# LITTLE BLACK STAR
*(original G-funk / West Coast storytelling rap — laid-back 4/4, smooth pocket)*
*Verse 1 stays general; Verses 2–5 + bridge follow the real Opatija story.*
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**[INTRO — spoken, soft, behind the keys]**
Opatija... salt in the air... let it ride...
You know me by now.
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**[VERSE 1]** — *the general gripes*
You know me by now — I'm a lot, but aggressive I'm not
Cool in the cut, let it simmer, I never let it pop
I hate wastin' time on a nothin', a clock that won't tick
Folks buryin' heads in the sand while the whole ship get sick
I hate the inconsiderate, cold to a stranger in need
Forgettin' we bleed the same blood, forgettin' the creed
I hate that dead-end stuck — you won't ride with the flow
You step in the road then you freeze with nowhere to go
"To be or not to be?" — man, they duck the whole question
No yes and no no, just a frozen expression
I hate disrespect, when they trample respect
Talk down on a man 'fore he break the first sweat
I keep it laid back, but my standard stay tall
I peep the small things, I been clockin' it all
So I'm easy, I'm breezy, I float through the smoke
But this list in my chest, nah — it ain't no joke
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**[HOOK — sung, melodic, relaxed]**
I hate a hundred things, but I keep it real low...
Salt-water breeze, watch the whole world go...
I ain't aggressive, I'm a lover at heart...
One mistake in the dark, now I'm fallin' apart... *(Ashley...)*
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**[VERSE 2]** — *the meeting: Lido, Bevanda, Colosseum*
Opatija sun, then a sign pulled me down
Off the usual sand to the Lido, scannin' the crowd
Got turned down a few times — but I never fold
Stayed deep in my flow, kept my head, kept it cold
Then you stepped to me, Ashley, just askin' a light
Passed you the cigarette — knew the vibe was right
Few soft words traded — that's the sympathy sign
Caught the moment dead-on, swapped numbers, you mine
Bevanda beach is the spot where I first saw you glow
Walked you hand in hand to the Colosseum, real slow
Felt strange to you, baby, but you loved it, I know
While your lil' sister teased us, playin' the show
Danced till they cut the lights — one a.m., throw us out
Holy and the devil at once — that's what we 'bout
A perfect match, no app — offline, in the flesh
Two souls in the dark and I'm feelin' it fresh
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**[HOOK]**
I hate a hundred things, but I keep it real low...
Salt-water breeze, watch the whole world go...
I ain't aggressive, I'm a lover at heart...
One mistake in the dark, now I'm fallin' apart... *(Ashley...)*
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**[VERSE 3]** — *the sister, the unraveling*
Now the night took a turn — let me put you on game
Your sister wound up tight, couldn't sit with her shame
Preachin' 'bout the good life, lyin' through her teeth
Married way below her worth, can't look underneath
Droppin' her phone, her papers, her cash on the floor
Put it all on you to mind her, then she's gone out the door
Huntin' for a man, but she don't know her own aim
Truth is she just want love — and I know that same flame
'Cause that's all I want too: to be held, to be known
Even when they don't get me, even standin' alone
But she got no regard — not for God, not for man
Least of all her own sister — that's how the envy ran
'Cause you select, you choose, you can find you a king
She can't hold one down, so she fake the whole thing
Stepped between us on that Galija road, time and again
Words empty as the space between stars — that's her, my friend
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**[VERSE 4]** — *the taxis, the two meters, the disrespect*
She bounced to a new spot, found a new little face
A barely-twenty kid tryna crowd up her space
I told him move like a gentleman — calm, no heat
He brushed off a grown man, stayed glued to the seat
I'm two meters back, nothin' but glass in between
Waited a hour for you, babe — you backed up the scene
First cab came and rolled 'cause y'all wouldn't move
3 a.m., wanted you safe — had nothin' to prove
That silence cut deeper than anything said
Your judgment's a blade and it went through my head
4:30, second cab, and I load you in slow
Sister climbs in — then the kid hops in MY car? Nah, no —
No aggression, pure honor — eased him out, kept him safe
Told him "stay — let the sisters ride home from this place"
Time slippin' like water straight out of my hands
And y'all turn around and blame ME where I stand?
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**[HOOK]**
I hate a hundred things, but I keep it real low...
Salt-water breeze, watch the whole world go...
I ain't aggressive, I'm a lover at heart...
One mistake in the dark, now I'm fallin' apart... *(Ashley...)*
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**[VERSE 5]** — *the aftermath, the reflection*
After all that I gave, I'm the villain tonight?
Carried you on my palm like a candle, a light
You call and you write, but you only hear you
Brand me aggressive — and that judgment cut through
I'm better than the best that you'd ever pull
You better than the best I would ever hold — full
But we fumble the gold, let it slip in the cold
"What's done cannot be undone," like the old story told
So I'm callin' for respect now — my space and my time
My people, my name, every minute that's mine
I need help, I need healin', gotta switch how I frame
What I feel, I think it — what I think, I say plain
I lead with my chest, but I leave the woman her room
Honest, active, wide open — let the real thing bloom
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**[BRIDGE — half-time, tender, the frozen moment]**
'Cause time don't even exist — not the quantum way, they say
Just a thing that we build in this flesh, day to day
But mine stopped dead in that Galija slow dance
When you kissed me — tasted your tongue, took the chance
Felt your skin and it drew me, pulled me all the way in
Like an archer draws the bow back, taut on the string
That moment's froze forever — it's the frame that I hold...
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**[OUTRO — spoken, soft, fade on the keys]**
I hate myself... But I love only one right now is: You Ashley