Streets on Fire

Dusty boom-bap drums with crunchy snares, warm jazz piano loops, and a thick upright bass line, Male vocals locked tight to the pocket; hook explodes with layered crowd-style chants and call-and-response ad-libs, Verses stay raw and close-mic’d, subtle vinyl hiss underneath; final chorus adds horn stabs and stacked harmonies for a rising, rebellious climax

[Intro] Hands up Heads high If you fed up This that reply (yeah) [Verse 1] Got my back to the wall Ink on my hands Poster glue drip while we drafting new plans They profit off fear Sell chaos like brands We planting small seeds that can crack through the land Mama said “pray ” I said “move your feet” So we pray while we march Both eyes on the streets They tell us “stay calm ” they tell us “be meek” But history was written by the ones who would speak [Chorus] This that revolution talk Say it out loud (say it out loud) From the front row fighters to the back of the crowd (back of the crowd) If they try to shut us down We just turn up the sound ‘Cause the streets on fire and we’re not backing down This that revolution talk Straight from the source (from the source) Every chant Every step Pulling truth off course If they try to knock us over We just change our course Yeah The streets on fire We the driving force [Verse 2] Kids with cardboard Ink-stained fists Grandma in the middle yelling “write that list” Names of the lost that the news still missed We say ‘em like prayers Every breath Every risk They wanna buy peace while they sell more blame We building up trust like a runaway train From the ground From the pain From the side they disdain We turn broken little whispers to a hurricane [Chorus] This that revolution talk Say it out loud (say it out loud) From the front row fighters to the back of the crowd (hey) If they try to shut us down We just turn up the sound ‘Cause the streets on fire and we’re not backing down This that revolution talk Straight from the source (straight from the source) Every chant Every step Pulling truth off course If they try to knock us over We just change our course Yeah The streets on fire We the driving force

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