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~one more cup (check, please)~

  1. //intro (0:11 0:22) //
  2. this the place where i watch, i've seen these people talk
  3. they all just come and go but those who stay, their thoughts are fogged
  4. feeling like a hawk the way i watch 'em, juggernaut
  5. i'm praying that i stop
  6.  
  7. //break (0:22 0:33) //
  8. i, i, i, i, i, i, i, i
  9. why, why, why, why, why, why?
  10. hope
  11.  
  12. //verse 1 (0:33 1:18) //
  13. check, check, check please
  14. that's simply what he stuttered out 'fore he wanted to leave
  15. [flipping a chip in his hand, yeah, he started on the streets ](in order to bet in any form of poker, you need chips, obviously.)
  16. [guess the nines and the tens helped him get up on his feet ](the 9 10 suited pair is actually not a bad hand to have in poker. to win with it probably means you're either skilled or got really lucky, thus the bar's meaning.)
  17. [aye, somehow he lucked out with pocket queens ](pocket queens, or queen queen pair, is a godly pair to draw in the start. it's literally so stacked.)
  18. [man, the rugged house was wrecked, he ain't goin' back to orleans ](new orleans has several hoods such as gentilly and 9th ward, and so does queens, a borough of new york, namedropped in the last bar; 'pocket *queens*'. they have hoods such as shadyville and springfield, home to lil tecca.)
  19. you could tell it from his eyes cause he wasn't a one to speak
  20. [his mind wasn't at ease, his dreams begging for sleep, uh ](he's traumatised from his past, and he's lost his dreams)
  21. denim jacket been through a lot
  22. blue stained green from scotch, [seven shots down the block ](triple entendre. shots, as in beer, so scotch. shots, also as in gunfire, thus 'warning from the opps'. shots, also as in shooting dice, thus 'the dice clattered loudly.)
  23. [it rang loud and proud like it won't stop, warning from the opps ]('it rang loud and proud' double entendre. could refer to the gunshots or the dice clattering.)
  24. the dice clattered loudly, [winning money from the lots ](shooting dice in the hood is like a gambling game, really.)
  25. [and now no money to afford it all, now he drinking coffee shots ](so uhh he got broke from gambling)
  26. gots to pop a bottle but he ain't got cash for the shop
  27. chips done turned they backs on him, now haunting in his memories
  28. a sense of deja vu, like a long forgotten entity, oh
  29.  
  30. //break (1:18 1:29) //
  31. damn
  32. he killed his hope
  33. please don't let it go
  34. ["okay" ](that's the character in the next verse speaking, lwk a pretty good segue imo)
  35.  
  36. //verse 2 (1:30 2:15) //
  37. the whip cracking's the only sound in her ears
  38. her eyes is done crying, someone wipe away all her tears
  39. fears swallowed her whole, choking her, stopping all her prayers
  40. ["i don't wanna hear the lie of 'baby, i'm right here '"](obviously her parents have lied to her alot, obvious from her past abuse mentioned in the previous lines)
  41. she ain't even trusting her [son frere ](son frere; french for 'her brother')
  42. been through thick and thin with her, yet betray him, you'd think she wouldn't dare
  43. [breaking they culture's norms cause with him, she can't even feel his warmth ](in french culture, it's really taboo to leave your parents' house without consent, like moving out, until you're emancipated)
  44. [well, who should she trust if her family wants her in the morgue? ](hopefully a hyperbole, imagine if it wasn't)
  45. [gripping her fork and stabbing her damn eclair ](eclair's a french food, so this line kinda symbolises her hatred for her own culture due to her abusive parents)
  46. you could've sworn the air felt different when the plate clinked over there
  47. yeah, everyone was aware, she would stare back with a smile
  48. [the type that could kill if you just gave it a while ](she's literally turnt deranged after being abused for so long, it's like her way to cope after being abused for so long, pure survival instinct atp fr)
  49. [the miles done been rough, food soothing her insides ](a bit of comfort in what's been hell for her)
  50. [now she has to act tough all just to stay alive ](making what was only referenced two bars ago literal)
  51. [the boiling coffee's cold, her heart is colder, now she's stuck ]('someone gotta explain how tf boiling coffee is cold' that's the genius behind it, irony. you'd expect it to be warm and inviting, but instead it's cold and numbing, referring to how she's become so numb to everything after all the abuse)
  52. [yet thankful that her hope ain't smouldered, all she asks is 'one more cup' ](symbolism for her willingness to persevere)
  53.  
