Master recording · 2:27 · embedded audio
Owner's Manual text
GLITTER TURNS TO GRIME
THIS TOWN WILL EAT YOU ALIVE
THE LIFE OF CRIME
YOU'VE GOTTA KILL TO SURVIVE
PALM TREES TO THE END
OF THE LIFELINE
BIG FISH CAUGHT UP IN A TRAP
THE VELVET THRONE
LUXURY'S LAP
WHEN YOU HEAR THE CLICK
YOUR NECK GOES SNAP
TWO-TWO TO THE H-H-H-H-HEAD
[DOUBLE TAP]
CALLING SHOTS
FULL COURT HORSE
DIAL IN A FAVOR
NOW YOUR FAVORITE'S ON THE FLOOR
THIS TOWN WILL EAT YOU ALIVE
THE LIFE OF CRIME
YOU'VE GOTTA KILL TO SURVIVE
PALM TREES TO THE END
OF THE LIFELINE
BIG FISH CAUGHT UP IN A TRAP
THE VELVET THRONE
LUXURY'S LAP
WHEN YOU HEAR THE CLICK
YOUR NECK GOES SNAP
TWO-TWO TO THE H-H-H-H-HEAD
[DOUBLE TAP]
CALLING SHOTS
FULL COURT HORSE
DIAL IN A FAVOR
NOW YOUR FAVORITE'S ON THE FLOOR
Recommended for: Shot Callers, Ill-Gotten Dollars, Closed Caskets, Spread Collars
Connections
- SPORT / RULE-SYSTEM RHYME FutureSport 90-90
- GAME / VIOLENCE RHYME Wrestling / Kayfabe as Craft Model
- LUXURY / CRIME TENSION Public Luxury / Operational Beauty
Cross-medium relation
Basketball grammar, crime grammar and luxury grammar occupy the same stanza. The track behaves like a compressed ruleset in which sport, violence and status are mutually convertible.
Publication / object chain
2025-11-11 track-reveal source → master recording → Owner's Manual → album object → later writing / release documents where applicable.
Interpretive links remain separate from documented phrase migrations. See the Migration Ledger for evidence classes.
Musical language
Musical-language route: hip-hop syntax inside a live band: sport, crime, luxury, end-rhyme and punchline.