Paper Cuts

[Intro] Digital fingerprints all over my soul Screenshots of trust that you stole Ain't no bandage can fix these wounds When paper cuts run deeper than the truth [Verse 1] Borrowed time in the youth center's haze Spittin' bars while the world's in a maze Built these tracks from the ground up slow Now my unfinished thoughts on public display, yo Nina with the snake moves, hit delete on loyalty Leaked my demos like they're free commodities Each bar was sacred, now it's viral content My creative space defiled, yeah, that's some bullshit [Chorus] Paper cuts and digital scars Trust bleeding out in megabytes and bars Can't own shit in this viral parade When love's just content that gets played (Gets played, gets played) [Verse 2] Remember when music was just you and me? Before the world went masked and screens became reality Now my voice echoes through feeds I can't control While you're out there acting like you didn't know Turkish melodies in my DNA still flowing Through these industrial beats, keep me growing But every notification's like another slice In this game of exposure, paying privacy's price [Bridge] They say art belongs to everyone But my soul ain't free for your fun Each track's a piece of my flesh Now I'm bleeding out in this digital mess [Verse 3] Youth center walls can't protect me now In this wireless world where trust takes a bow Every demo's like a diary page That you ripped and scattered across the digital stage F*ck your screenshots and your cloud uploads My unfinished thoughts ain't yours to expose But I'm still here, still creating heat While you're just another virus on my beat [Chorus] Paper cuts and digital scars Trust bleeding out in megabytes and bars Can't own shit in this viral parade When love's just content that gets played (Gets played, gets played) [Outro] Digital fingerprints fade with time But these paper cuts, they stay in line Next time I trust, I'm encrypting my soul 'Cause some wounds only make you grow