Beautiful People · Ethọ́s Lab Block Party - Anthonia

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[Intro]
(intimate — spoken over a single warm piano)
We just opened the doors today...
and watched beautiful people do beautiful things.
The world needs this right now.
So... let's do it.

[Verse]
(warm build, voice + piano, strings easing in)
There's creation in the corners, there's a building in the bones
There's a hand that finds another so nobody's alone
Connection in the hallway, collaboration in the air
A door where you reach the future and it meets you right there
Watch a young one walk in quiet, walk out standing tall
Watch a friendship spark from nothing, watch 'em answer the call
Every soul leaves an imprint, every imprint makes a vibe
And the room remembers all of it — the whole, the every tribe

[Pre-Chorus]
(lifting)
'Cause the future can't be built by a few up in a tower
It's co-created by everyone — that's the power, that's the hour

[Chorus]
(full, anthemic, choir enters)
We are uniquely gifted, every single one
Bring your one small story, watch it shine like the sun
Hand in hand we co-create, till the future include us all
We are uniquely gifted — so we answer when we hear the call
(ohhh) we answer the call

[Verse]
(intimate, then build)
It has humbled me to stand here, it has made me wanna grow
There's a weight to what we're holding that the heart has come to know
But the weight becomes a wonder when you carry it together
A sanctuary built for storms where the young ones learn to weather
From the islands to the coast, from the highlife to the house
From a mother's quiet blessing to a kid who figured it out
Every sound on this record is a person being seen
And the album is the proof of what a little room can mean

[Chorus]
We are uniquely gifted, every single one
Bring your one small story, watch it shine like the sun
Hand in hand we co-create, till the future include us all
We are uniquely gifted — so we answer when we hear the call

[Bridge]
(big lift — choir, the mythic frame)
Down beneath the surface there's a realm we call our own
A sanctuary pulled from the tide where the future gets grown
Ethọ́s in the deep, building light beneath the sea
Where a creator is safe to become whoever they'll be
(choir swells) Build it... build it... no permission required
Build it... build it... till the whole world's inspired

[Chorus]
(final, fullest, lifts)
We are uniquely gifted, every single one
Bring your one small story, watch it shine like the sun
Hand in hand we co-create, till the future include us all
We are uniquely gifted — so we answer when we hear the call

[Outro]
(strip back to warm voice — the benediction)
We are all uniquely gifted to do something in this moment...
so just do it.
(soft choir) ...just do it.
Let's do it.

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[Intro] (intimate — spoken over a single warm piano) We just opened the doors today... and watched beautiful people do beautiful things. The world needs this right now. So... let's do it. [Verse] (warm build, voice + piano, strings easing in) There's creation in the corners, there's a building in the bones There's a hand that finds another so nobody's alone Connection in the hallway, collaboration in the air A door where you reach the future and it meets you right there Watch a young one walk in quiet, walk out standing tall Watch a friendship spark from nothing, watch 'em answer the call Every soul leaves an imprint, every imprint makes a vibe And the room remembers all of it — the whole, the every tribe [Pre-Chorus] (lifting) 'Cause the future can't be built by a few up in a tower It's co-created by everyone — that's the power, that's the hour [Chorus] (full, anthemic, choir enters) We are uniquely gifted, every single one Bring your one small story, watch it shine like the sun Hand in hand we co-create, till the future include us all We are uniquely gifted — so we answer when we hear the call (ohhh) we answer the call [Verse] (intimate, then build) It has humbled me to stand here, it has made me wanna grow There's a weight to what we're holding that the heart has come to know But the weight becomes a wonder when you carry it together A sanctuary built for storms where the young ones learn to weather From the islands to the coast, from the highlife to the house From a mother's quiet blessing to a kid who figured it out Every sound on this record is a person being seen And the album is the proof of what a little room can mean [Chorus] We are uniquely gifted, every single one Bring your one small story, watch it shine like the sun Hand in hand we co-create, till the future include us all We are uniquely gifted — so we answer when we hear the call [Bridge] (big lift — choir, the mythic frame) Down beneath the surface there's a realm we call our own A sanctuary pulled from the tide where the future gets grown Ethọ́s in the deep, building light beneath the sea Where a creator is safe to become whoever they'll be (choir swells) Build it... build it... no permission required Build it... build it... till the whole world's inspired [Chorus] (final, fullest, lifts) We are uniquely gifted, every single one Bring your one small story, watch it shine like the sun Hand in hand we co-create, till the future include us all We are uniquely gifted — so we answer when we hear the call [Outro] (strip back to warm voice — the benediction) We are all uniquely gifted to do something in this moment... so just do it. (soft choir) ...just do it. Let's do it.

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