[G Rate | Male Rap Lead | Street Organizer | Aggressive Militant Intensity | Percussive Triplet Delivery, Clipped Consonants] [Smooth | Male Melodic Voice | Fired-Up Witness | Aggressive Rising Intensity, against Smooth's usual warm register | Full-Voiced Belting, Sustained Power Vowels] [Intro | G Rate | Smooth] [Extended Build | Marching Drumline into Full Band | Aggressive Militant Intensity] [G Rate] They said our vote's a whisper — we're makin' it a shout! [Smooth] THEY SAID WE WOULDN'T SHOW UP — WATCH THE LINE WRAP AROUND THE BLOCK! [Verse 1 | G Rate] [Aggressive Militant Intensity | Percussive Triplet Delivery] Ballot box on the corner, line wrapped 'round the block Grandma brought her walker, still she wouldn't stop They said the polls too far, said the hours too tight So we drove the whole block there, made a day and a night One vote, one voice, one name upon the roll Multiply that by a million, watch it take its toll Ballot in the barrel, load it up with truth Aim it at the silence, fire from the youth [Hook | G Rate | Smooth] [Dual Aggressive Call and Response | Explosive Militant Energy | Clipped Attack Answered by Full-Voiced Belting] [G Rate] Ballot in the barrel! [Smooth] LOAD IT UP! [G Rate] Paper is louder! [Smooth] THAN A FIST EVER WAS! [Both] They can't stop a million marchin' to the box Ballot in the barrel — that's how we rise up! [Verse 2 | Smooth] [Aggressive Rising Intensity | Full-Voiced Belting Building] Grandma marched for the right just to have a say Ain't gon' let that sacrifice get thrown away Every empty seat at the table is a silence That silence turn to distance when it's met with defiance So I knock on every door, clipboard in my hand Turn the corner store into a registration stand Ain't about a side, ain't about a fight It's about the ballot box outlivin' the night [Hook | G Rate | Smooth] repeat [Marching Band / Funk / DJ Break | G Rate | Smooth] [Instrumental Showcase | Aggressive Ad-Lib Trade | Full Horn Section, Marching Drumline, Funk Bassline, DJ Scratch] [G Rate] Load it up! [Smooth] LOAD IT UP! [G Rate] Load it up! [Smooth] LOAD IT UP! [Bridge | G Rate | Smooth | Crowd] [Call and Response | Aggressive Militant Energy] [G Rate] Whose block? [Crowd] OUR BLOCK! [Smooth] Whose future? [Crowd] OUR FUTURE! [Both] Whose power? [Crowd] OUR POWER! [Verse 3 | G Rate | Smooth] [Trading Aggressive Bars | Percussive vs. Belting Contrast] [G Rate] Every signature on the sheet is a seed I plant [Smooth] EVERY NEIGHBOR I CONVINCE IS A STEP I CAN'T [G Rate] Afford to skip, afford to sleep on, afford to waste [Smooth] THIS THE MOMENT, THIS THE MESSAGE, THIS THE CASE [Both] Ballot in the barrel, aimed with clarity I ain't askin' for a favor, I demand the parity [Hook | G Rate | Smooth] repeat [Verse 4 | G Rate | Smooth] [Trading Aggressive Bars | Building Toward Climax] [G Rate] Mail-in ballot on the table, stamp already licked [Smooth] SOME SAID IT'S TOO SLOW, SAID THE SYSTEM RIGGED [G Rate] But I filled it out with my grandmother watchin' close [Smooth] TOLD HER THIS THE MOMENT THAT WE ALWAYS CHOSE [Both] Every election cycle, every four-year wait Ain't about the wait, it's about who we make Ballot in the barrel, one more round to spare I'm loadin' up again 'cause the future's still there [Hook | G Rate | Smooth | Crowd] [Biggest, Doubled, Full Aggressive Unison] repeat twice [Outro | G Rate | Smooth] [Closing Aggressive Declaration | Clipped Attack into Belted Sustain] [G Rate] Register. Show up. [Smooth] MARK THE BOX!
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