[Intro: metronome clicks, then skips] (tick-tick, ta-ka-TICK!) [Verse: syncopated sing-rap] The whole parade is stepping left on one I put a little pause where they put the drum They say I missed the beat, I say I found A secret little rhythm underneath the sound [Pre-Chorus: call-response] (You're off time!) I'm right on mine (Too strange!) That's my design [Chorus: soaring melody, polyrhythm] I'm the beat between the beats I'm the skip beneath your feet If my heart won't march in line I'll make the crooked rhythm shine (ta-ka, ta-ka, hey!) No need to straighten what can swing Hear the whole wide weird world sing [Drop: chopped scats, breakbeat] (boom-ka-tss) (bmm-tss-ka) [808 bass answers vocal hook] [Outro: unexpected clap] That's my downbeat.
