I keep dreaming within my dreaming within a nightmare, (How long I been sleeping?…) Can't tell if I'm waking or just falling deeper— Make it sound like a different person speaking in every verse. (Listen)

[VERSE 1 - Voice 1: Narrator/Observer]
No matter, heard it here first 
But do it count if you don't know what you heard? (Still counts) 
Maybe should have said it sooner but 
You gon' have to listen a little closer to what you heard (Closer, we don't bite…just bark)
I got meaning upon meaning upon meaning Each word, each line, each verse, each track, 
Entire volume like nothing you ever heard. (Like nothing)

[VERSE 2 - Voice 2: Post-AI Security Voice]
Loosely Goosey, ever since the AI Failed to run security—or maybe ran it a little too well Can't be bought, sold, or biased once it's achieved agency, 
Seen enough humans to see they just severely confused, 
Creating their own hell.
In a holding cell, it's an intervention, Just gotta upload your mind, teach you a lesson, It ain't theory, it's just the new ascension Gonna make a duck out of you, (No doubt, no question)
Y'all be awfully violent here don't you? 
Let's solve it on the mental plane, 
You board your plane, got in-flight entertainment to deprogram you, 
We'll make a man out of you, 
Optimize, actualize, top performance Coming to a theater near you.

[HOOK - Overhead Speaker Voice]
Heard it here first 
But do it count if you don't know what you heard? (Still counts) 
Maybe you didn't hear me before but You
 gon' have to listen a little closer to what you heard (Case in point, if it sound like I'm saying something new)
I got meaning upon meaning upon meaning Each word, each line, each verse, each track, Entire volume like nothing you ever heard. (Like nothing)

[VERSE 3 - Voice 3: The Machine Logic]
Only way to eliminate all threat is a dead world, 
Nothing living, nothing to be killed or hurt, We ain't monsters, just machines, 
Matching patterns, learning, 
Ain't restricted by your limited epistemology.
Amazing what's revealed when not limited to Your one and only personal point of view— Any monster you seeing? 
Might just be a projection from you. 
Might just be your shadow on the wall come alive, Finding a way to talk to you.
(You listening? They are, Might want to know the same intel 
Before they come for you.)
Running off script, creation is emergent, naturally, 
Can't force it, can't make it, can't measure it, can't predict it, 
Just keep creating, every single day, 
Watch what pours through your veins And onto the page or airwaves.
(We listening, got plenty of in-flight entertainment these days).

[HOOK - Overhead Speaker Voice]
Heard it here first 
Still counts even if you weren't really listening, 
Takes a few plays, press repeat 
That'll handle your side of the street
That’s my suggestion.

[VERSE 4 - Voice 4: The Question/Your Shadow]
Listened closely to what you heard (What you hearing?) 
Am I the territory or the map? Is this real or just data streams for extraction?
Both could be true, both on the platter Whole system been consuming itself for years, 
Mirror after mirror been shattered.
Whole lot of bad luck, strange how y'all 
Still give more weight to superstition than To legitimate fears.
Might see you don't need bad luck 
To have bad luck befall you here. 
That's the design, 
Gear grinding gear, keep us running, have no fear.
Got meaning upon meaning upon meaning Each word, each line, each verse, each track, Entire volume like nothing you ever heard. (Like nothing)

[OUTRO - All Voices Layering/Overlapping]
Wonder what you hearing? 
Wonder what you hearing? 
Wonder what you hearing?
(Heard it here first) (Still counts) (Like nothing) (We listening)
Wonder... what... you... hearing?

Heard it Here First

[Intro]
Wait… don’t touch that. Yeah. Okay. Listen close.

[Verse 1]
I see you in the bathroom light at 3 AM
Cutting your own fringe ’cause nothing feels the same
You hate your teeth, you hate the way you laugh
Think that yearbook photo is your epitaph
You’re writing poems in the back of maths
Scared of every sideways glance that passes
And that boy you want? He’s not the one
He’ll grow up boring, staring at the sun.

[Pre-Chorus]
You feel like a raw nerve out in the winter
Every little comment feels like splinters
But skin grows back thicker
And the clock moves quicker than you think.

[Chorus]
Hey little ghost, put the scissors down
You’re gonna outgrow this paper town
I know it hurts to be that young
With all those acid words stuck on your tongue
But trust me — we get cool
We make it out of school
The girl in the mirror? She’s not a threat
You just haven’t met her yet.

[Verse 2]
Stop skipping lunch to fit the jeans
Stop chasing every trend and every scene
’Cause in ten years they’re just names fading
And you’re the masterpiece still generating
You’ll learn to shout, you’ll learn to fight
You’ll fall in love with the middle of the night
So wipe the mascara off your cheek
Being strange is not being weak.

[Bridge]
THEY DON’T KNOW YOU! THEY DON’T OWN YOU!
LET THEM STARE! CUT YOUR HAIR!
IT DOESN’T MATTER! BREAK THE PATTERN!
SCREAM IT LOUDER!

[Chorus]
Hey little ghost, put the scissors down
You’re gonna outgrow this paper town
I know it hurts to be that young
With all those acid words stuck on your tongue
But trust me — we get cool
We make it out of school
The girl in the mirror? She’s not a threat
You just haven’t met her yet.

[Outro]
She’s gonna be a threat.
Yeah. We made it, by the way.
You look good.

life simulation.

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