"Where You Get That Voice" Ten-Breath-Sun Nation Verse 1 Verse 1 (revised) They comment under every post Say "boy, where'd that low end come from, ghost" I just smile and shrug it off Say it's the river, not the cough Grew up quiet, didn't talk much Let the water do the touch But somewhere in the Restigoosh That sound got planted, took its roots Grew up quiet, didn't talk much Let the water do the touch But somewhere in the Restigoosh That sound got planted, took its roots (oooooo) (unh) Chorus Where you get that voice, they ask me all the time I say it ain't mine, it's borrowed, it's a bloodline Comes from kitchen floors and Sunday hymns From men who worked till the light went dim It's not a talent, it's a thing I owe Where you get that voice — now you know (unh) (unh, unh) Verse 2 My grandfather barely raised his tone Said everything with a quiet moan Uncle sang while he split the wood Never had to, but he could I didn't learn it in a room I got it from a kitchen's gloom From the mill horn and the tide's push This voice was never really mine to rush (Repeat Chorus) Verse 3 What most don't know, who I've been seeing — behind the scenes, no one's agreeing to the exercises, the daily grind the work that's done, no crowd, no time Hums before the sun comes up Scales I run with an empty cup No one claps for the drills I do The voice you hear? Built, not just came through (oooooo) (unh) Verse 4 There's someone who heard what I could be Shaped the low end, pulled it out of me Never asked for credit, stayed unnamed Just said "that voice — it wasn't built for shame" She says the room is waiting, says go stand in the light I keep telling her I'm not ready, not yet, not tonight But she hears something I don't hear myself The voice she built wasn't made to sit on a shelf (oooooohhh...) Bridge So next time someone stops and stares Says "man, that's coming from somewhere" I'll say — you're right, it ain't just me It's four directions, it's my family tree Final Chorus Where you get that voice, they ask me all the time I say it ain't mine, it's borrowed, it's a bloodline And if you listen close enough tonight You'll hear 'em all still singing right Outro (unh) (oooooo) (unh, unh) (oooooo... fade) [Property Of TENBREATHSUN ©]
