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Razor
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Hip-Hop/Rap
Razor was released on April 21, 2026 by Forged Records as a part of the album Old Skool
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Release DateApril 21, 2026
LabelForged Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM96

Credits

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

Lyrics

I don't ease in - I arrive and the temperature drops
Every bar lands like a verdict - precision in the stops
Calculated cold delivered with a steady unwavering hand
Been doing this before most of these rappers had a plan
I'm the sharpest thing in the room whenever I walk in it
Every syllable deliberate - every single bar I meant it
They been sleeping on the craft while I been sharpening the edge
I don't threaten anybody - I just step up to the ledge
And deliver - every time - with the same exact certainty
The ones who really studied understand it internally
You either built for this or you been running on a bluff
Razor never had to raise its voice to say enough
Sharp enough to cut through noise
No wasted bars - no wasted voice
This is what precision sounds like
Razor - recognize the choice
Let me show you how the architecture works in real time
Every line connects to the next through the internal rhyme
Not just at the end of the bar but threaded through the middle
I'm solving bars that other rappers can't even read the riddle
Triple syllable patterns riding on top of the groove
Watch the way the cadence breathes and never loses the move
This is bar science - molecular - precision engineered
Every rapper in the building should have already been cleared
Because the gap between the greats and everybody trying is real
I'm the one they study when they wanna understand the skill
Technical - consistent - with that clean unwavering control
The kind that doesn't happen accidentally - it costs you soul
Sharp enough to cut through noise
No wasted bars - no wasted voice
This is what precision sounds like
Razor - recognize the choice
Back to the foundation - back to where this all began
Boom bap and the guitar loop and the undefeated plan
Every genre has a ceiling - boom bap has a floor
And everything I build above it - that's what rap is for
Watch the density increase now - watch the bars multiply
Watch the syllables stack up like the architecture's sky high
I don't need the track to carry me - I carry the track
The ones who slept on this are finally taken aback
Precise on the beat never missing a mark
Sharp in the light sharper still in the dark
Built for the craft built for the technical side
Nothing to fake nothing to run nothing to hide
On what this should sound like - on what bars should weigh
What separates the ones who last from the ones who fade
I'm the answer to the question they forgot to ask
Razor - clean arrival - built for every task
Sharp enough to cut through noise
No wasted bars - no wasted voice
This is what precision sounds like
Razor - recognize the choice
Written by: James Ellis
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