  54. //break (2:15 2:25)
  55. (a deep breath)
  56.  
  57. //verse 3 (2:25 3:09) //
  58. ["here's what you asked for, sir and madam "](ties in the intro of the first verse and the outro of the last verse, since the man asked for the cheque and the girl asked for another cup, so this ties it all together.)
  59. [customers come and go, always thinking of her as random ](shows how the customers only see her, the waitress, as relevant when they need her assistance)
  60. [man, they could never fathom her dreams that's long been shattered ](she had other dreams, though she never managed to pursue them and got forced to remain a waitress)
  61. [instead of plates and cups, she's just a face, not a soul fractured ](this bar and the previous bar contains what i call a fractured bar, as in 'her dreams that's long been shattered/instead of plates and cups')
  62. [bastards go splatter dirt on her shirt, and that's the standard ](the splattering of dirt could either be literal or metaphorical abuse in general)
  63. [abuse masked behind dissatisfaction, "customer's always right "](my commentary on toxic work culture, utilising phrases such as 'customer's always right')
  64. [that's hiding the truth behind juice, attempt at distraction ](pretty much conglomerates attempting to hide the true nature of the abuse behind the serving of coffee, like 'at least you managed to make a sale out of them' or sth like that idk)
  65. [young fools damaging youths, yeah, she wished she could slap 'em ](not that i'm some sort of oldhead biased towards elders, it just contextually make sense in the sense of rhymes)
  66. alas, at some point, you gotta bring her ass back to reality
  67. the cafe is truly draining, she's slowly losing sanity
  68. [brewing her humanity to a robot, widen that strident smile ](brewing coffee, yk? metaphor type shi)
  69. [surely one satisfied customer could make it all worthwhile ](signifies her little hope, like one positive interaction could make her day)
  70. [uh, nine in the morning to eleven in the night ](she's doing double shifts, lwk tuff tho)
  71. it's tough, but it's alright, keep it together, [keep it tight ](double entendre, both mentally tight and financially tight)
  72. momma and papa been waiting at home, money just nice
  73. [day by day, the clock's ticking, she's waiting for them to die ](she's waiting because in the last line, it's mentioned that 'money's just nice', so if one of them dies there's less money going to be wasted on them)
  74.  
  75. //break (3:10 3:20) //
  76. i have no words
  77. or is it just me?
  78. hm
  79. just me
  80.  
  81. //verse 4 (3:21 4:05) //
  82. i've stuck myself up inside my den
  83. i don't see no perseverance, all i see is what's within
  84. a sense of laziness, i ain't even trying to win
  85. i got all these accomplishments and i'm just committing sin
  86. self deprecation, getting under my own skin
  87. [good god, this rawness, i'm gnawing on my own fin ](relating the self deprecation to a fish eating its own fin, it is self detrimental)
  88. i can't even ball right, my face a stupid grin
  89. skill less to the point i don't think i can make it in
  90. why try to find comfort? this is disappointment
  91. [effort done been wasted, no ointment can cure this ](ain't no easy way to get out of my rut)
  92. [to be for real part two, just my issues i spew this ](to be for real is another track on the album, a track where i vent)
  93. [my mind's a mess, paraded by negative parachutists ](idk how i cooked this up, it's kinda like negative thoughts coming in uninvited)
  94. then i realise i don't wanna ask god to pass the check, please
  95. i wanna continue, it's like him empowering me
  96. so i think i'll pursue my passions, ignoring they tut tuts
  97. and i'll be at the door, asking god for one more cup

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