[Hook Open — ALL FIVE: fully sung stacked melodic hook, beat slams in at once with two hard knock-knock drum hits and 808 drop, immediate, no spoken words] Play innocent — play innocent Everybody watched you cross the line Play innocent... [Verse 1 — RIOT: raspy powerhouse vocal riding the dembow bounce, simmering swagger, melodic and sung, a dry knock-knock percussion hit answers the door lines] I said please the first time, said it sweet Second time I spelled it out — repeat Third time I wrote it on the door Funny how you never read the door Take an inch, then you take the room Move my quiet like it belongs to you [Pre-Chorus — SABLE into LUX: breathy behind-the-beat glide rising into soul-diva climb] I gave you every warning... gave you time to move Now the wall is swinging back — and that's on you [Chorus — ALL FIVE: tight stacked female harmonies over full dembow groove, hips-forward, locked in the pocket, deep 808 boom on "door" and "slam"] Play innocent — you lit the match Play innocent — now cry about the ash I'm not the storm, I'm the door you ignored Slam it once and suddenly I'm the war Play innocent — play it all night Everybody watched you cross the line Play innocent... play innocent [Verse 2 — VERSA PRIMARY GEAR: rapid-fire theatrical rap over stripped dembow and sub bass, hard punchlines, voice switches, knock-knock percussion hit after the locked door line] Exhibit A: my things, moved. B: my name, used. C: a locked door — so how'd you get through? You practice that face? The gasp? The tears? Same telenovela for years and years Now the group chat's got a victim on display — baby, the cameras don't act, they just play You want a villain? Cool. Cast me in the role. Whole audience watched you write the show. [Interlude — SABLE: sultry breathy sung whisper over bare dembow perc and sub bass, slow seductive venom, gliding behind the beat, soft low knock-knock pulse in the sub bass under her voice] Come here, baby... closer... let me fix your collar You look so good playing helpless... I could almost holler Mm... you like the way I say your name? Say mine right — it's the last thing you'll get to claim You had all of this... warm... on your side of the door Now smile pretty for me... you don't live here anymore [Pre-Chorus — LUX: climbing higher, full percussion building underneath] I gave you every warning... gave you time to move Now the wall is swinging back — and that's on you [Chorus — ALL FIVE: tight stacked harmonies, identical hook, full groove, locked in the pocket, deep 808 boom on "door" and "slam"] Play innocent — you lit the match Play innocent — now cry about the ash I'm not the storm, I'm the door you ignored Slam it once and suddenly I'm the war Play innocent — play it all night Everybody watched you cross the line Play innocent... play innocent [Bridge — JUNE: weathered blues rasp, slow and knowing, sung low and soulful, dembow stripped to slide guitar and soft perc] Honey, I've met a hundred of you... same act, new face Nobody ever starts it... it just keeps getting started someplace And it's never you... it's never you... Strange how the fire follows everywhere you do [Final Chorus — ALL FIVE: fullest groove, LUX runs above the stack, RIOT grit underneath, dembow at full weight, still tight and close, hardest 808 boom of the song on "slam"] Play innocent — you lit the match Play innocent — now cry about the ash I'm not the storm, I'm the door you ignored Slam it once and suddenly I'm the war Play innocent — play it all night Everybody watched you cross the line Play innocent... play innocent [Post-Chorus — taunting sung group vamp over full dembow groove, low and mocking, close] Not my fault (never your fault) Not my fault (never your fault) Everybody watched you cross the line Play innocent... play innocent [Outro — SABLE: sultry sung whisper-melody over sub bass and fading dembow perc, slow and satisfied, two final dry knock-knock hits land exactly on her "knock knock," then dead silence after the last word] Aw... don't look at me like that You know exactly what you did... Knock, knock, baby... Too late. Mm — next time... knock.
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