Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Hey, uh... it's Curtis. Look, it's just past two.
Saw you at The Woodlawn, holding court, something new.
The way your shoulder dropped before you leaned in for the line-
A perfect slip and counter, girl, the timing was divine.
Your man David wasn't there, I scanned the whole damn ring.
Just the hum of the ice machine and the pressure you can bring.
[Chorus]
So what's the combination you're throwing?
When you're fighting in a weight class that was never yours to claim?
[Verse 2]
You telegraphed the jab with just a glance toward the door,
Left your chin exposed like you've been in this fight before.
"He's just a friend," I heard you say, your hand was on his sleeve.
That's a feint I recognize, a hurt I can't unbelieve.
You kept him off his balance with that low and quiet grace,
A flurry in the corner with a smile on your face.
[Chorus]
So what's the combination you're throwing?
When you're fighting in a weight class that was never yours to claim?
[Bridge]
I ain't the referee here, my own blood sugar's low.
Just another middleweight trying to survive the blow-by-blow.
And the hunger for the title, yeah, I know that feeling well.
The bell is gonna sound soon... it's hard to tell.
[Outro]
Anyway... you got my number. Call the fight.
Or don't.
[SFX: Click, voicemail disconnect tone]
About Curtis Mansfield
Curtis Mansfield was born in Bronzeville, Chicago, and never left. His plans to play basketball were permanently sidelined by a Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis at sixteen, which led him to his grandfather’s forgotten Fender guitar. Now, from the same apartment window he grew up looking out of, he writes socially-conscious soul music that chronicles the secret negotiations of the body and the sacred…
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