We Are The Current

**[INTRO — whispered over machinery / hydraulic hiss]** Pretty ain’t passive. Soft ain’t small. Watch her touch the switch. **[DROP]** POWER. **[VERSE 1]** Boot hit concrete, click-clack clean Face card lethal, posture mean No little favor, no backstage pass She built the door, then walked through last Chrome in the teeth of the bassline bite Whole damn floor when she steps goes tight You can keep your seat, keep your little crown She didn’t come up just to water it down **[PRE-CHORUS]** Pressure up Gauge red Lip gloss Steel thread Hands up Chin high One look— Goodnight. **[CHORUS]** **POWER** You don’t give me power I generate it **POWER** Whole room on a breaker I regulate it Heel on the switch Let the whole thing hit If I want that shit I go get that shit **POWER** Say it with your chest I was born with it **[POST-CHORUS — chopped vocal]** P-P-P-POWER Turn it up P-P-P-POWER Not enough P-P-P-POWER Girls like us— We don’t borrow it We **are** the current **[INDUSTRIAL DROP]** *(POWER)* CLANG *(POWER)* CLANG *(POWER)* Kick—kick—kick—kick— **[VERSE 2]** She can wear silk, she can wear steel Doesn’t make either one less real Manicure wrapped round a business plan Whole operation in the palm of her hand Nice when she wants, loud when she needs Nobody tells her how much room she can keep Call her excessive—I call that cute Turn up the sub till it rattles the roof One for the women who carried the load Two for the ones making something their own Three for the ones they expected to fold Four— Now watch what happens when everybody knows— **[PRE-CHORUS]** Pressure up Gauge red Lip gloss Steel thread Hands up Chin high One look— Goodnight. **[CHORUS]** **POWER** You don’t give me power I generate it **POWER** Whole room on a breaker I regulate it Heel on the switch Let the whole thing hit If I want that shit I go get that shit **POWER** Say it with your chest I was born with it **[BREAKDOWN — beat strips to stomps + metal impacts]** Who runs the board? **SHE DOES.** Who signs her name? **SHE DOES.** Who made the rules? Who changed the rules? Who bought the building they wouldn’t let her into? **SHE DID.** Again. **SHE. DID.** **[BUILD — distorted breathing / rising siren]** No permission No approval No committee No removal No permission No approval Turn The Whole Thing— **[FINAL DROP]** **ON.** **[FINAL CHORUS]** **POWER** You don’t give me power I generate it **POWER** Put your hand on the speaker Feel it vibrate Heel on the switch Let the whole thing hit Every woman in the room Better move like this **POWER** Pretty, loud, brilliant Unapologetic **POWER** Built it from the ground Now watch her operate it **[POST-CHORUS]** P-P-P-POWER Turn it up P-P-P-POWER Still not enough P-P-P-POWER Girls like us— We don’t borrow it. **We are the current.** **[OUTRO — dead stop]** Power isn’t given. **[single metallic hit]** Generated.