Latency
Lyrics
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Ran reps in the red, no flags, no advisories
Packets sent clean disappeared silently
Handshake missed no failure returned to me
Just lag in the line trained my expectancy
Showed up too early, rooms still schematic
Chairs outta place exits half automatic
Built weight in the dark where reflection quit
Logged slow progression no chart would admit
Clock leaned sideways seconds misallocated
Time felt rented temporally weighted
Read lag as loss, that was rookie math
Confused dead air with the end of the path
Stayed executable headless reserved
No crowd, no cheer, just pressure conserved
Pace stayed patient posture preserved
Heat built quiet while timing deferred
Nothing hits when I’m waitin’ on it
Everything rings when I let it go
Pressed too hard got dead line static
Stopped reachin’ now the phone won’t close
Yeah it’s quiet till it isn’t at all
That delay got a mind of its own
Latency don’t answer need
It responds when you’re already whole
Shift hit clean when I cut the refresh
Stopped interrogatin’ silence for yes
Bandwidth back, signal stabilized
Eyes on the build not the feedback replies
That’s when the backlog cracked and released
Old pings resurfaced like they never deceased
Women tap in when the want goes mute
When you busy livin’ inside your truth
No pitch in my tone no hunger to sell
Just grounded and full calibrated well
They call it allure, mystique, command
I call it pressure finally off the demand
Congestion dissolved paths realigned
Timeouts resolve in their own damn time
Signal settled, static unstressed
Need leaves clean then the system says yes
Nothing hits when I’m waitin’ on it
Everything rings when I let it go
Pressed too hard got dead line static
Stopped reachin’ now the phone won’t close
Yeah it’s quiet till it isn’t at all
That delay got a mind of its own
Latency don’t answer need
It responds when you’re already whole
Seen it echo in capital craft
Skills stack interest off screen off stats
Years of rehearsal negligible yield
Then returns show up once the ego peeled
Royalties land at old addresses
Applause late outta phase with effort metrics
Learned not to flinch when the quiet extends
Not every silence is sayin’ you’re bent
Stopped narratin’ drought like personal debt
Started readin’ the gap as buffer offset
If nothing arrives I don’t bargain or plead
I widen the window throttle the need
Pattern proof progress precision persisted
Metrics miss motion momentum encrypted
Process proof progress packed pressure parsed patience practiced
Signal sharpened static starved status stalled but standards massive
World answers late not crooked or bent
Just runnin’ schedules it never sent
Funny how it comes back
When you’re good without it
No clean resolve in this feedback loop
No stamp at the end sayin’ approved
Some systems run without closure cues
They just keep movin’ with altered use
I don’t force sync or rush the land
Learned how to live mid loading span
Interest stacks while the screen stays still
You only feel broke if you chase the thrill
Of instant proof, immediate gain
Watchin’ the system obey your pain
If love shows late I don’t rewrite tracks
If wins come late I don’t double back
Calm cadence coded composure intact
Latency schoolin’ how not to react
Buffer still spinnin’ state unresolved
I move forward fluent in delayed resolve
Nothing hits when I’m waitin’ on it
Everything rings when I let it go
Latency don’t answer need
It responds when you’re already whole
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