
Invisible Hands - MC D.P.
darkprincess· 3:53 · 96 plays · v3-preview
- conscious hip hop
- east coast hip hop
- underground rap
- political hip hop
- dark
- raw
- alternative hip hop
- hardcore hip hop
- boom bap
- storytelling
- poetic
- lyrical
- atmospheric
- protest
- melancholic
- sample-based
- cut-up/dj
- cut-up dj
- turntablism
- female vocalist
- female
- vocal group
- female fronted
Lyrics
Intro: Spoken
You see the woman with the cardboard sign
You see the empty shop with flickering lights
You see that twelve year old running packs at night
For men he can’t refuse, no wrong or right
But what you’re really missing… is hidden in plain sight
Verse 1
She stands in the rain with a sign and a child
Been there every morning, been there for a while
Nobody knows her name, nobody asks her scars
Just another face they use for clicks and stars
Rage-bait vlogger films her, uploads the pain
Million views later — nobody knows her name
You share it, you shame it, you scroll and move on
Never ask who put her there or where the money’s gone
Five empty shops on one street selling smoke
Open every day but the cash don’t show
Books say profit, the street knows the lie
Young boy on the corner got pulled in too young
Running dirty errands for men he can’t deny
Another ghost story the world passes by
Pre-Chorus
The camera loves the visible
The easy target, the simple sin
But the hand that pulls the strings
Never shows its skin
Chorus
What you don’t see is the system behind it
(The system — right behind it)
What you don’t see is who built it and signed it
(They built it — they signed it)
Money flows up while the blame rains down
(Up to the top — down to the ground)
Real bad guys never show their face
They walk in suits, sit silent in boards
(Suits and boards — pulling the cords)
They write the laws, they pull the strings
Let the visible bleed while they walk free every day
(Every day — walk free every day)
That’s where the power stays
Verse 2
The network runs on silence and fear, cold gears
Women moved city to city, no choice, no tears
Hand over the bag at the end of each shift
To the man who owns her breath, owns her wrists
Corporations bleed billions, file it as loss
Sleep like kings on silk while the streets pay the cost
Politician grins, shakes the unseen hand
Same machine, different floor — same blood in the sand
Pre-Chorus
The camera loves the visible
The easy target, the simple sin
But the hand that pulls the strings
Never shows its skin
Chorus
What you don’t see is the system behind it
(The system — right behind it)
What you don’t see is who built it and signed it
(They built it — they signed it)
Money flows up while the blame rains down
(Up to the top — down to the ground)
Real bad guys never show their face
They walk in suits, sit silent in boards
(Suits and boards — pulling the cords)
They write the laws, they pull the strings
Let the visible bleed while they walk free every day
(Every day — walk free every day)
That’s where the power stays
Bridge
Stop pointing down, start looking up
(Look up — look up)
Oldest trick: keep the camera stuck
On the woman in rain, the kid on the block
While the owners count bodies like profit and stock
They built this brick by brick, rigged every floor
Bottom takes the bullets, they walk out the door
Verse 3
Next time you scroll past that face in the rain
Ask who put her there, who collects off her pain
Ask where the money goes when she empties her hands
Why the empty shop still opens again
The answer ain’t simple, it never will be
First step is seeing what you refuse to see
Power stays hidden ‘cause we let it stay
What you don’t see — that’s how they get away
Chorus
What you don’t see is the system behind it
(The system — right behind it)
What you don’t see is who built it and signed it
(They built it — they signed it)
Money flows up while the blame rains down
(Up to the top — down to the ground)
Real bad guys never show their face
They walk in suits, sit silent in boards
(Suits and boards — pulling the cords)
They write the laws, they pull the strings
Let the visible bleed while they walk free every day
(Every day — walk free every day)
That’s where the power stays
Outro: Spoken
The camera is always pointed down.
Never up.
Ask yourself why.
This music was created by DiscoPrincess — Rap royalty of the Night.
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