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Movin’ on Up

V6

[Immediate groove — kick, elastic bass, dry close male vocal] Movin’ on up Movin’ on down Your hand in mine Let’s turn around [Short reverb throw on “around”; three-note piano hook enters] [Verse — intimate, rhythmic; leave space between phrases] Your coat’s on the speaker My drink’s by the door You pull me in closer We don’t talk anymore Your heel on my white shoes Your laugh in my ear You move like you mean it Come show me right here [Build — eight bars; rising piano, tightening percussion] Movin’ on up Movin’ on down Bring our bodies close Let the room spin round Your hand in mine Let’s turn around [Drums cut; whispered pickup] A little closer [Drop 1 — sixteen bars; full bass groove, punchy kick, rising-and-falling piano riff; sparse vocal chops] Up Up Movin’ on up Down Down Bring it back down [Instrumental space — bass answers the piano; short stereo echoes] Like that Right there [Hook — melodic chant over full groove] Movin’ on up Movin’ on down Bring our bodies close Let the room spin round Your hand in mine Let’s turn around Don’t let go When the bass comes down [Reverb loop — capture “around,” filter its tail rhythmically; keep kick and sub dry] [Groove break — eight bars; bass, congas and clipped guitar; playful ad-libs] Mm, like that Come closer One more Turn around [Breakdown — eight bars; remove kick, keep a muted bass pulse; close vocal] You stop I wait Your smile That face Your hand My waist One turn Then— [Build — eight bars; alternate dry vocal with increasingly wide delay] Movin’ on up Movin’ on up Bring our bodies close Close Close [Reverb swells, then cuts completely] Your hand in mine [One-beat silence; dry whispered cue] Now turn around [Drop 2 — twenty-four bars; full bass return, piano octaves, open hats; introduce a syncopated synth answer after eight bars] Up Up Movin’ on up Down Down Bring it back down [Eight bars instrumental — hook carried by piano and bass; occasional pitched vocal fragments] [Ad-libs — same male lead, spaced between instrumental phrases] Like that Don’t stop Right here Bring it back [Final hook — full groove; restrained same-voice doubles] Movin’ on up Movin’ on down Bring our bodies close Let the room spin round Your hand in mine Let’s turn around Don’t let go When the bass comes down [Outro — eight bars; remove layers gradually; loop last word into a fading reverb tail] Movin’ on up Your hand in mine Let’s turn around [Reverb tail fades; clean ending]