PAPA Z — SWITCHED UP [PART 1 — DARK LUXURY TRAP] [Spacious haunting piano] [Deep clean 808] [Minimal drums / crisp hi-hats] [Cold atmospheric synth] [Male vocal: very deep, relaxed, confident] [Female vocal floats quietly behind rapper] [Female — distant, seductive] ♪ Papa Z… ♪ ♪ You know I never switched up… ♪ [Male] Yeah. That’s what everybody say before they switch up. VERSE 1 — CALM / DEEP Started with nothing, now everything different, Walk in the room, I don’t need your permission. Z stay quiet, but the presence expensive, Talk real slick— I remember the sentence. You told me forever, I heard it. You told me you’re solid, I learned it. Then shit got shaky, I watched it. Love got a price? I bought it. [Female] ♪ I never changed… ♪ [Male] Maybe. But actions talk louder than anything lately. I don’t do maybe, don’t live in confusion, Been through this movie— I know the conclusion. Cold nights, long drives, whole lotta thinking, One eye open while everybody sleeping. Used to chase love. Now money got manners. Papa Z walk in— Whole room scanners. HOOK — FEMALE + MALE [Female — hypnotic] ♪ Don’t say I switched up… ♪ ♪ Don’t say I changed… ♪ [Male] Same words, different day. [Female] ♪ Papa, I still remember… ♪ [Male] Then remember my name. [Female] ♪ Don’t say I switched up… ♪ [Male] Then don’t switch lanes. VERSE 2 — STILL SMOOTH [808 becomes slightly heavier] Phone keep ringing, Z don’t answer, Too many questions, not enough answers. Used to move reckless, Casanova disaster, Now if she bring drama— Z moving right past her. That’s growth. That’s facts. No chase. No cap. If loyalty leave— Don’t bring that shit back. [Female] ♪ But I still love you… ♪ [Male] Love ain’t the issue. Trust get cracked— Ain’t tape gonna fix you. I’ve seen that before, I remember that road, Pretty little promise then the temperature cold. Everybody solid when everything sweet, Real ones get measured when life brings heat. [Female] ♪ Papa Z… ♪ [Male] Yeah? [Female] ♪ I’m still here. ♪ [Male] Then prove it. [MUSIC SUDDENLY STOPS] [2 BEATS COMPLETE SILENCE] [Female — whispered] ♪ You don’t trust me anymore… ♪ [Male — whispered] Nah. I trust patterns. BEAT SWITCH [ENORMOUS DISTORTED 808 IMPACT] [COMPLETELY NEW BEAT] [DARKER / HARDER / MORE AGGRESSIVE] [Distorted sliding 808] [Sinister repeating piano] [Eerie metallic bell: DING… DING… DING…] [Rapid hi-hat triplets] [Hard cracking snare] [Menacing synth stabs] [Male voice becomes aggressive and animated] VERSE 3 — AGGRESSIVE SWITCH! Whole damn energy changed! Same Papa Z— But I ain’t playing games! Talk about loyalty? SHOW ME THE RECEIPT! Everybody gangster till accountability speak! DING! I been down that road, got scars from the trip, So I recognize quick when the narrative flip. You can call me cold. You can call me insane. But I ain’t getting burned by the same damn flame. [808 SLIDE] Been there! Done that! Never going back! Old Z would’ve chased— New Z cut the track! No begging! No stressing! No twenty-page text! If the energy crooked— NEXT! [Female — chopped] ♪ I—never—switched— ♪ [Male] STOP! Actions over talk! I don’t need promises— SHOW ME HOW YOU WALK! HARD HOOK [Female — dark, chopped, layered] ♪ I NEVER SWITCHED UP! ♪ [Male] THEN STAND ON THAT! [Female] ♪ I NEVER GAVE UP! ♪ [Male] THEN STAND ON THAT! [Female] ♪ PAPA Z, YOU KNOW ME! ♪ [Male] I KNOW WHAT I SEE! You keep talking ’bout forever— FOREVER AIN’T FREE! [808 CRASH] FINAL VERSE — RAPID FIRE [Flow accelerates] [Dense internal rhymes] [Eerie bell continues every 2 bars] Look— Been broke, been burned, been pushed, been tested, Been loved, been lied to, still ain’t arrested By feelings, appealing, concealing the facts, If trust leave the building I ain’t calling it back. DING! Z got older, Z got colder, Chip on the heart turned weight on the shoulder. Now that weight made strength, that strength made focus, Walk through fire— Motherfucker came out smokeless. [Female] ♪ You think you’re leaving? ♪ [Male] Maybe I am. [Female] ♪ After everything? ♪ [Male] That’s why I can. I gave what I had, gave chances on chances, But life ain’t romance when nobody advances. So love me? Cool. Respect me? Better. Stand on your word when we’re under bad weather. ’Cause Papa Z learned one hell of a fact— Everybody loves you when they need something back. FINAL HOOK [HUGE 808 / FULL DARK TRAP PRODUCTION] [Female] ♪ I NEVER SWITCHED UP! ♪ [Male] THEN STAND ON THAT! [Female] ♪ I STILL GOT YOUR BACK! ♪ [Male] THEN STAND ON THAT! [Female] ♪ I REMEMBER MY WORD! ♪ [Male] THEN LIVE LIKE THAT! [Female] ♪ PAPA Z! ♪ [Male] No games. No lies. No looking back. [BEAT CUT] [DING] [Male — deep] Life changed. So did Z. [FINAL 808 HIT] [HARD END]
