JAWSIN'

[Verse 1]
The condensation ring your High Life left is gettin' warm
I'm countin' ones under the counter, weathering the storm
Of barflies buzzin' sloppy, stickin' to the floor
Watchin' the tremor in your hand that wasn't there before
I know that look, the double-shift just hollowed out your chest
The city's termites ate the floorboards, you just ate the rest
I got a thought caught in my teeth, a piece of gristle I can't chew
It tastes a lot like sayin' somethin' real for once to you.

[Chorus]
You're the only moth that I don't wanna crush
Just jawsin', get the hell out 'fore the doors are shut
You're the only moth that I don't wanna crush
Just jawsin', get the hell out 'fore the doors are shut

[Verse 2]
Remember Tuesday, 2:47 on the dot?
The air was mambo-sauce-and-asphalt, humid, sticky, hot
You said, "'Night, Zola," barely looked up from your phone screen
A hundred things I coulda said got wiped down, scrubbed clean
My whole crew wasps, we sting first, we don't ask shit later
But you ain't prey, you're just a victim of the city paper
Stacked up against you, and I see your wings are gettin' frayed
Same faded gray as every federal building ever made.

[Chorus]
You're the only moth that I don't wanna crush
Just jawsin', get the hell out 'fore the doors are shut
You're the only moth that I don't wanna crush
Just jawsin', get the hell out 'fore the doors are shut

[Bridge]
(Yeah)
(Uh-huh)
(Wipe it down)
(Kill mo)

[Outro]
The lock clicks on the U Street door, the hum is all that's left
The sentence hangs there in the air, a fuckin' petty theft.