🎷 Title: “Before I Begin”

🎷 Title: “Before I Begin” Smooth Jazz Poetry Flow – Spoken & Sung Blend [Intro – Spoken Word over soft piano and sax] I’ve walked through doubt’s shadow… but I never bowed my head. See, defeat? It only lives where belief is dead. [Verse 1 – Sung] 🎶 I can’t lose a race I haven’t run, Can’t call it over ‘fore it’s begun. Mountains may rise, storms might spin, But I won’t fold, I won’t give in. 🎶 [Chorus – Sung with soft harmonies & sax riffs] 🎶 I can only be defeated… If I lay my soul down in retreat. But my heart don’t know surrender, My fire won’t accept defeat. 🎶 (🎷 instrumental sax fill) [Verse 2 – Spoken with slow rhythm] They said the climb was too high, The night too long, But the rhythm of hope Is my morning song. I light my torch in the rain… ‘Cause I know pain shapes the strong. [Bridge – Sung, soft backing vocals rise] 🎶 Oh no, I won’t break before the bend, Won’t close my book before the end. Every fall just lifts me higher, Every no just fuels my fire. 🎶 [Final Chorus – Sung with full jazz band swell] 🎶 I can only be defeated… When I silence my own light. But I rise with every sunrise, And I shine through every night. 🎶 [Outro – Spoken, fading with piano and light cymbals] Defeat’s just a whisper... and I don’t listen before I begin.