01 – JZ – Velvet After Midnight

Intro Low light. Glass clink. Breath slow. Verse 1 Velvet curtains hanging heavy in the smoke Upright bass pluck steady, never broke I seen white lines in back rooms choke Men who swore they’d never fold to the yoke Trumpet crying through a muted horn Echo bounce off wood floor worn You can smell ambition torn In places where legends get reborn I move quieter than that scene Leaf steady, mind clean No chemical sheen Just a darker routine Hook Roll One & Chill in a shadowed room Gelato Glow Records let it bloom No fast fame consumed Just slow bass in the gloom Verse 2 Bartender seen it all unfold Silver trays and ego sold Promises dipped in gold But the aftertaste cold I watched a poet lose control Over powdered control Thought it fed his soul It swallowed him whole Jazz don’t lie It don’t amplify It testify When illusions die Bridge Rhodes hum under cigarette haze Kick soft like memory waves No craze Just phase Verse 3 Gelato Glow Sessions low-lit nights Where insight outweighs spotlight No bright hype Just tight mics Outro Velvet close Trumpet slow We grow