[style – jazz rap, 7/4 breakbeat, fast rap, noir jazz, breakbeats] [Intro – jazz noir, 7/4 groove, brushed snare, upright bass, muted trumpet, rain ambience, 92 BPM] Four feet on the floor, one corner missing I’m standing where a corner should be [spoken voice] Three people left, and every back sees a wall. [verse 1 – fast jazz rap, 7/4 breakbeat, syncopated hi-hats, dry vocal, upright bass] Four feet, four beats, four faces in the frame Three backs, three cracks, every room becomes a wall I turn around slow and I see the brick in my place No corner at my back, just a flat, hard face [spoken voice] A corner is a promise, a wall is what’s left. [pre-chorus – half-time jazz drums, bass swell, whispered chant, 7/4] Four make a corner Three make a wall Two make a hallway One makes a fall [echo] Four make a corner… [chorus – anthemic jazz rap hook, brass stabs, 7/4 breakbeat, layered vocals] Four people make a corner, three people make a wall Three people make a wall behind every back I’m looking for the fourth one, the one who closes the bend So I can stand in the corner and not lean against the wall Four people make a corner, three people make a wall I keep asking for a corner but I keep getting the wall [spoken voice] I don’t want a wall with my name on it. [verse 2 – fast double-time rap, breakbeat drums, sax stabs, vinyl crackle] Every body is a corner, every corner is a call Four people in the room and the room stops cracking Take one out, the shape goes thin Three people left and the room starts closing in I’m at the edge of the frame, I’m at the edge of the wall Four faces hold the corner, three faces hold the wall [spoken voice] I can’t build a corner out of three. [breakdown – 7/4 breakbeat, sub-bass pulse, crowd chant, reverb] [chant] Four people, four people, four people in the corner Three people, three people, three people make a wall [drum fill] [echo] Four make a corner… Three make a wall… Two make a hallway… One makes a fall… [bridge – jazz solo, 7/4, muted trumpet, emotional swell, half-time drums] Maybe I was counting wrong Maybe a corner isn’t a map It’s four people staying put It’s four backs not leaning on the wall [spoken voice] I don’t need a square. I need a corner. [build – 7/4 stomp, hi-hat roll, bass rise, fast rap adlibs] Four, four, four, four Hold the corner, hold the corner Four, four, four, four Don’t let the wall take over [final chorus – full arrangement, jazz rap, brass, harmonies, faster rap adlibs] Four people make a corner, three people make a wall Three people make a wall behind every back I’m done asking for a corner when the room only gives me walls I’m done turning every body into a wall I’ll wait for the fourth one, the one who closes the bend So I can stand in the corner and not lean against the wall Four people make a corner, three people make a wall [spoken voice] Four people, or no corner at all. [outro – slow 7/4 fade, upright bass, brushed snare, muted trumpet, footsteps, rain] Four feet on the floor, one corner missing I’m standing where a corner should be [spoken voice] I’ll know the corner when I don’t see a wall behind me. [fade out]
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