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Captive Audience
Hip-Hop/Rap
Captive Audience was released on July 17, 2026 by Spell It Right Music as a part of the album The Lights Shine Brighter in Dark City
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Release DateJuly 17, 2026
LabelSpell It Right Music
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM87

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Token Genius
Token Genius
Rap
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tyran Gardner-Davis
Tyran Gardner-Davis
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Token Genius
Token Genius
Producer

Lyrics

I go by TG* aka that guy, all lowercase
Standing Five'Six", low caesar cut, I'm not known for fades
Confrontation not in my nature, my voice slow to raise
Raises the question of why I feel like a ghost somedays
Gallivant the town like a haunt is my approach some days
If some kindred spirits should wander, I can hope some days
If not that I'm ten toes down among the ocean waves
Draw a line in the sand, time to draw up a bolder play
'Cause I can play the back, I'm not hype on the hoax of fame
Document through raps, this is life, I don't know the game
Been honing the craft on this mic, to see no change
And go out sad into that good night would be a whole shame
Don't think anyone knows the fight within this old brain
To stick out in a scene and feel like I'm still a no-name
Stepping up to stages realizing that no one came
Might as well take attention hostage like holding up banks
Gun to your head, name a Token Genius song
I got one in the head, everybody sing along like
Gun to your head, name one Token Genius song
I got one in the head, now everybody sing along like
Been thinking up manifestos under streetlight
But this tale isn't Keasbey set though, these are AP nights
Tourists seem to show less control when the heat rises
Someone tell these bennies they can leave that in Seaside
Ironic I was born in Newark, had to go beachside
Acclimated to bayshore telling folks to be streetwise
Believe you me, what I was shown through these eyes
Demonstrated to me, things aren't only what they seem like
From where you think the first half of my nom de plume derived?
You know my rep had to be soap around these Whites
I know the notion of being a token sounds benign
Until you hear the same shitty joke the umpteenth time
Start to question if them ignoring me was by design
And why all my attempts for them to notice me were denied
And why their schedule's never open open in my free time
Detectives won't have to dig for a motive at the scene like
Gun to your head, name a Token Genius song
I got one in the head, motherfucker sing along, uh
Gun to your head, name one Token Genius song
I got one in the head, now everybody sing along, come on
Written by: Tyran Gardner-Davis
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