Clock Out At Five

This one started with a voice note. A friend in Ikoyi sent a 40-second rant at 5:03pm about a manager who schedules "quick syncs" at 4:55 every single Friday. The percussion came first, then the hook wrote itself in the lift.

It is the Rise song on purpose. Not quitting, not a fantasy about the beach. Just the small, repeatable victory of leaving on time and refusing to feel guilty about it. The shaker in the chorus is a set of office keys.