Steel In The Yard

lyrics by me music and vocals generated using AI tools STEEL IN THE YARD Year ten of fifteen… Blue jumpsuit... Chipped soul... River still talkin’... But I stopped listening... [Hook – low, scarred, half-time] Long way in... Bars up... Steel in the yard... Willow shade in my head... Drill left me scarred... Hustle for packs... Shank for respect... Bleedin’ out on the tier... Still got her name on my lips... [Verse 1 – deliberate half-time] Came in green... Still smelling like river rain... Thought fifteen Was a vacation... Just a phase... Now I’m muscle In the mess hall... Eyes on the tray... Commissary king... Trading Ramen For phone time And safety... First time they tested me... AB clicked up In the shower... No choice But the steel... Twist... Blood swirl Down the drain... Heard her screaming “Baby, no!” Through the water... Ten years deep... Now I’m the ghost In the system... [Hook] Long way in... Bars up... Steel in the yard... Willow shade in my head... Drill left me scarred... Hustle for packs... Shank for respect... Bleedin’ out on the tier... Still got her name on my lips... [Verse 2 – frantic double-time] Caught slippin’ In the rec yard... New debt... Old rules... Three of ’em came With shanks filed From the shop... First blade kissed my ribs... Air hissed out hot... Second found the kidney... World tilted... Legs gone... I swung wild... Caught one in the throat... Bubble... Drop... But the third kept stabbing... Steel drum On my back... Crawled through my own blood To the gate... COs screaming lockdown... While I called her name... Till the black Swallowed everything... [Bridge – spoken flat, over slowing heartbeat 808s] “Inmate down... Code blue...” Ten years taking lives Just to stay alive... Willow leaves In my teeth... Her face In the steam... Same smile From the cracked windows... Now fading... [Final Hook – slow, dying, pitched-down] Long way gone... Lights out... Steel in the dirt... Willow calling me home... But the darkness finally won... Hustled packs... Shanked backs... Survived till I slipped... Bleedin’ out on the tier... Her name the last thing On my lips... [Outro – whispered, fading into distant river + flatline] “Baby...” River clap back... Everything I was... Gone...