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Rent Due Tomorrow by Dead Air Syndicate

Rent Due Tomorrow

[Intro]
Yeah…
Notice on the door, phone on 2%
Hunger talking loud, landlord don’t hear sense
Uh

[Hook]
Rent due tomorrow, fridge light flicker
Bills piling up, every problem get bigger
Pressure on my back, make a man move quicker
Do I choose wrong or do I starve a little longer?
Rent due tomorrow, sleep getting borrowed
Dreams on pause, gotta make it to tomorrow
Clock loud, heart cold, soul hollow
When rent due tomorrow, ain’t no room for sorrow

[Verse 1]
Eviction letter folded in my back pocket
Same jeans from last week, hope still in the wallet
Baby mama calling, asking where the money went
I been dodging numbers like I dodged the rent
Power bill screaming, gas bill next
Phone finna cut, still waiting on a text
Job say “we’ll call you,” that was last month
Now the cupboards empty and the doubts getting blunt
I done sold pride, sold time, sold peace
Still short on the number that determine if we eat
Funny how a dollar got more control than fear
When tomorrow got a price and it’s due right here

[Verse 2]
I ain’t bad, I’m just broke with responsibilities
Whole life boxed in by utilities
They say pray about it, I do that nightly
But prayers don’t stretch when the math get spicy
Little one asking why we can’t go out
I tell ’em “soon,” knowing I’m lying out my mouth
Temptation calling like an old friend
Fast money whispering “this the end or the begin”
Every choice heavy when your back to the wall
Morals get quiet when survival call
I ain’t chasing evil, I’m chasing relief
Trying to outrun hunger and the sound of defeat

[Bridge]
If tomorrow comes and I’m still here
That’s a win where I’m from, make it clear
I don’t need much, just a little air
But they charge for that too, life ain’t fair

[Verse 3]
I seen good men break over past-due fees
Turn cold from nights sleeping with no heat
System say hustle, but don’t give grace
Kick you while you down, then blame your pace
I’m tired of surviving, I want stability
Tired of explaining my availability
Every dollar got a destination
Rent due tomorrow, that’s the situation
If I make it through, imma remember this pain
Every hungry night, every overdue shame
Till then I’m pacing this empty room
Arguing with God and a rent due soon