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Shapeshifter
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Hip-Hop/Rap
Shapeshifter was released on March 9, 2026 by Forged Records as a part of the album Fireproof
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Release DateMarch 9, 2026
LabelForged Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM129

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
FP
FP
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James R Ellis
James R Ellis
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
FP
FP
Producer

Lyrics

They tried to put me in a box
Labeled it. Sealed it. Filed it away
Bad move
I'm not one thing, never was, never will be, don't even try
Every time they think they got me figured out I switch and multiply
You want the rapper? Here he is. You want the monster? He's in here too
You want the calm collected version? Yeah, he's waiting in the queue
I shift the shape before they focus, change the form before they aim
By the time they pull the trigger I'm already not the same
I'm the thing that won't stay still, the target they can never pin
Every time they think the fight is over, that's when I begin
You can't cage what keeps changing
Can't kill what keeps rearranging
I'm not who I was when you weren't watching
I'm not who I'll be when the dust is gone
Every time you think you see me, I'm already something else
I'm a shapeshifter, and I'm never done
Now watch me flip it, guitars gone, just the bass and the darkness
I switch lanes like I switch weights, call it creative sharpness
One minute I'm the rock star with the riffs and all the fury
Next minute I'm the surgeon with the bars, judge and the jury
They said"pick a lane", nah, I bought the highway
Built a bridge between the genres and I did it my way
You want me comfortable? You want me predictable and tame?
Then you haven't been paying attention, I don't play that game
I'm the metamorphosis that happens in the dark of night
The caterpillar burned the cocoon and came out ready to fight
And every time I evolve they gotta update the scouting report
'Cause the version that they studied is the version I already torched
You can't cage what keeps changing
Can't kill what keeps rearranging
I'm not who I was when you weren't watching
I'm not who I'll be when the dust is gone
Every time you think you see me, I'm already something else
I'm a shapeshifter, and I'm never done
You want speed? I got speed
You want bars? I got bars
You want something you've never heard before?
Hold on
Hold on
I'm the shapeshifter never the same formation
Every track a different weapon every verse a new mutation
I don't fit in any genre 'cause the genre doesn't own me
I'm the hybrid that they never saw the old me would've shown me
What it looks like playing safe and living small and never bending
But I broke the mold and burned it there is no going back no mending
I'm the rock the rap the spoken word the fury and the silence
I'm the calm before the chaos and the chaos after violence
I'm not who I was when you weren't watching
I'm not who I'll be when the dust is gone
Every time you think you see me, I'm already something else
I'm a shapeshifter, and I'm never done
Adapt or die
I chose to adapt
Written by: James R Ellis
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