KO (X Factor Diss)

Yeah... Look.

This that automatic fire, no filter, no wire.

This that gutter talk, this that fuck your idol choir.

 

K-O, K-O, with the V-O-Double-K

You auditioned for a master, came back with a weak knee.

They gave you a golden ticket, you handed 'em a plea.

Now the whole damn factory laughin', you the joke on the screen.

Don't step any further.

 

I was quiet in the cut, lettin' clowns build the stage.

Lettin' 'em believe that a participation page

Could ever translate to a verse laced with true pain.

You practiced your sad story in a mirror for the rain.

I was catchin' real bodies, you was catchin' the train.

To a panel of vampires who suck the soul from the game.

You traded your dignity for a fifteen-second claim.

Now your name ringin' hollow, a temporary stain.

My city don't do reruns, we cancel the fake.

You stand for nothin', so you fall for the shake.

The ground here is shaky if your foundation is plate.

A cheap piece of metal that they polish for the sake

Of a narrative. You pathetic. You the reason they take

Real struggle and package it for a piece of the cake.

 

K-O, K-O, with the V-O-Double-K

You auditioned for a master, came back with a weak knee.

They gave you a golden ticket, you handed 'em a plea.

Now the whole damn factory laughin', you the joke on the screen.

Don't step any further.

 

they told you to smile wider, so you stretched your cheeks thin

became a caricature, let the emptiness in

Your whole persona borrowed, from the shoes to the grin.

A rented chain on your neck, where the real life begin?

You cry on cue for the judges, I've seen real mothers fold.

From a phone call that told 'em everything they loved is cold.

You wouldn't know that feelin' if the script had it told.

You're readin' lines, I'm speakin' life, my story can't be sold

To the highest bidder for a temporary hold.

You're a product with a barcode, I'm a story that's old

As the pavement cracks that birthed me, ruthless and cold.

You wanted fame? This is the flame, come and touch it, be bold.

But your hand's already shakin', the truth has been spoken.

Your spirit is broken from the first deal you hadoken.

You sold your reflection, now you're just a token.

 

K-O, K-O, with the V-O-Double-K

You auditioned for a master, came back with a weak knee.

They gave you a golden ticket, you handed 'em a plea.

Now the whole damn factory laughin', you the joke on the screen.

Don't step any further.

 

They built you up to be torn down.

That's the business, that's the town.

You were the willing lamb, they were the clowns in the crown.

Now the applause is a sound that you can't stand.

'Cause you know it's a lie, just like the hand you were dealt.

You built your house on a set that they'ma melt.

For the next one. And the next one. And the next one.

You're a lesson, not a legend. A question, not a testament.

 

OUTRO

don't step any further

they'll eat you alive in there

don't step any further

you ain't built for the air theyre breathin'

just a ghost in their machine

K-O.

Final.

Bell.