Ninja No Sword

They keep lookin' for the blade
I keep movin' like the edge
Black mask, low bass
Whole room feel the thread
Hands don't talk, they testify
Shadow got a second life
By the time they ask my name
I'm already out of sight

Ninja, no sword
Hands clean, floor cold
Move silent, talk low
They don't see me, they just know
Ninja, no sword
All skill, no chrome
No steel, no show
I'm the blade when I go
No sword, no sword
Still cut through the whole floor
Ninja, no sword
I don't need it no more

I came from the block where the cartoons taught code
Green-shell legends in a sewer-road glow
Saturday static with the volume overload
Now the kid got grown and the bass got cold
Sensei said, "Since they never see you coming
Make the silence hit harder than the drum hit thumping"
I learned one breath can turn into a summit
And one closed fist can open up a budget

Came through black mask, black tee, black air
Step light, bass heavy, whole room stare
No katana on me, still sharp in the glare
Cut tension with a look, split smoke in the air
I don't talk too much
I just touch one nerve
I don't pull no blade
I just bend that curve
I don't chase no smoke
I become that fog
By the time they see the mask
I'm already gone

Hands do the talking
Shadow keep receipts
I'm off in the margins
Still running the sheet
Quiet in the loud part
Loud in the hush
I don't need a blade
When the whole room cuts
Negative space
Positive pressure
Move like a secret
Hit like a record

Nin-nin-ninja, no injure, just impact
Big sub kickback, spine do a zig-zag
No blade, no badge, no brag, no chit-chat
I vanish from the frame then I pop where the hit at
No sword
Still sharp
No blade
Still marks
No noise
Still near
No face
Still fear

They waited on the swing
Mistake one
They waited on the steel
Mistake two
They waited on the warning
Mistake three
I was never holding the weapon
The weapon was me
They keep lookin' for the blade
I keep movin' like the edge
Black mask, low bass
Whole room feel the thread
Hands don't talk, they testify
Shadow got a second life
By the time they ask my name
I'm already out of sight

You kept looking for the blade
That was the mistake
Ninja
No sword