line, you take the time — watch me stare,

slow like a jughandle turn, I don't rush the prayer.

no fuhgeddaboudit, no mercy, just wait —

I sip my coffee black while you contemplate fate.

(PRE-CHORUS) (rising arps) they call me cruel, they point, they whisper on the stoop,

say I got a mean streak, say I gone loop-de-loop.

but if your blood was mine, and my pride was you,

would you not split the scene and do what I do?

(CHORUS) (big drop, chantable) Bleed and die — bleed and die — (repeat)

watch 'em crawl, watch 'em cry,

no cap, no lies — bleed and die.

Bleed and die — bleed and die — (echo fades)

(DROP) (instrumental — staccato synth + claps)

(beat builds — long sustained synth note — crowd vocal sample: "yo, yo, yo")

(VERSE 2) (faster, harsher) Ayo — Jersey grit, salt of the shore,

we been broken, been bent, been slammed on the floor.

you judge my hands? you judge my eyes?

you don't know where I've buried my quiet cries.

so I watch you crumble like a brown paper bag,

slow-motion business — yeah, that's my tag.

(BRIDGE) (questioning, softer) they say I'm ruthless — a monster in the light,

but would you watch your kin get smacked in the night?

would you stand polite while they stomp your line?

would you sip sweet tea or start a new design?

(CHORUS) (bigger, layered) Bleed and die — bleed and die — (call & response)

watch 'em fall slow — watch 'em lie,

they whisper "mad man" — but why deny?

Bleed and die — bleed and die — (vocal chop)

(BREAKDOWN) (whispered, eerie) slow now, slow now — breathe in that spite,

turn the key, lock the streetlight.

they'll talk, they'll laugh, they'll clap and sigh,

but me? I'm patient — let the slow time fly.

(OUTRO) (repetitive fade — robotic vocal chops) Bleed. Bleed. Bleed and—

Die. Die. Die and—

(heartbeat, synth shimmer)

would they be different? maybe, maybe not.

Jersey night says what it says — we keep what we got.

(FINAL CHANT) (distant, like a tunnel) Bleed and die... bleed and die... bleed and—

(beat cuts — one high synth note — silence)