Luz Nova - Paper Cuts Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Paper cuts and rubber stamps
They wanna break me down, but I dance
Through their maze of forms and lies
Cultural erasure in disguise
Daddy's hands are shaking now
Filing papers, showing how
They strip away our family name
Playing their bureaucratic game

[Chorus]
I'm not your f*cking barcode
Not a number you can decode
Watch me turn this system inside out
Gonna make these bass lines scream and shout
Dancing through your red tape maze
Setting all your forms ablaze
You can't erase my identity
Your violence turns to energy

[Verse 2]
Shred my history if you dare
These roots run deeper than you're aware
Your stamps can't stop this beating heart
Watch me tear your rules apart
Every "no" becomes my fuel
Every rejection makes me rule
Your system tried to break us down
Now watch me wear it like a crown

[Bridge]
Click-click-click goes the machine
Processing souls it's never seen
But we rise up, we amplify
Your control, we defy

[Chorus]
I'm not your f*cking barcode
Not a number you can decode
Watch me turn this system inside out
Gonna make these bass lines scream and shout
Dancing through your red tape maze
Setting all your forms ablaze
You can't erase my identity
Your violence turns to energy

[Outro]
Forms may burn but we survive
Our culture keeps our souls alive
Your system's breaking down tonight
As we dance into the light
Watch us rise, watch us glow
Through the cracks your walls will go
Can't contain this fierce embrace
Of who we are, our time, our space