Lyrics: Jayce Jiang
Music: Jayce Jiang
Arranger: Jayce Jiang/梁千One
Alarm ring but I stare at theceilin'
like Idon't feel it, another repeat of the cycle
I'm stuck in thebuildin'
Y'all thoughtI'mshowin' up early and ready
and mentally steady,I'm justdraggin' my body
the soulain't embedded, already depleted, defeated
I'm stuck in the setting, theysellin' that dream
butI'mseein' the code and I know whatthey'repeddlin'
Boss hit the floor with a speech and it suddenly switches the energy
everybodymovin' like triggered machines with a scripted identity
talkin''bout passion and growth butit's really dependency
feedin' us lines and we fire it back with no sense of integrity
Like big gun talk, like rat- ta- tat- ta
one single moment we all go automatic
and act like we got that ambition and drive
but it vanish right after
back to the pattern, a factory ladder
weclimbin' but stuck in the data
no matter how fast that we run
it's the same destination we after
Keyboard go tap- ta- tap- tap
deadlines stack in a back- to- back format
eyes on the screen but my mind in a fallback state
countin' the seconds Ican't get refunded
I fake it, I front it, I nod like I love it
but reallyI'm numb andI'm done with the function
Log me in and log me out
tell me what this even'bout
say we family when you shout
never when weburnin' out
Nine- nine- six andI'm locked in the mix
every second I give, they betakin' a piece
Idon't feel like I live, I just follow the script
every day just repeat till I fade and I slip
Go slow but I still gotta go though
no soul but I still keep the flow though
whole life in a loop that Idon't even choose
but I move likeI'm told and I know that it shows
Nine- nine- six
nine- nine- six
tick- tick- tick
Idon't feel rich
Morning train got me packed in a space
where nobody relate but we share the same fate
and we stare at a screen like escape is a place
that we chase but we never replace
all the time that we waste
in a system designed just to keep us in place
Manager talkin’ like“ you gonna make it”
but every promotion just come with a payment
of time and your mind and your health
you just trade it for statements
that sayyou're important
but reallyyou're basic, replaceable data
they store and then wipe
when you break andyou're out of the cadence
Mouse go click and I drag and I drop
but the clock never stop and the pressuredon't stop
and the thought in my head keep onknockin'
like what if I stop
but I know if I stop thenI'mlosin' the spot
so I sit in the rot and continue the plot
If I walk away right now
would it change anything
or just reset the stage
replace my name with another face
in the database locked in the same damn cage
Tick… tick… tick…
Nine… nine… six…
Nine- nine- six Iain't stuck in the mix
I'ma break every loop,I'ma take what I missed
Idon't care if I fall, at least this time I exist
I refuse to be part of a system like this
Go slow nowI'mcuttin' the rope though
no code, Idon't run on their program no more
whole life I was stuck but I finally broke from the mode
and I know Iain'tgoin' back no more