[Intro — kick and large rounded sub only, pristine clean mix] [Shuffled micro-percussion enters] [A brief burst of vinyl crackle — single dusty soul stab — crackle gone] [Spoken, not sung — very low male voice, near-monotone, close-mic] My age came out with me tonight. It doesn't dance. It stands at the bar. It's seen me do this before. Worse. [Instrumental Groove — 8 bars, clean and modern] [Hook — spoken, rhythmic, locked to the kick] My age is proud of me. [Vinyl crackle opens — dusty stab answers — closes] My age is proud of me. [Vinyl crackle opens — dusty stab answers — closes] [Half-bar pause] My knees have notes. [Single dry wooden creak] [Extended Club Groove — 16 bars, hats open, sub rolls deeper, clean mix] [Spoken — drier, closer] It was there for all of it. The good calls. The four a.m. calls. That haircut. [Groove filters down — kick only] There were years it wouldn't look at me. [One bar of silence] Fair. [Groove snaps back] They told me to act my age. So I asked it. It ordered another one. [Instrumental Groove — 16 bars, tight dry claps, short muted chord stabs] [Breakdown — sub drops out, vinyl crackle rises, one dusty stab echoes in wide space] I didn't get careful. I didn't get small. [Kick returns — crackle gone, full clean groove] [Hook — spoken, rhythmic] My age is proud of me. [Vinyl crackle opens — dusty stab answers — closes] My age is proud of me. [Vinyl crackle opens — dusty stab answers — closes] My age is proud of me. [Short pause] It only said it once. [Voice cuts abruptly] [Extended Club Groove — 32 bars, build through percussion and filter, no new chords, clean modern mix] [Outro — groove strips away to silence] [Vinyl crackle opens one last time — one dusty stab] [End]
