[Intro 1: Heavy Collective Beatboxing. Deep gravelly lead with intense crew shouts. No instruments.] (Lead): LISTEN! (Crew): YEAH! (Lead): BREAK IT DOWN TO THE BONE! (Collective Beatboxing & Rhythmic Grunts) (Lead): I SAID BREAK IT DOWN! (Crew): OW! (Collective Beatboxing) (Lead): ON THE FIVE... FOUR, THREE, TWO, FIVE! [Intro 2: Explosive Main Instrumental Intro] [Sudden explosion of full band: Heavy Minimoog, Prophet-5 brass stabs, LinnDrum/Go-Go percussion, and MJ-style "Hoo!" shouts. Melodic sonic wall.] [Verse 1: Heavy Go-Go Vocalist] Step into the windowless room, where the neon dies! (Crew): HEY! Clock on the floor, glass in your eyes Slim Stick said the three-minute hits are a lie We taking you twelve minutes high into the sky! [Verse 2: Silky Dirty Baritone Tenor - Melodic Singing Swing] Ten minutes gone, the air is getting thick The pulse of the city is making me sick But the bass is the doctor, the groove is the cure Underground spirit, heavy and pure! [Verse 3: Heavy Go-Go Vocalist with Crew Shouts] (Lead): SLIM STICK! (Crew): TWELVE MINUTES! (Lead): BIG-D! (Crew): TWELVE MINUTES! (Lead): WHAT TIME IS IT? (Crew): NO TIME! (Lead): WHAT’S THE BEAT? (Crew): THE 12-MINUTE BEAT! (ALL): YEAH! [Pre-Chorus: Shimmering 79-style Harmonies & MJ Shouts] The maze is open, the gate is wide Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide Feel the magic, let it slide inside! (Lead): OW! [Chorus: Anthemic Melodic Harmony & Constant Shouts] 12-MINUTE BEAT! (LONG!) (Crew): KEEP IT LONG! 12-MINUTE BEAT! (STRONG!) (Crew): KEEP IT STRONG! Don’t stop! (GET IT, GET IT!) 12-MINUTE BEAT! (ZONE OUT!) [Verse 4: Heavy Go-Go Vocalist] Five minutes in, you’re losing your name! (Crew): WHO ARE YOU?! The Prophet-5 fire is fueling the flame Heavy on the stomp, heavy on the grit Go-Go swing, yeah, this is it! [Verse 5: Silky Dirty Baritone Tenor - Melodic Singing Swing] The sunglasses stay on, we watch from the dark Igniting the floor with a rhythmic spark Twelve minutes coming, the unity calls Shaking the dust off these concrete walls! [Verse 6: Heavy Go-Go Vocalist with Crew Shouts] (Lead): FEEL THE MOOG! (Crew): GROWL! (Lead): FEEL THE PROPHET! (Crew): STABS! (Lead): IS IT HEAVY? (Crew): HEAVY! (Lead): IS IT FUNKY? (Crew): FUNKY! (ALL): GO! [Bridge 1: Deep Dark Melodic Female Harmonies] Echoes in the basement, neon on the floor Transcend the moment, give us something more (Crew): MORE! MORE! MORE! [Verse 7: Heavy Go-Go Vocalist] Eight minutes deep, the walls start to lean! (Lead): WATCH OUT! Purest funk that you’ve ever seen Big-D on the circle, the loop never ends Where the rhythm starts and the soul begins [Verse 8: Silky Dirty Baritone Tenor - Melodic Singing Swing] No more shadows, no more pain Only the rhythm inside your vein The baritone echoes, the tenor cries Underneath the heavy midnight skies! [Verse 9: Heavy Go-Go Vocalist with Crew Shouts] (Lead): BREAK THE CLOCK! (Crew): SMASH IT! (Lead): WATCH IT SPIN! (Crew): FLASH IT! (Lead): WE DON'T STOP! (Crew): NEVER! (Lead): IN THE ZONE! (Crew): FOREVER! [Bridge 2: Jazzy Piano/Rhodes with MJ-style Vocal Hiccups] [Bridge 3: Long Intense Beatbox & Narrative Dialogue] (All instruments drop. Heavy, wet, percussive beatboxing starts) (Lead): Look at your wrists. What do you see? (Crew): Nothing! No time! (Lead): Slim Stick smashed the watch! We’re in the tunnel now! (Intense percussive beatboxing continues, getting louder) (Lead): Can you feel the 12 minutes? It's not a song, it's a cage! (Crew): WE LIKE THE CAGE! (Heavy rhythmic grunts) (Lead): Don't look for the door. There is no door. Just the beat. (Lead): LISTEN TO THE THROAT! (Deep vocal bass beatboxing) (Crew): TWELVE! TWELVE! TWELVE! TWELVE! (Lead): GET READY FOR THE EXPLOSION! ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE! [Verse 10: Heavy Go-Go Vocalist] The twelve-minute mark, we finally arrived! (Crew): SURVIVAL! The only ones left who truly survived One body, one motion, one static vibration The final stage of the funk liberation! [Verse 11: Silky Dirty Baritone Tenor - Melodic Singing Swing] Beyond the limit, beyond the wall The 12-minute beat is standing tall Heavy on the soul, heavy on the mind Leaving all the hollow world behind! [Verse 12: Heavy Go-Go Vocalist] No more ego, no more pride! (Crew): KILL IT! Nowhere for the fake to hide Deep in the basement, deep in the soul The heavy rhythm takes control! [Chorus: Anthemic Melodic Harmony & Constant Shouts] 12-MINUTE BEAT! (LONG!) 12-MINUTE BEAT! (STRONG!) Don’t stop! (GET IT, GET IT!) 12-MINUTE BEAT! (ZONE OUT!) [Outro: Extended Melodic Fade with Non-stop Go-Go Shouts] (Deep Voice): Twelve minutes... and forever! (Crew): WE NEVER STOP! WE NEVER STOP! (Lead): OW! KEEP IT FUNKY! (Fade out with heavy cowbell and "Don't Stop" vocal samples)
