[Tempo: 56 BPM Target Length: up to 3:30 Delivery: slow sung confession, prayerful, spiritual, wounded, observant, bass-led, no rap cadence] [0:00–0:18 | Intro — keys, room tone, bass enters softly] Mmm… Lord… I’m trying to understand. [0:18–0:52 | Verse 1 — quiet, searching] Oil on the water… Smoke in the sky… Prices keep rising… And babies ask why… Mama at the shelter… Daddy in line… Everybody working… Still falling behind… [0:52–1:18 | Verse 1 Lift — bass starts talking] Screens keep shouting… Truth getting thin… Everybody selling A way to fit in… Girls turn their bodies Into something to prove… Boys chase a picture They saw in a groove… [1:18–1:44 | Pre-Chorus — prayerful tension] And I’m too young To feel this old… Too tired To act this bold… I hear You calling… But I’m confused… Lord, tell me… What am I supposed to do? [1:44–2:18 | Chorus — wide vocal reverb, background hums only at endings] What am I supposed to do… When the whole world’s breaking? Who am I supposed to be… When my own heart’s shaking? I’m trying to believe… Trying not to lose… God, if You’re near me… Tell me what to do. [2:18–2:28 | Bass Interlude — no lead vocal] [Let the bass walk]. [Let the room breathe.] [2:28–2:58 | Verse 2 — more social, still intimate] Food don’t feed us… But it fills the shelf… Healthy cost money… Sick cost yourself… Preachers still preaching From yesterday’s room… While kids find heaven In likes and views… [2:58–3:16 | Pre-Chorus 2 — softer, more personal] And I need faith… But I got questions… Need some peace… But I keep scrolling… If this is growing… Why does it bruise? Lord, tell me… What am I supposed to do? [3:16–3:30 | Final Refrain — simple, haunting] What am I supposed to do… When the whole world’s breaking? God, if You’re near me… Don’t let me lose… The truth.
