[BLACK — NO INSTRUMENTS] [COSMIC — LOW CHEST HUM] Mmm-hm... Mmm-hm... [mouth click] Mmm-hm... Mmm-hm... [BOOT] Huh—chk. Mmm-hm. [SECOND BOOT] [COSMIC — APPALACHIAN RAP] I been riding through the valley, Seen a lock on every door, People climbing up the walls They never needed climbing for. Sold 'em ladders. Sold 'em fear. Said, "Work harder— Maybe someday you'll get clear." I looked down— Key in their hand. [BOOT] Well, I'll be damned. [BANJO COPIES MOUTH RHYTHM] [COSMIC] JOY! [JOY — WILD] GET MY BOOTS! TRUST! [TRUST — LOW] Right here. HAPPINESS! [HAPPINESS] Been waiting! GRATITUDE! [GRATITUDE — OLD, GRINNING] Got the bag. [COSMIC] What's in it? [GRATITUDE] Enough. [UPRIGHT BASS ENTERS] [COSMIC] Love? [UNCONDITIONAL LOVE — CONTRALTO] Who needs us? [COSMIC] Everybody. [KARMA — QUIET] Then quit talking. [LES PAUL BEND] [COSMIC] Karma is on MY SIDE. [ALL] MOUNT UP! [CHORUS] MOUNT UP! MOUNT UP! If you found your key, TURN AROUND! MOUNT UP! MOUNT UP! There's another Soul That needs us now! We don't break the people out— WE SHOW 'EM HOW TO LEAVE! They had you climbing walls— YOU HAD THE KEY! [STOMP-STOMP] YOU HAD THE KEY! [VERSE 2 — POSSE TRADE-OFF] [JOY] They told you joy was something You could earn when work was done— Hell, I brought mine with me. WHO WANTS SOME? [TRUST] One step. Then another. Don't need the whole road. Just enough faith For the next damn toe. [HAPPINESS] I ain't stupid! I know life gets rough! But surviving ain't a promise You can't ever feel good stuff! [GRATITUDE] They keep asking what I'm carrying. I tell 'em— What stayed. What grew. Who called. Who loved. One meal. One roof. One more day. That's C4, son. Start with what remains. [STOMP BUILD] [CHORUS] MOUNT UP! MOUNT UP! If you found your key, TURN AROUND! MOUNT UP! MOUNT UP! There's another Soul That needs us now! They built the ladders! Sold you the climb! Never told you THE LOCK WAS YOURS THE WHOLE DAMN TIME! YOU HAD THE KEY! [DEEP-HOUSE PULSE LOCKS TO STOMPS] [VERSE 3] [SOUL — CLOSE, VULNERABLE] Am I a mistake? Did the Universe send me by accident? [MUSIC STOPS] [UNIVERSE — DISTANT] Nope. [SOUL] How do you know? [UNIVERSE] I know you, Soul. [ONE BOOT] [COSMIC — QUIET] Let's go. [BOOT] [SOUL] What if I fail? [UNCONDITIONAL LOVE] You cannot fail if I will not let you fail yourself. Not because I'll carry you. Because I will sit beside you until you remember— you can stand. [STOMP] [COSMIC] Up. [STOMP] [COSMIC] UP. [ALL] MOUNT UP! [BREAKDOWN — HUGE FLOOR STOMP] [COSMIC] LOCKED UP? [ALL] FIND THE KEY! [COSMIC] KNOCKED DOWN? [ALL] FIND YOUR FEET! [COSMIC] DON'T KNOW? [ALL] LEARN THE THING! [COSMIC] GOT OUT? [ALL] GO BACK IN! [COSMIC] WHY? [ALL] SOMEBODY CAME FOR ME! [CEDAR FLUTE ANSWERS] [BRIDGE] [KARMA — ALMOST WHISPERED] You want revenge? [COSMIC] No. [KARMA] Good. I don't need a gun. I don't need a score. I don't need somebody bleeding on the floor. Plant something good. Then plant some more. Consequence knows everybody's door. [COSMIC] Karma's on my side. [KARMA] Then act like it. [BEAT CUT] [GRATITUDE] And say thank you. [JOY LAUGHS] [FINAL BUILD] [COSMIC] JOY ON THE LEFT! [JOY] I'M HERE! [COSMIC] TRUST ON THE RIGHT! [TRUST] MOVE. [COSMIC] GRATITUDE! [GRATITUDE] KEYS READY! [COSMIC] LOVE HOLD THE LIGHT! [LOVE] ALWAYS. [COSMIC] HAPPINESS! [HAPPINESS] WINDOWS DOWN! [COSMIC] KARMA! [KARMA] Drive. [COSMIC] WHO WE GOING FOR? [ALL] EVERYBODY! [FINAL CHORUS — MASSIVE] MOUNT UP! MOUNT UP! IF YOU FOUND YOUR KEY, TURN AROUND! MOUNT UP! MOUNT UP! LET THE BOOTS SHAKE THE GROUND! WE AIN'T HERE TO CARRY YOU! WE'RE HERE UNTIL YOU STAND! YOU WERE NEVER BORN IN CHAINS— THERE'S A KEY INSIDE YOUR HAND! MOUNT UP! JOY! MOUNT UP! TRUST! GRATITUDE! HAPPINESS! LOVE! [COSMIC] THIS WILL NOT BE STOPPED! [ALL] MOUNT UP! [EVERYTHING CUTS] [COSMIC — ORIGINAL HUM] Mmm-hm... Mmm-hm... [keys jingle] [COSMIC — QUIET] Next one.
