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Too Many Chickens

[Intro — filtered kick + distant chicken-like chopped vocal, slowly opening] [spoken, dry, close mic] Too many... Too many... [chopped vocal: "chick-chick-chickens"] [Verse 1 — tight groove, dry vocal, minimal bass] Sun comes up on a feathered riot [short plastic stab] Yard looks like a busy market Thirty beaks at the kitchen window [chopped vocal echo: "window... window..."] All of them asking for a plan I don't have [Pre-Chorus — bass pulls back, hats keep shuffling] [half-spoken] No plan... No plan... [filter rising] But we got rhythm [Chorus — full bass drop, wide vocals, layered chants] Too many chickens [group chant: "TOO MANY!"] Not enough vision [ad-lib: "hey!"] Clucking in time with my bad decisions Backyard bumping [chopped vocal: "bump-bump-bumping"] I just keep dancing Too many chickens [group chant: "TOO MANY!"] Zero logistics Feathers and chaos Perfect conditions [beat briefly cuts] If nobody plans it... [full groove slams back in] We just keep dancing [layered chant: "keep dancing, keep dancing"] [Post-Chorus — instrumental groove] [chopped vocal loop: "chickens... chickens... chickens..."] [rubbery synth lead answers vocal] [4 bars] [Verse 2 — groove strips down, vocal close and conversational] Neighbor says this ain't sustainable [spoken aside: "probably right"] I'm just laughing in my slippers Name tags on the garden fence posts Bosses of a kingdom I can't manage at all [Pre-Chorus — kick drops out for first two lines] [half-spoken] No system... No supervision... [kick returns] Still got rhythm [Chorus — wide, energetic] Too many chickens [group chant: "TOO MANY!"] Not enough vision [ad-lib: "oh!"] Clucking in time with my bad decisions Backyard bumping [chopped vocal: "bump-bump-bumping"] I just keep dancing Too many chickens Zero logistics Feathers and chaos Perfect conditions [beat cuts] If nobody plans it... [drop] We just keep dancing [layered chant: "dance! dance! dance!"] [Bridge — bass disappears, darker pads, filtered kick pulse] [spoken-sung, increasingly dramatic] What am I gonna do in December? What am I gonna cook for myself? I got a flock and a fridge full of nothing Guess I'm raising questions more than help [1 beat silence] [spoken, deadpan] Thirty chickens. [huge bass drop] [Final Chorus — biggest arrangement, doubled vocals, extra percussion] Too many chickens [group chant: "TOO MANY!"] Not enough vision Clucking in time with my bad decisions Backyard bumping I just keep dancing [chopped vocal: "keep-keep-keep dancing"] Too many chickens Zero logistics Feathers and chaos Perfect conditions [filter sweep begins] If nobody plans it... If nobody plans it... [beat opens fully] WE JUST KEEP DANCING [layered chants] Too many chickens! Keep dancing! Too many chickens! Keep dancing! [Outro — drums and bass continue, elements gradually filter away] [chopped vocal loop: "too many... too many... chickens"] [rubbery lead riff] [spoken, distant] Zero logistics. [final kick]