Umbrella Syndicate

140 BPM | Rap | Key: D minor [Mood: Dark] | [Energy: High] ​[Intro | city ambience | rain | vinyl hiss | piano] [Spoken word] Welcome to the Iceberg Lounge. Wipe your shoes. (Wipe 'em clean) ​[Verse 1 | raspy lead vocal | 808 sub bass] Top hat tilted, monocle gleams Running the city behind the scenes [adlib boom] You play the bat, I play the board Every umbrella hides a sword (Watch the blade) Walking with a limp but I run this town Cobblepot heavy, I wear the crown ​[Pre-Chorus | build-up | rising tension | brass section] [Mocking laughter] You think it's a joke? The temperature's dropping, it's starting to smoke [adlib whoa] Step in my club, you're paying the toll ​[Chorus | rap | sidechained synth bass | high energy] THIS IS THE UMBRELLA SYNDICATE (Syndicate) WE RISE from the sewers to the top of the state (To the top) Got Gotham on ice, got the cops on the pay You're swimming with penguins today! [adlib yeah] ​[Verse 2 | steady | piano | beat switch] Look at the waddle, laugh at the nose But I'm the one buying your fancy clothes [adlib hey] Fish in the barrel, shooting them dead I keep a birdcage right by my bed (Chirp chirp) A gentleman mobster, dining on fine Pouring the vengeance right in the wine ​[Bridge | breakdown | sparse instrumentation | strings] [Whisper] They called me a freak............ Down in the cold where the sunlight is bleak............ But look at me now. [adlib ok] ​[Final Chorus | Energy: High | explosive | brass stabs] THIS IS THE UMBRELLA SYNDICATE (Syndicate) WE RISE from the sewers to the top of the state (To the top) Got Gotham on ice, got the cops on the pay You're swimming with penguins today! ​[Outro: Fade out | city ambience | distant chanting] Yeah, the Penguin always collects. [adlib boom] (Always collects) (Iceberg........)