Bring Your Own Rhytm - Ayoa & Kaelo - Bennie Mellies

[Verse 1 — Ayoa, Female] I watched you strike the hollow wood The clearing answered low I followed every turn you made Afraid to miss the flow But every time I matched you Something in me disappeared My hands were making music Still none of it was mine to hear [Pre-Chorus — Kaelo, Male] Don’t count my footsteps Don’t wait for my cue The sound you keep hiding Is the part I came to know in you [Chorus — Both] Bring your own rhythm, bring it to me Don’t borrow my step, don’t move like me Bring your own rhythm, rough or smooth I don’t need another me I came to move with you Let it break open, let it fall back in We don’t need the same beat for the dance to begin Bring your own rhythm, honest and true I came here with mine Now let me hear you [Verse 2 — Kaelo, Male] Mi used to think a steady tempo Meant somebody take the lead So I filled up every measure Left no room for you to breathe Then you landed off the downbeat And the whole song opened wide What sounded wrong for one bar Made the next one come alive [Pre-Chorus — Ayoa, Female] Then don’t correct me If I enter late Let me find the pocket Let me make the pattern change [Chorus — Both] Bring your own rhythm, bring it to me Don’t borrow my step, don’t move like me Bring your own rhythm, rough or smooth I don’t need another me I came to move with you Let it break open, let it fall back in We don’t need the same beat for the dance to begin Bring your own rhythm, honest and true I came here with mine Now let me hear you [Bridge — Both] One beat can call One beat can answer One can stumble One can stand We don’t have to land together To be part of the same dance No one fading in the background No one drowning out the rest You can move the way you feel it I will meet you at my best [Rhythm Breakdown — Both] One beat Leave space One more Let it change Don’t fill it Let it breathe That is you And this is me [Final Chorus — Both] Bring your own rhythm, bring it to me Don’t borrow my step, don’t move like me Bring your own rhythm, rough or smooth I don’t need another me I came to move with you Let it break open, let it fall back in We don’t need the same beat for the dance to begin Bring your own rhythm, honest and true I came here with mine Now let me hear you Bring your own rhythm I’ll bring mine too Nothing copied Nothing to prove Two different patterns Making something new Bring your own rhythm I want to dance with you [Outro — Ayoa and Kaelo] [Ayoa, Female] I thought I had to follow [Kaelo, Male] Mi never wanted an echo [Both] Now the clearing hears us both And neither one disappears [outro piano] [outro whisper] Ben, Ben, Bennie pon di riddim Mmmmhhhh.....