Title: Over the Top Genre: Gospel / Hip-Hop (Summer Festival Anthem) BPM: 115 BPM Vibe: Bright, triumphant, celebratory, driving, high-energy Musical Attributes Vocal List: Lead Vocal (Energetic, rhythmic delivery) Full Gospel Choir (Huge, stacked harmonies on chorus & chants) Hype/Crowd Vocals (Gives a live outdoor festival feel) Instrumentation List: Bright Horn/Brass Section Driving Synth Bass & 808s Upbeat 4-on-the-Floor Kick & Snare Energetic Handclaps & Tambourine Bright Piano Chords Lyric Sheet (Intro) (Upbeat brass melody hits immediately, paired with heavy handclaps and crowd cheers. Fast-paced, summer festival energy.) (Hype Lead) Count it up! Count it up! Look at what He brought us through! We ain't just surviving... we overflowing! Let's go! (Chorus) (Full Beat & Choir - Mass vocal hook with driving brass) Over the top, grace overflowing Look at the blessing, look where we going Tried to contain it, but it wouldn't stop He took the limit and went over the top! Yeah, over the top! Favor on favor, He went over the top! (Verse 1) (Bassline rolls in tight; crisp snare and fast hi-hats keep the tempo moving) Started in the heat, came out with the shine Running on His strength, living on His time Enemy was thinking he could block the lane Now I’m standing in the sunshine, clearing out the rain More than enough, never running on low Every single step is a victory show Hands in the air if you know where you stand Built on the rock, not shifting in sand! (Chorus) (Full instrumentation returns, brass leads the charge) Over the top, grace overflowing Look at the blessing, look where we going Tried to contain it, but it wouldn't stop He took the limit and went over the top! Yeah, over the top! Favor on favor, He went over the top! (Verse 2) (Beat drops to driving kick, handclaps, and rhythmic piano chords) Look back at June, look at July Now August is gone and we still running high September is here, but the passion don't fade Living in the promise that the Savior made Not just a little bit, give me the full Grace like a river, power to pull Every heavy weight right off of my chest Summer is closing, but we still blessed! (Bridge) (Music strips back to heavy handclaps, stomps, and bright brass accents) (Lead) Measure for measure! (Choir) (OVER THE TOP!) (Lead) Joy like a river! (Choir) (OVER THE TOP!) (Lead) Goodness and mercy! (Choir) (OVER THE TOP!) (Lead) Look at the cup, it’s spilling out now! (Fast drum roll builds up with rising brass swells) (Lead) Pressing it down, shaking it up! (Choir) (RUNNING OVER!) (Lead) Look at the blessing filling the cup! (All) (RUNNING OVER!) (Chorus) (Explosive drop—full choir, horn section, and pounding 808s) Over the top, grace overflowing Look at the blessing, look where we going Tried to contain it, but it wouldn't stop He took the limit and went over the top! Yeah, over the top! Favor on favor, He went over the top! (Outro) (Rhythmic, bouncing groove with call-and-response chants) (Lead) Overflowing! (Choir) (OVER THE TOP!) (Lead) Goodness growing! (Choir) (OVER THE TOP!) (Lead) Still overflowing! (Choir) (OVER THE TOP!) (Music fades out on a high-energy brass riff with crowd cheers and trailing handclaps)
