PUT IT IN NEUTRAL (Bulldozer Full of Help) [INTRO] Woo… I know you brought me something good. Just don’t run me over with it. [VERSE 1] You pulled up with the flowers and the medicine, Blanket for the cold, little light to let me in. Everything I wanted, everything I might need— But you brought it on a blade moving full speed. Heart full of heaven, foot down hard, Trying to plant roses while you level the yard. I know why you worry, you know why I guard— But we used to light up when we saw each other. So before one moment tells us who we’ve always been, Take your hand off the lever—let me see my woman again. [PRE-CHORUS — FEMALE] I was only trying to reach you. (I know.) I was only trying to help. (Come close.) I got scared you wouldn’t hear me, So I brought it all myself. [CHORUS] Put it in neutral, baby—woo. Don’t run me over with the love you brought me. Everything inside that blade looks beautiful, You just don’t have to push it all upon me. Put it in neutral, baby—woo. Let the engine rest, let the real thing start. You still got the flowers, I still got the heart— We can carry what we need and leave the machine parked. You ain’t got to flatten me To build me up. Put it in neutral, baby. That’s love enough. [POST-CHORUS] Woo—bring it soft. Woo—bring it slow. If it’s really for me, Let me choose what I hold. [VERSE 2] I see the teddy bear, the anchor, and the rescue line, Every little piece says you had me in mind. I’m not rejecting what you carried my way— I’m asking you to hear me when I tell you how it came. Concern becomes control When my answer can’t survive. Protection becomes pressure When you choose what keeps me alive. Step down from the cab, Bring your cup and take a seat. You don’t have to drive my every mile To travel next to me. I chose you for the laughter, For the calm behind your fire— Not because I needed management, But because you take me higher. [PRE-CHORUS — DUET] I can still say what I’m seeing. (Say it clean.) You can still tell me, “Not that way.” (I’ll stay here.) We can disagree without deciding Love has packed and gone away. [CHORUS] Put it in neutral, baby—woo. Don’t run me over with the love you brought me. Everything inside that blade looks beautiful, You just don’t have to push it all upon me. Put it in neutral, baby—woo. Let the engine rest, let the real thing start. You still got the flowers, I still got the heart— We can carry what we need and leave the machine parked. You ain’t got to flatten me To build me up. Put it in neutral, baby. That’s love enough. [BRIDGE — PIANO DROP] You are not my history. I am not your fear. We don’t have to charge each other For the pain that brought us here. There’s still color on the palette. There’s still ground beneath our feet. The final stroke ain’t final If you stop and look at me. [FEMALE] I’m still the woman You were happy to see. [MALE] Then come be happy with me. Woo! [FINAL CHORUS] Put it in neutral, baby—woo. Everything you brought can still belong here. Bring it with your hands and walk beside me— Love ain’t got to drive to make the road clear. Put it in neutral, baby—woo. You still got the flowers, I still got the heart. Nothing has to break for us to know where the boundaries are. You ain’t got to flatten me To build me up. I ain’t got to silence you To call this love. Put it in neutral, baby. Come close enough. [OUTRO] Bring the flowers. Leave the force. Bring your truth. Give me choice. Woo… Put it in neutral, baby. Let me be happy to see you. [STYLE — 88 BPM, D MINOR] Hard-hitting modern R&B woo duet with cinematic soul and hip-hop weight. Deep male baritone lead; warm airy female responses. Open with vinyl hiss, dark Rhodes, gospel hum, sub-bass, and an immediate vocal entrance. Verses use tight rimshots, snaps, muted guitar, low 808s, and rhythmic conversational phrasing. Pre-choruses widen quickly; choruses explode with massive drums, rubbery bass, grand-piano strikes, vocoder “woo” stacks, shimmering synths, and memorable call-and-response. Strip the bridge to piano and naked vocals, then rebuild fast into choir, strings, distorted blues guitar, and a warm-major final lift. No long instrumental passages; hooks arrive early and transitions stay sharp. Emotional, sensual, accountable, radio-ready. Target 3:20–3:40.
