SOLE & DAN — HOOD GAMERS [0:00–0:18] INTRO — DARK GAME-LOBBY ATMOSPHERE [SFX: game start up → controller clicks → distant crowd noise] [DJ SCRATCH: “Sole… Dan… GAME TIME!”] NARRATOR — LOW, SERIOUS: Two gangsters. One hood. Two controllers. And absolutely no intention of going outside tonight. [Sole chuckles] SOLE — CALM: “Dan, you ready?” DAN — HYPED: “I been ready!” SOLE: “You said that last match.” DAN: “And I meant it!” [DJ SCRATCH — BEAT IN] [0:18–0:55] VERSE 1 — SOLE [BEAT: dark bass + funky guitar + hard kick] SOLE — CONTROLLED RAP: Sole in the room, headset tight, Been gaming so long, it's already night. Hood outside, but I don't hear a thing, Got a whole squad waiting, I'm planning the swing. I don't rush in, I watch and wait, Check the whole map, calculate. Somebody moves, I know their route, I don't fire first— [PAUSE] I figure it out. AD-LIBS — LOW: “Yep.” “Got you.” “Hold up.” My teammate's yelling, “Sole, they're near!” I stay real calm, I don't show fear. Then my teammate jumps in without a plan— SOLE: “Why'd you do that?” TEAMMATE SFX: “AAAAAH!” SOLE: “Exactly what I said.” [DJ SCRATCH: “PLAN… PLAN… PLAN…”] [0:55–1:18] PRE-CHORUS — DAN [BEAT THINS OUT — bass + claps] DAN — LOUD, LAUGHING: Man, all that thinking takes way too long! I see somebody — I'm already gone! SOLE: “Dan, don't rush.” DAN: “Rush? Who, me?” SOLE: “Yes. You.” DAN: “I'm just aggressively enthusiastic!” AD-LIBS: “LET'S GO!” “COME ON!” “WHERE THEY AT?!” [RISING SIREN SFX] DAN: I don't need a plan— SOLE: “That explains everything.” [BEAT DROP] [1:18–1:52] CHORUS — SOLE & DAN [FULL DRUMS + THICK BASS + FUNK STABS] BOTH: Sole and Dan, two gangsters in the hood, Playing video games like nobody else could! Fortnite all night, no regret, no fear, Talking so much trash that the neighbors can hear! SOLE: “Play smart!” DAN: “PLAY FAST!” SOLE: “Think first!” DAN: “MAKE IT LAST!” BOTH: Lose one match— DAN: “RUN IT BACK!” SOLE: “Again?” DAN: “YEP!” [DJ SCRATCH: “RUN IT BACK! RUN IT BACK!”] [1:52–2:30] VERSE 2 — DAN [BEAT: faster hi-hats, funky bassline] DAN — WILD, PLAYFUL RAP: Now Dan walks in with a dangerous grin, Sees one enemy — “That's where we begin!” I jump through the window, I'm running inside, Sole's on the headset screaming— SOLE: “DAN, DON'T DIE!” DAN: Too late! [GAME ELIMINATION SFX] I got eliminated. [PAUSE] But listen, though… That wasn't my fault, man, the floor was slow! SOLE: “The floor?” DAN: “Yeah!” SOLE: “That's your excuse?” DAN: “Absolutely.” I blame the controller. I blame the chair. I blame the internet. I blame the air. AD-LIBS: “Connection issue!” “Lag!” “Something happened!” “I almost had him!” SOLE — DEADPAN: “You didn't.” DAN: “Almost.” [DJ SCRATCH] [2:30–2:55] COMEDY BREAK — SPOKEN [BEAT CUTS COMPLETELY] SOLE: “Dan.” DAN: “Yeah?” SOLE: “How many times have I told you not to run into a whole squad alone?” DAN: “Twenty-three.” SOLE: “And what did you do?” DAN: “Ran into a whole squad.” SOLE: “Why?” DAN: “My confidence told me to.” SOLE: “Your confidence got eliminated too.” [DAN LAUGHS] DAN: “Yeah… it did.” [RECORD SCRATCH] [2:55–3:30] VERSE 3 — SOLE & DAN [BEAT RETURNS — HEAVY] SOLE — STRATEGIC: Left side clear, stay low, move slow, Watch that building, don't let them know. DAN — INTERRUPTING: “THERE THEY ARE!” SOLE: “Dan—” DAN: “I GOT 'EM!” SOLE: “Wait—” DAN: “TOO LATE!” [RAPID GAME SFX] DAN: I ran in fast, everybody started shooting! SOLE: “You ignored every single thing I was telling you!” DAN: “Yeah, but I looked cool!” SOLE: “You were eliminated.” DAN: “I looked cool for four seconds!” AD-LIBS: “Worth it!” “NO REGRETS!” “LET'S GO!” BOTH: One says left— One says right— Both run opposite ways all night! [DJ SCRATCH] DAN: “WHO SAID RIGHT?!” SOLE: “You did.” DAN: “Oh.” [3:30–4:00] BRIDGE — DARK FUNK / HALF-TIME [BEAT SWITCH: half-time drums + deep bass + eerie synth] SOLE — LOW, CONFIDENT: We're still here. Still playing. Still laughing. Still losing. DAN — QUIETLY: We're not losing. SOLE: “We are.” DAN: “We're strategically gathering information.” SOLE: “You mean losing?” DAN: “Stop using facts.” [BOTH LAUGH] [DJ SCRATCH — BUILD] SOLE: New game. DAN: New attitude. SOLE: Better strategy. DAN: Worse decisions. SOLE: “Probably.” DAN: “Definitely!” [MASSIVE BEAT DROP] [4:00–4:32] FINAL CHORUS — BIGGEST ENERGY [FULL BEAT + CROWD CHANTS + FUNK BASS] BOTH: Sole and Dan, two gangsters in the hood, Playing video games like nobody else could! Fortnite all night, no regret, no fear, Talking so much trash that the neighbors can hear! SOLE: Calm mind! DAN: NO BRAKES! SOLE: Good aim!
