Shift Pact from Grime Shift by RATCHEL

This track drops you into Overcrank's grimy initiation. It starts hesitant, a new hand in a pit full of eyes, the air thick with suspicion. You feel that uneasy shift as the pneumatic tools kick in, the early 303 squelch a restless pulse against the clatter of wrench-on-metal percussion. The emotional current pulls from isolation, moving through the uncertainty of earning a place, until the call-and-response builds. It’s a raw transition, a kind of baptism by exhaust fumes, where vulnerability slowly gives way. By the end, it channels the fierce, almost desperate pride of finally belonging, the collective chant overriding any doubt. This isn't just a beat; it's the sound of a coverall gaining its first indelible grease stain.

Tracklist

1.	Shift Pact	3:11

Lyrics

Grease on my hands, contract in my grip
Wrenchers crew patch waits for my signature slip

Overcrank floor, sodium glare burns bright
Welding masks watching, reflecting my fight
New meat walking through their sacred space
Earning my place in this high-vis race
Tool belt empty but my heart beats true
Show them what these grease-stained hands can do

One of us! (One of us!)
Prove your worth! (Prove your worth!)
Blood and bolts! (Blood and bolts!)
Overcrank turf! (Overcrank turf!)

Sledges lurking past the scaffold towers
Testing loyalty through grinding hours
Spark Key legend whispered low and deep
Sacred oaths that every Wrencher keeps
Hydraulic pressure builds inside my chest
This crew's my family, forget the rest

Shift pact signed in motor oil and sweat!
No backing down, no room for regret!
Brotherhood forged in the furnace heat!
Overcrank pulse, feel that breakbeat!
Shift pact signed in motor oil and sweat!
We rise together or we fall in debt!

*Click-hiss-clang*
*Ratchet-turn-slam*
*Pressure-release-bang*
Every sound a promise made
Every beat a bond that won't fade

SHIFT PACT! SHIFT PACT!
Blood and chrome intact!
SHIFT PACT! SHIFT PACT!
Never looking back!
One crew, one heart, one Overcrank soul!
Grease and glory, that's our only goal!

Credits

from Grime Shift, released July 19, 2025

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