PIG & PEPPER [Cold Open — Cook’s voice] More pepper. [Alice] That’s enough— [Cook] I said… MORE. [Pepper shaker becomes percussion] (Tss-tss… tss-tss…) (Keh! Keh!) [BASS DROP] Hot in the kitchen Smoke in the pan Pig in the cradle— Pepper on demand! [Verse 1 — clipped female rhythm] Door swung open Cut through the haze Cook by the stove With a stare that stayed Duchess in the corner Baby on her knee Whole room rattling But the broth stayed mean Pot hit the wall Plate hit the floor Everybody sneezed— Then they wanted more [Pre-Drop] Shake-shake Snap that black Breathe it in— Now throw it back! [MAIN DROP] PIG & PEPPER! (Tss-tss—HA!) Make that whole kitchen Jump like that PIG & PEPPER! Hot-hot heat Plate-smash rhythm With a four-on-the-beat Sneeze left Dip right Cook with the ladle And she came to fight Tss-ka! Clang-clang! Turn it up better Whole room wild— PIG & PEPPER! [Instrumental Dance Break] (Tss… tss… keh-ka-keh…) (Clink—clank—CRASH!) (Oink-ka! Oink-ka!) BRRRAH—SQUEAL! [Verse 2 — lower and grimier] Baby kept screaming Duchess sang low Alice said, “Give him here— We need to go” Out through the doorway Into the trees Something in the blanket Started shifting underneath Nose turned up Little eyes gone small Two tiny hooves— [Beat stops] That ain’t a baby at all. [DROP — call and response] What’s in the blanket? DON’T LOOK YET! What’s in the kitchen? MORE PEPPER! What made that sound? YOU KNOW BETTER! OINK—OINK! PIG & PEPPER! [Groove Section] Trot left Trot right Little pig bouncing Through the night Plate spin Pot pop Keep that dirty rhythm On lock (Tss-ka!) (Oink-ka!) (Clang!) Don’t stop! [Bridge — powerful sung vocal] Some things shift When you carry them out What looked helpless in the mess Came out different somehow Maybe transformation Isn’t something you fight Sometimes what you’re holding Was changing all the while [Beat strips down] More pepper? [Alice whisper] Absolutely not. [HEAVIEST DROP] PIG & PEPPER! Smoke that room Make the pots go Boom-boom-boom! Tss-tss—HA! Sneeze on time Put that crooked kitchen In your spine Oink-ka Clang-ka Heat get wetter Dance through the chaos— PIG & PEPPER! [Extended Dance Outro] (Shake… shake… tss-tss…) (Clink… clank… oink-ka…) (Keh!) [Final plate crash] More pepper.
