Music is a weapon (Special Version)

[Intro] One… two… step into the light… Wind the gramophone, let the shadows take flight. [Verse 1] In the city of whispers where the neon fades, Dark hands are weaving in the mess they made. But we don’t bow, we don’t break, we don’t run, We carry the fire when the day is done. Brass in our pockets, rhythm in our stride, Masked in the daylight, but we got nothing to hide. When the clock strikes midnight and the sirens cry, We answer with a trumpet that cuts through the sky. [Pre-Chorus] Hear that heartbeat? That’s the drum of the free! Step out the shadows, stand tall, you’ll see. For honor, for love, for the breath in our lungs, We speak in the rhythm, we fight with our tongues! [Chorus] Hey, swing it! Let the breakbeat roll! For freedom, for love, for the fire in our soul! When the darkness creeps and the wicked advance, We meet ‘em with rhythm, we meet ‘em with dance! One-two-three, lift your feet to the floor, Jazz in our veins, we won’t take it no more! We won’t bend the line, we won’t fade in the night, As long as the groove plays, we’re stepping in light! [Verse 2] They told us to surrender, said the odds were too steep, But we wound up the phonograph, woke up from the sleep. Saxophone slicing, double bass low, Every single strike is a promise we owe. Lovers in the alley, hands locked in time, Honor’s not traded, it’s carried in rhyme. We ain’t painted heroes on a silver screen, Just ordinary souls with a will to be free! Pre-Chorus] Hear that heartbeat? That’s the drum of the free! Step out the shadows, stand tall, you’ll see. For honor, for love, for the breath in our lungs, We speak in the rhythm, we fight with our tongues! [Chorus] Hey, swing it! Let the breakbeat roll! For freedom, for love, for the fire in our soul! When the darkness creeps and the wicked advance, We meet ‘em with rhythm, we meet ‘em with dance! One-two-three, lift your feet to the floor, Jazz in our veins, we won’t take it no more! We won’t bend the line, we won’t fade in the night, As long as the groove plays, we’re stepping in light! [Bridge] Silence… but the tension’s in the air. Step back… to jump into the flare. Ain’t the darkness that you fear, it’s the doubt in your chest. But we flip on the spotlight… …and we give it our best! Ba-da-ba-doo! Skiddly-bop-shoo! Rise up! Swing out! Don’t you stop, don’t you bow! [Chorus] Hey, swing it! Let the breakbeat roll! For freedom, for love, for the fire in our soul! When the darkness creeps and the wicked advance, We meet ‘em with rhythm, we meet ‘em with dance! One-two-three, lift your feet to the floor, Jazz in our veins, we won’t take it no more! We won’t bend the line, we won’t fade in the night, As long as the groove plays, we’re stepping in light! [Outro] The swing… won’t fade away… The honor… won’t break today… The love… won’t lose its flame… *(Scat: da-da-da, shoo-bop, hey!)* As long as the beat plays… we stay.