“Ghost in the Wires (Snowden’s Cipher)”
[Intro – whispered, then loud]
They watchin’ you…
They watchin’ me…
But who gon’ watch the ones that breach our privacy?
[Verse 1]
Yo—he dipped from the grid, flash drive in the coat,
Truth in the zip, every bit was a quote.
PRISM lit the system, SIGINT on the wire,
Snowden caught the smoke, set the whole net on fire.
“Metadata’s harmless”—nah, that’s a lie,
They know your thoughts from timestamps and Wi-Fi.
Your search, your likes, your mom, your fears—
Mapped in code for a hundred years.
He saw the core, no mask on the beast,
Every click’s a confession, every ping’s a priest.
While the world slept, they tapped the veins,
And sold your soul in invisible chains.
[Hook]
🔥 Mask up, stack up, patch that code,
VPN on, gotta stealth your node.
Auth in layers, token in hand,
This ain’t paranoia, it’s the plan.
🎤 Kill those scripts, block them ads,
Harden your OS, encrypt them pads.
Trackers watchin’—you fight or fold,
Your browser’s talkin’, your phone’s been sold.
[Verse 2]
Smart home dumb, that fridge got ears,
Even your dashcam’s droppin’ tears.
They gamify trust, monetize your breath,
Turn your DMs into trails of death.
You post for likes, they scrape the feed,
AI learns what you want and need.
You swipe, they mine, you type, they bind,
Your habits trained in a prison of mind.
Snowden flew—now he’s stateless,
A name they don’t say, but never erased this.
He ain’t gone, he’s the cipher in noise,
The ghost in your code, the static in voice.
[Bridge – slower, menacing flow]
Qubes, Tails, no defaults left,
You ain’t secure ‘til you lock each step.
Defense in depth like a fortress built,
With layers so cold, they bleed no guilt.
No script? No trace.
Split tunnel the base.
MFA in place, with that hardware grace.
Secure boot on, log rotation tight,
Your habits are holes—fix ‘em overnight.
[Hook – repeat with venom]
🔥 Mask up, stack up, patch that code,
VPN on, gotta stealth your node.
Auth in layers, token in hand,
This ain’t paranoia, it’s the plan.
🎤 Kill those scripts, block them ads,
Harden your OS, encrypt them pads.
Trackers watchin’—you fight or fold,
Your browser’s talkin’, your phone’s been sold.
[Outro – quiet and raw]
He ain’t a traitor…
He’s the ghost in your wire.
He ain’t a coward…
He lit the empire.
One leak…
And the world caught fire.