[Intro – 4 bars, acapella, no instruments, spoken-sung, dry vocal] Give me, ten please. (Give me ten...) That's crazy. I won't go back, yo you. [Verse 1 – 8 bars, filtered drums (hi-hats only, no kick), airy pad chords, low-pass filter, medium-low energy] Had my heart, you let it break Fooled me twice, that's your mistake Now you're calling, little too late I'm checkin' out, I'm changing the gate [Pre-chorus – 4 bars, kick drum enters on every quarter (174 BPM), bass creeps in low octave, riser FX starts at bar 2, crescendo to end] You had a good thing, right in your hands Now watch me leave, just like I planned [Chorus – 8 bars, full drum & bass breakbeat, supersaw synth stabs on beat 1, steel drum melody, high energy] I won't go back, no, not to you (I won't go back – harmony a third above) Found the fire, found the truth Say you love me? That's old news Give me ten, yeah, we're through [Chorus Hook – 8 bars, beat cuts to just kick and clap, vocal solo, melismatic, pentatonic sliding riff, medium-high energy, reverb swell] (Give me ten, ten, ten, ten...) (Melisma on "ten" – slide up then down: te-e-e-en) (Give me ten, ten, ten, ten...) (Backing: echo "ten" each time) [Drop – 8 bars, instrumental, maximum energy, DnB beat, steel drum riff (G-D-C-D), synth arpeggio, vocal chop "Give me ten" on every 2nd beat, rising pitch each bar] [Post-drop hook – 2 bars, beat cuts to just kick on beat 1 and snare on beat 3, spoken, no reverb] Give me ten. That's right. [Verse 2 – 8 bars, same as verse 1 (filtered), add reverse cymbal at start] You had your chance, you had your fun Now you're nobody, hon' The door is shut, the damage done My new life's already begun [Pre-chorus – 4 bars, same as first, add backing whisper "give me ten"] You had a good thing, right in your hands Now watch me leave, just like I planned [Chorus – 8 bars, same as first, add backing vocals call/response] I won't go back, no, not to you (I won't go back) Found the fire, found the truth Say you love me? That's old news Give me ten, yeah, we're through [Chorus Hook – 8 bars, same melismatic hook as before, add extra harmony layer] (Give me ten, ten, ten, ten...) (te-e-e-en – sliding up a fifth then down) (Give me ten, ten, ten, ten...) (Give me ten – whispered underneath) [Bridge – 8 bars total: bars 1-4 piano only (G-D-C-D arpeggio), voice dry, low energy; bars 5-6 reverse cymbal, kick re-enters quarter notes; bars 7-8 riser, snare rolls, energy climbs] Thought I needed you to survive (to survive – echo, delay) Now I'm the reason I'm alive (I'm alive – echo, delay) You cannot talk crazy. So give me ten, and watch me thrive [Final Chorus – 8 bars, same DnB beat, double-time hi-hats, vocal shouted (capitals), maximum intensity] I WON'T GO BACK, NO, NOT TO YOU! (I won't go back!) FOUND THE FIRE, FOUND THE TRUTH! SAY YOU LOVE ME? THAT'S OLD NEWS! GIVE ME TEN, YEAH, WE'RE THROUGH! [Final Chorus Hook – 8 bars, beat cuts, hook sung freely with extended melisma over steel drum melody, maximum vocal flourish] (Give me ten, ten, ten, ten...) (te-e-e-en – hold the last "ten" with a run: ten-enen-enen) (Give me ten, ten, ten, ten...) (Give me ten – belt it) [Outro – 4 bars, beat fades, bars 3-4 acapella, dry voice, whispered] (You're blunt when you wanna be, but you can't handle when somebody else is?) (Give me ten...) (We're done.) (Give me ten...)
