[Verse 1: Knox Hill, Knox Hill & Ren]
Conscious rap was vibin', but they said it wasn't sellin'
So instead of Tribe, the quest, it was for highs, I guess I get it
But we sold our De La Soul's and reassigned the proper metrics
Violent raps survived, and Darwinized the profit zealots
Survival of the fittest
Trade your bars for gems, and you'll be shinin', that's the realest
In this climate of addiction stock, Big Pharma is the realest
Now as long as pills are fillin', you ain't really gotta feel the sound
The world is full of juice, and while you're floatin', you been fin' to drown
How many rappers out here missin' now?
But thеy sell you with this vision, and this fear of missin' out (Yeah)
Thе industry will fuck us (True), so we follow what is trendin'
Brag about these hollow tips, but it's all hollow, tip the pen in
I lace my verse with fentanyl, and lean into attention
Toe tags for the mentions, body bags for what they spendin'
While they braggin', we descend, and from the ground, we're all descendants now

[Chorus: Ren]
Sinners don't sleep in this broken town
Tradin' their souls for some gold and brown
Feel the release, come back down
But we're not comin' up
Killers on the city streets, buyin' it up
Crooks and addicts, weird habits get rushed
We livin' in vain just to end it all
And I spend it all on the fentanyl
[Verse 2: Knox Hill]
My cousin was a pitcher, on that curve, he got that scholarship
On campus, he's the man, throwin' heaters, he was hot as shit
But then he hurt his arm, senior year, his time to prove it
Started takin' painkillers so he could play and keep it movin'
Scouts watchin', couldn't lose 'em
So he took more, and he kept usin', 'fore he knew it, he's abusin'
Fastballs and two seams, too clean, but now he's losin' weight
Drug test, he failed, so they kicked him off the team
He tried to kick the habit, but he's mad that he had lost his dreams
And sad, but he got off the lean, but all it takes is one reminder
In his mind, he couldn't help it, he was tryna finally settle
Midnight, he went outside, he was fightin' with his devils
"One hit", he told himself, "It'll help me through this hell
I know I'm sick, and I need help, but one hit, man, what the hell?"
So he lit it, then he took it to the face (Yeah)
But as the story goes, you know that fentanyl was laced

[Chorus: Ren]
Sinners don't sleep in this broken town
Tradin' their souls for some gold and brown
Feel the release, come back down
But we're not comin' up
Killers on the city streets, buyin' it up
Crooks and addicts, weird habits get rushed
We livin' in vain just to end it all
And I spend it all on the fentanyl
[Verse 3: Knox Hill, Knox Hill & Ren]
Took my heart, you took my fuckin' life
Took my pride, you took my mind, took who I am, and turned to vice
Took my fam, I paid the price and now I stand on murdered time
And my plans have turned to ice
I'm burnin' fire, build this pyre higher
I'm wired, and this dopamine get higher, still a broken fiend, supplier
Of the hopeless dreams, when it's all smoke, the only ropes are one that chokes
Will they remember me? Take all my memories and light them on this fire
Fire for the crooked dealer, he who packaged hate
Fire for that greedy villain, he who had it laced
Fire for my future, that look on my father's face
My mother's still in tears, my cousin, he's too far away
When they told me to get help, and yes, I tried, I tried again
But in the end, we're all just vains
And in the end, it came to veins, and in the end, I died in vain
And in the end, I tried to- Fuck it

[Outro: Knox Hill]
*Crying*
Oh, God
(Samad, cook it up, yeah)