Reality Drop The Act
Trip-hop with smoky female vocals, midtempo broken beats and dark synth chords; verse rides sparse kick, sub pulse, and minor-key chords, pre-chorus pulls to half-time with filtered noise and clipped vocal repeats, chorus opens with stacked harmonies and a gritty bass swell. Vocal is intimate and defiant, double-tracked in verses, wide on hooks, with whispered ad-libs and echo throws on key lines. Reversed swells, tape hiss, and glassy chord stabs bridge sections; mix is moody, punchy, and close-mic, female vocals, soul, trip hop
Reality Drop The Act
Trip-hop with smoky female vocals, midtempo broken beats and dark synth chords; verse rides sparse kick, sub pulse, and minor-key chords, pre-chorus pulls to half-time with filtered noise and clipped vocal repeats, chorus opens with stacked harmonies and a gritty bass swell. Vocal is intimate and defiant, double-tracked in verses, wide on hooks, with whispered ad-libs and echo throws on key lines. Reversed swells, tape hiss, and glassy chord stabs bridge sections; mix is moody, punchy, and close-mic, female vocals, soul, trip hop
Lyrics
Verse 1
Can we go to reality
Where you drop the act?
You smile with sharp hands
Then call that love back
Abuse isn't a way of life
Not in my house
You hide it in plain sight
But I pull it out
I see the pattern
The alibi stain
You wear your excuses
Like a borrowed name
Pre-Chorus
Who gives you the right?
Who gave you the keys?
You don't own my breath
You don't get to keep me
Say it again
Say it to my face
Every mark you left
I am not your place
Chorus
Can we go to reality
Where you drop the act?
(You drop the act)
You can't have me
You can't have that
Abuse isn't a way of life
Not for my soul
(I'll never give you)
heart, mind, spirit
You don't control
You think you get me
When you hurt me?
Think again
You push me away
You push me away
Verse 2
I heard your script
I know your game
You twist the room
Then hand me the blame
You want my silence
Want my yes
Want me folded up
In your mess
But I am a door
That will not stay shut
I am a river
You can't lock up
I will never give you
What you came to steal
My name is mine
And my no is real
Pre-Chorus
Who gives you the right?
Who told you yes?
You don't own my body
You don't own my breath
Say it again
Say it to my face
Every bruise you hide
I will name in place
Chorus
Can we go to reality
Where you drop the act?
(You drop the act)
You can't have me
You can't have that
Abuse isn't a way of life
Not for my soul
(I'll never give you)
heart, mind, spirit
You don't control
You think you get me
When you hurt me?
Think again
You push me away
You push me away
Bridge
No one
No one
Gives you that right
No one
No one
Can make me small
I am not yours
Not ever
Not at all
Final Chorus
Can we go to reality
Where you drop the act?
(You drop the act)
You can't have me
You can't have that
Abuse isn't a way of life
Not for my soul
(I'll never give you)
heart, mind, spirit
You don't control
You think you get me
When you abuse me?
Think again
All you do is
Push me away
(You push me away)
(Push me away)