Where It Go

HYPHY, bouncy syncopated groove; siren synth accents punctuate a tight mix; flute loop over piano with bouncing claps, then piano and snaps in the stripped-back bridge; low, dark lower-register male vocals, raspy and gravelly in close verses, turning playful in layered call-and-answer hooks

[INSTRUMENTAL — flute loop over piano, claps bouncing in]

[HOOK — playful chant, call and answer]
Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?)
Little man asked me where the money go — I said "I don't know"
Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?)
It come in with a handshake and it leave without a note

[VERSE 1 — playful bounce, storytelling]
He was eating Cheerios, legs swinging off the chair
"Daddy, when you get paid, where the money go from there?"
I opened up my mouth to give him something wise and deep
All that came out was the truth — "ask me after next week"
He said "Jamari's daddy got a money tree at home"
I said "Jamari's daddy's tree is called a payday loan"
He asked me why I never stay for breakfast anymore
'Cause the money tree's open early and it close at four

[VERSE 2 — softer bounce, the lesson]
I poured his Cheerios out — "alright, let's run the math"
This pile's rent, this pile's lights, this pile's the laundromat
He counted out the little O's so serious and slow
Then slid his pile over: "this one's yours — that's where it go"
I told him keep his pile, daddy's good, the tree got more
He looked at me like grown folks say "we'll see" at the store
Friday, by my plate, he left a pile of his own
Three O's and a nickel — "so your tree can get grown"

[HOOK — playful chant, voices stacked]
Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?)
Little man asked me where the money go — I said "I don't know"
Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?)
It come in with a handshake and it leave without a note

[BRIDGE — beat drops to piano and snaps, voice low and close]
I ain't lying to my baby (nah), I just leave things out (things out)
He don't need to know the overtime, the boss, the running route
One day he'll have a money question, hope I'm still around
To say "it goes to people that I love" — and watch him write it down

[HOOK — biggest one, everybody in]
Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?)
Little man asked me where the money go — I said "I don't know"
Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?)
It come in with a handshake and it leave without a note

[OUTRO — flute and chant fading, kid's question echoing]
Where it go? (where it go?)
(To people that I love)

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[INSTRUMENTAL — flute loop over piano, claps bouncing in] [HOOK — playful chant, call and answer] Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?) Little man asked me where the money go — I said "I don't know" Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?) It come in with a handshake and it leave without a note [VERSE 1 — playful bounce, storytelling] He was eating Cheerios, legs swinging off the chair "Daddy, when you get paid, where the money go from there?" I opened up my mouth to give him something wise and deep All that came out was the truth — "ask me after next week" He said "Jamari's daddy got a money tree at home" I said "Jamari's daddy's tree is called a payday loan" He asked me why I never stay for breakfast anymore 'Cause the money tree's open early and it close at four [VERSE 2 — softer bounce, the lesson] I poured his Cheerios out — "alright, let's run the math" This pile's rent, this pile's lights, this pile's the laundromat He counted out the little O's so serious and slow Then slid his pile over: "this one's yours — that's where it go" I told him keep his pile, daddy's good, the tree got more He looked at me like grown folks say "we'll see" at the store Friday, by my plate, he left a pile of his own Three O's and a nickel — "so your tree can get grown" [HOOK — playful chant, voices stacked] Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?) Little man asked me where the money go — I said "I don't know" Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?) It come in with a handshake and it leave without a note [BRIDGE — beat drops to piano and snaps, voice low and close] I ain't lying to my baby (nah), I just leave things out (things out) He don't need to know the overtime, the boss, the running route One day he'll have a money question, hope I'm still around To say "it goes to people that I love" — and watch him write it down [HOOK — biggest one, everybody in] Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?) Little man asked me where the money go — I said "I don't know" Where it go? (where it go?), where it go? (where it go?) It come in with a handshake and it leave without a note [OUTRO — flute and chant fading, kid's question echoing] Where it go? (where it go?) (To people that I love)

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