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velvet shut-off notice - latavia cross lyrics

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intro

it came clean
white paper
straight lines
soft language
hard threat

hook

velvet shut*off notice, smooth little blade
polite words telling us the debt ain’t paid
red ink singing like a choir of shame
house got colder when the letter came

velvet shut*off notice, folded on the floor
soft voice knocking like a war at the door
two tongues in my mouth, one said “we’ll manage”
other said paper doing real*life damagе

verse 1

dear customеr, that’s how it start
like they ain’t aiming at a poor girl’s heart
account number, past due line
disconnect date underlined
mama read it twice, then got still
daddy said nothing, that silence k!lled
little sis asked if the lights would go
i said, “no baby,” like i could know

that paper had better manners than men
said please, said options, said call again
but behind every sentence stood a dark room waiting
behind every clause stood a child debating

do i finish homework before power leaves?
do i charge my phone? do i wash these sleeves?
do i tell my teacher the printer died?
or keep one more pretty little lie inside?

hook

velvet shut*off notice, smooth little blade
polite words telling us the debt ain’t paid
red ink singing like a choir of shame
house got colder when the letter came

velvet shut*off notice, folded on the floor
soft voice knocking like a war at the door
two tongues in my mouth, one said “we’ll manage”
other said paper doing real*life damage
verse 2

they got programmes, they got plans
they got hold music, tired hands
they got numbers you call all day
they got “press two” while your hope decays

caseworker voice like a locked*up gate
said we missed forms, said call back late
mama said, “please,” like it cost her pride
i watched something in her shrink inside

a bill don’t yell, but it can still hit
make grown women beg and children sit
in winter coats under kitchen light
wondering if heat survives the night

i hate the way poverty learns your name
knows your meter, knows your shame
knows what day your check comes in
and gets there first with a paper grin

hook

velvet shut*off notice, smooth little blade
polite words telling us the debt ain’t paid
red ink singing like a choir of shame
house got colder when the letter came
velvet shut*off notice, folded on the floor
soft voice knocking like a war at the door
two tongues in my mouth, one said “we’ll manage”
other said paper doing real*life damage

verse 3

tell me why water got a price like gold
tell me why heat gets sold to cold
tell me why poor folks fund late fees
while rich folks park wealth overseas

a shut*off notice is not a bill
it is a policy with intent to chill
it is a sermon from a market god
saying pay or freeze, then call that law

i still remember candles near the sink
flame leaning hard every time we blinked
brother said shadows looked like hands
i said, “sleep close,” made blanket plans

that night i wrote with a dying pen
“if they cut the lights, i’ll still see them”
every threat they folded clean
turned into bars with a guillotine

bridge

paper soft
impact loud
words polite
lights bowed

tone calm
threat clear
dear customer
disappear

final hook

velvet shut*off notice, smooth little blade
polite words telling us the debt ain’t paid
red ink singing like a choir of shame
house got colder when the letter came

velvet shut*off notice, folded on the floor
soft voice knocking like a war at the door
two tongues in my mouth, one said “we’ll manage”
other said paper doing real*life damage

outro

they never screamed at us
they wrote it nicely
that’s what made it worse
cancel

- latavia cross lyrics

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