rap, Anthemic melodic rap, male vocals. Huge halftime drums, sub-heavy low end, and airy choirs under a soulful piano loop. Verses ride a swung pocket with intimate close-mic vocal; chorus explodes into stadium reverb, stacked gospel harmonies, and crowd shouts. Occasional organ swells and muted guitars lift the emotional peaks; hype-man ad-libs tucked wide in the stereo field., gospel, hip-hop, deep, vocal, tone
3:33
rap, Anthemic melodic rap, male vocals. Huge halftime drums, sub-heavy low end, and airy choirs under a soulful piano loop. Verses ride a swung pocket with intimate close-mic vocal; chorus explodes into stadium reverb, stacked gospel harmonies, and crowd shouts. Occasional organ swells and muted guitars lift the emotional peaks; hype-man ad-libs tucked wide in the stereo field., gospel, hip-hop, deep, vocal, tone
3:10
Prompt:
[Intro] (yeah, yeah) Hands up I can hear y’all breathin’ (uh) Whole room shake when I start speakin’ (let’s go) [Verse 1] Came up where the snow turn gray by noon (by noon) Mama in the kitchen, hummin’ out of tune (oh, mama) Uncle on the couch, TV light on his wounds I was writin’ in a notebook, tryin’ to change my view (uh) Choir in my chest since a shorty, I swear (I swear) Every block sermon got smoke in the air (for real) They told me I was nothin’, I just stared Now my name ride the wind everywhere (everywhere) [Chorus] This my South Side cathedral (South Side) Every row full of people (hands up) Every scar that I carry turned sequel I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive, we equal (we equal) Say my name, let the rafters shake (shake) Turn the pain into pride, into faith (faith) From the Chi where the cold cut deep too But my voice gon’ warm up the street for my people (for my people) [Verse 2] I remember late nights, train lights, passin’ the crib (skrrt) Dreams on layaway, couldn’t pay for the risk (nah) Now I talk to the mirror like, “Boy, you the gift” (you the one) Same face, new flame in the middle of it (woah) Got my cousin in the crowd with his hat low (hat low) He was there when the tears hit the back road (yeah) Now we front row, singin’ what we asked for Every ‘no’ that they gave, now the backbone (talk to ‘em) [Chorus] This my South Side cathedral (South Side) Every row full of people (let’s go) Every scar that I carry turned sequel I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive, we equal (we equal) Say my name, let the rafters shake (shake) Turn the pain into pride, into faith (faith) From the Chi where the cold cut deep too But my voice gon’ warm up the street for my people (my people, yeah) [Bridge] If you ever felt small, look up (look up) If they ever wrote you off, stand up (stand up) From the back of the bus to the front of the stage We the choir that can’t be shushed (can’t be shushed, nah) [Chorus] This my South Side cathedral (South Side) Every row full of people (hands high) Every scar that I carry turned sequel I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive, we equal (we equal) Say my name, let the rafters shake (shake) Turn the pain into pride, into faith (faith) From the Chi where the cold cut deep too But my voice gon’ warm up the street for my people (for my people, yeah)