Jacob Griscom
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2017-07-22

Hard Core Shit

Masculinity-as-noise. Bravado stacked until it collapses under its own absurdity.

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Hard Core Shit

Masculinity-as-noise. Bravado stacked until it collapses under its own absurdity.

33 tracks

0:002:10

Original Recording on Instagram

Lyrics

You can probably feel right about now
This is gonna be some
HARD
CORE
SHIT

Yeah

Don't tell me what to do, fool
I'm smarter than you
I watch hella YouTube
Informed motherfucker

Sucker, I watch BBC and Tucker
At the same damn time, double buffer
Plus I studied Jackie Chan, man
Took karate with Leonardo, fam

Best Ninja Turtle, facts
Didn't wear the suit but I still got that
Wax on, wax off, break your spine
Sensei said I'm deadly in my mind

I read headlines, I skim books
I know shit 'cause I got good looks
Alpha brain, beta haters
Sigma grindset, Lord Vader

I lift groceries
Emotionally
Pay my rent
Occasionally

I'm jacked up on facts and caffeine
Shadowboxing demons I ain't never seen
Chest so puffed I can barely breathe
Hard core shit just to feel like me

YELL REAL LOUD
SO I FEEL STRONG
IF I STOP TALKIN'
I'M PROBABLY WRONG

Hard core shit, no fear allowed
If I doubt myself I just get loud
More opinions, less control
Screamin' confidence into a hole

Yeah
That's right
Hard core shit

Interpretation

This is masculinity-as-noise. Information hoarding as dominance. Confidence as volume. Aggression as insulation. The joke lands because the speaker never steps outside the bit—he just keeps stacking increasingly meaningless proof of superiority until the whole thing collapses under its own weight. The insecurity isn't confessed; it's buried alive under credentials, references, and volume. Emotional arc: posturing → absurd escalation → self-parody → buried vulnerability.