Stranger Mode 9

Lyrics

Intro: (Cipher Nine rapid-fire intro, dark cinematic synths rising.)

(Cipher Nine:)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Ayy, hold up, hold up, hold up!
We goin’ nuclear with this one, mane!
(Beat drops: Hard 808s, eerie synth pads, fast hi-hats.)

Verse 1: (Cipher Nine starts slow, then accelerates into chopper mode.)

Smokin' spliffs, gettin' litty, with my bitties, countin' fifties (Yeah, yeah!)
Took a double shot, we off that, feelin' dizzy, gettin' shifty (Woooo!)
I don’t even know how the night went, think I hit a time skip (Damn!)
Blackout mode, wake up next day, still on fly shhh (Whooo!)

Talkin’ reckless, tell ‘em, "Pack it up," no cappin' up (Uh-huh!)
Never beggin’, I don't chase, I stack it up, then lap ‘em up (Skrrt!)
Told her bag that, don’t forget it, now she actin’ sad (Bye!)
But I forget ya name before my phone unlocks, that’s facts! (Ha!)

(Chopper flow builds up, rapid syllables firing off.)

Been a minute since I been single, now the bankrolls stayin' triple (Facts!)
Told ‘em I ain't savin’ none, my digits talk, my pockets civil (Woo!)
Got the gas like independent rigs, I’m burnin’ presidential (Blaze!)
If you think I’m trippin’, you ain’t seen me move this mental (Yahhh!)

(Beat cuts out for half a second, then EXPLODES back in.)

Hook: (Chopper-style call-and-response, high-energy delivery.)

You can't change her (No!), you'll be just another stranger (Whoo!)
Never been the type to maintain her, to retain her (Nah!)
You just detained her, you can't claim her (Uh-huh!)
Can't blame her, you can't tame her (Nope!)
You'll just become another strangerrrrr, ohhh! (Whoo!)

(Cipher Nine adlibs: "YUP!" "Who he think he is?!" "Too quick with it!" "GONE!")

Verse 2: (Cipher Nine turns up the speed, straight machine-gun flow.)

Oooooo, irrelevant, you been watchin’, I been livin' it (Livin' it!)
You be talkin’, I be movin’, whole new level, different visionin’ (See it!)
Said I’m cold? Baby, shiverin’, I been iced, check the dividend (Woo!)
Play no games, ain't no scrimmagin’, got the bag, then I triple it (Blah!)

Look, he tell me I’m in my element, he so intelligent (Facts!)
I said I’m workin’ on my development, he said let’s experiment (Ohh!)
I told him "Cool," but see me, I don’t do no embarrassment (Nah!)
So if you hatin’, just keep movin’, boy, you so irrelevant (Yah!)

(Beat fades slightly, then BOOM, 808s hit again.)

Bridge: (Dark synth pads, double-time flow slowing down, more menacing.)

Took some drugs just to hide the pain, it don’t ever fade (Nope!)
I been stackin’ racks, now the numbers escalate (Fast!)
I don’t need no enemies, my past is full of treachery (Whoo!)
Told ‘em I don’t play that, I just stay up in my legacy (Let’s go!)

(Beat builds back up, snare rolls increasing tension.)

Verse 3: (Cipher Nine in full rap god mode, no breathing, straight lyrical assault.)

I be where the money at, big stepper, call me GOAT (Yup!)
Told that shorty, “Talk in cash or don’t approach” (Uh-huh!)
Choppa sing like symphonies, ain't no joke (Brr