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Monitor Looked Rough

Genre: 90's Hip-Hop
Released: August 28, 2026
Length: 3:25

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Lyrics

Verse 1

Sittin' at the desk with a chart in my hand Telemetry started throwin' fits again Little squiggle went wild, then flat, then mean Looked like trouble there on the screen I said, Not today, not on my shift Grabbed my Vocera, ain't even flinch Hit the hall like the whole place knew I got a code blue in room two

Pre-Chorus

They came fast, crash cart roll I was already on a mission, whole heart, full soul Pushed that door, ready to save a life Walked in the room, wish I'd stayed outside

Chorus

Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher I called for help, now I gotta recover Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher

Verse 2

There he was, with his girl on top Both gone red when the whole thing stopped I froze one beat, then regained my voice Hospital romance... bold choice I said, You can't do that in here He said, "My bad," looking shook, dead clear His girl dove for the blanket... Too little... Too late Half the floor got the full display

Pre-Chorus

Code team standing there at the door Whole squad froze like never before I pointed once, then I shook my head Wrong kinda rhythm comin' from the bed

Chorus

Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher I called for help, now I gotta recover Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher

Verse 3

Security showed with their poker face Took one look... Then turned away Visitor badge... Clothes half gone I know she just came, but now she's headin' home

Chorus

Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher False alarm, I'll never recover Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher

Bridge

Next time telemetry starts to dance I'm knockin' first... before I take that chance Before I yell "Code!", before I run Peek through the curtain, don't jump the gun

Final Chorus

Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher False alarm, I don't think I'll ever recover Monitor looked rough, sex looked rougher

About this song

This one came courtesy of my wife and her years in nursing.

Every telemetry nurse knows the moment.

You're sitting at the desk, minding your business, when a patient's rhythm suddenly starts looking like absolute garbage.

The monitor is throwing a fit.

The tracing looks terrifying.

And now you're heading down the hall expecting to find a patient who's very much not doing well.

Except sometimes the patient is doing fine.

Suspiciously fine.

Apparently, one of the lesser-discussed causes of telemetry artifact is a patient deciding that hospitalization shouldn't interfere with a little quality time with their significant other.

So instead of discovering a lethal arrhythmia, you've just burst into a room containing two extremely surprised people.

There's a telemetry monitor desperately trying to interpret what it's witnessing.

There's a code team wondering why exactly they've been invited.

And there's a nurse realizing that this particular rhythm probably isn't getting fixed with electricity.

False alarm.

Patient's alive.

Everybody can go back to what they were doing.

Well...

Almost everybody.

The monitor looked rough.

The sex looked rougher.

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