WHO DEY? WHO DAT? WHEN PIGS FLY! [Intro — Deep bass, crowd] [Lead] Cincinnati, you awake? [Crowd] WHO DEY! [Lead] New Orleans, talk back! [Crowd] WHO DAT! [Lead] Who’s who? [Crowd] WE ALL THAT! [Lead] Before you call it voodoo, hear what those old drums do. Seriously funky. Can’t play this beat? Let the beat play you. Keep moving. [Hook] Who Dey? — WE DEY! Who Dat? — ALL THAT! Two steps left, two steps right, point to the truth, then bring it back. Pigs fly high, all bets off, Babylon wobbles when the bassline walks. Forbidden love unlocked the door— Athrveal is on the floor! [Verse 1] Nasty Nati by the O-you, river keeping every debt, carried freedom, carried sorrow, still ain’t finished talking yet. Porkopolis put wings on history, bronze pigs over river stone. They said, “Maybe when the pigs fly.” Cincinnati said, “They’ve flown.” Who Dey at a Super Bowl? That’s damn near crazy—check the gate. Place your bets—no, all bets off; the impossible arrived late. Ohio pours into Mississippi: same deep water, different hat. Who Dey calling from upstream; down in New Orleans—WHO DAT! Second-line brass meets Nati bass, tiger stripes meet fleur-de-lis. Before you know what the drums do, both crowds dance into the street. [Line Dance] Two left—WHO DEY! Two right—WHO DAT! Point front—WHO’S WHO? Pivot—WE ALL THAT! Chest roll, shoulders back, heel, toe, bring it back. Blink once, change the map— love did what the walls could not. Pigs fly high, all bets off. Sweat like truth when the bassline walks. Forbidden love unlocked the door— Athrveal is on the floor! [Verse 2] Rump wrote sickness in his ledger, thought he’d keep the world apart. Love waved masks from lighted windows, made the distance into art. Now he’s hiding under footnotes, shaking at his final page. Babylon is losing balance; funk just pushed it off the stage. Don’t mourn bricks when towers tumble— build a dance floor from the fall. Nothing wasted, nothing missing; make tomorrow from it all. One child points toward the emperor: “Sir, your royal clothes ain’t there.” Rump grabs curtains, crowd starts laughing— truth put music in the air. [Legion Break] [Dark Voice] My name is Legion. We are many. [Crowd] Honey, count again! [Lead] Legion, devil, get behind me! [Crowd] NOT TODAY, SATAN! [Lead] Who’s watching? [Crowd] WE DEY! [Lead] Who remembers? [Crowd] BRIAR! [Lead] Who’s sleeping? [Crowd] THE LION! [Lead] Tiger? [Crowd] KNOWS THE WOLF! [Lead] Red? [Crowd] REMEMBERS BLOODLINES! [Unity Break] No joke for these eight bars. Minneapolis, speak his name: George Floyd died beneath a knee; the whole world walked in pain. London, Lagos, Paris, Sydney— feet rose up across the frame. We remember why we gathered. Love must mean we guard each name. [Beat Returns] Bring the bass back—not to bury what those marching footsteps proved. Dancing isn’t our forgetting; it’s the proof we made it through. [Worldwide Roll Call] Detroit! Chicago! Memphis! A-T-L! New York! Oakland! Houston! L.A.! Miami! Cleveland! D.C., stand! Cincinnati, clap your hands! London! Lagos! Accra! Kingston! Rio! Paris! Seoul! Tokyo! Nairobi! Mumbai! Mexico City! Johannesburg—show what you know! Toronto! Havana! Sydney! Berlin! Every city, bring your people in! If your town wasn’t called, call it now— [Crowd shouts city names] The world just joined the song somehow. [Bridge — Forbidden Love] Two lovers from forbidden sides stopped asking who was wrong. One heartbeat crossed the boundary; the other answered strong. No king approved, no ledger signed, no wall could make them fail. They kissed—and every lock remembered it was built to someday yield. Gold and violet crossed the ceiling. Seven moons appeared in time. Three suns woke behind the bass drum. Every body found the sign. Not by conquest. Not by fear. Not because a crown prevailed. Love chose love— the floor broke open— WELCOME TO ATHRVEAL! [Final Funk Chorus] Who Dey? — WE DEY! Who Dat? — ALL THAT! Who’s who? — YOU TOO! Do The Blink and bring it back! Two left, two right, point, pivot, change your life. Chest roll, shoulders wide— one blink turns the wrong thing right. Babylon fell? Use the bricks. Rump is done? Play the lick. Legion came? We brought more. Forbidden love unlocked the door! Who Dey upstream! Who Dat below! Pigs in the sky! Lion, wake and roar! Briar remembers. The red river knows. Tiger meets wolf where the old water flows. It’s all love— unless you choose for it not to be. Choose again. We can change it all in a blink. [Outro] [Lead] Is Rump over? [Crowd] OH, DEFINITELY! [Lead] When will pigs fly? [Crowd] LOOK UP! [Lead] Who opened Athrveal? [Crowd] LOVE DID! [Lead] Two left, two right, point, pivot— [Crowd] BLINK!
