### RIVER INNA DI STEEL 1990s Digital Dancehall × Modern Bass | 128 BPM Copy lyrics \[Intro – Dark Synth Pulse, Low Contralto\] Mi born weh di sunlight cyaan reach. Deep inna di earth root. No shape... No name... Just raw iron a sleep inna di stone. \[Low ad-lib: Deep down!\] \[Verse 1 – Raw Rhythmic Singjay\] Dem bruk di mountain womb weh mi did deh, Dig out di iron, drag mi away. Fire bun di dross, burn off weh nuh belong, Iron remain, mi still stand strong. \[Still strong!\] Dem lock mi inna clay, chamber a heat, Carbon an' fire mek di change complete. Shut di furnace door, turn up di flame, Nutt'n inside could stay di same. \[Change up!\] \[Pre-Chorus – Rising Tension\] Hotta! \[Hotta!\] Hotta! \[More fire!\] Till di shape weh mi used to know Couldn't hold no more. \[Chorus – Heavy Bass Drop, Melodic Singjay\] Fire, fire, change mi shape! Bend mi, but don't mek mi break! Tek weh di mountain hide away, Bring it out inna di flame! Mi nuh know wah mi ago be, Only know wah mi survive. Something a move inside di steel— Something hidden deep inside! \[Deep inside!\] Fire, fire— Mek mi new! \[Mek mi new!\] \[4-Bar Instrumental – Funky Octave Bass, Muted Horn Response\] \[Verse 2 – Percussive Stop-Start Flow\] Dem lef mi cool down inna dark, Slow, slow, a new pattern start. Nobody see di lines a form inna mi, Hidden geometry weh eye cyaan see. \[Cyaan see!\] Den fire again! Hammer! \[Bang!\] Turn! \[Wheel!\] Hammer! \[Bang!\] Turn! \[Wheel!\] Nuh too hot, nuh too fast, Every strike a shape di craft. Every blow bring closer still Di secret sleeping inna steel. \[Pre-Chorus – Call and Response, Rolling Toms\] Heat mi! \[Heat it!\] Strike mi! \[Strike it!\] Cool mi down! \[Again!\] Heat mi! \[Heat it!\] Strike mi! \[Strike it!\] Cool mi down— Again! \[Chorus – Full Riddim, Layered Contralto\] Fire, fire, change mi shape! Bend mi, but don't mek mi break! Tek weh di mountain hide away, Bring it out inna di flame! Mi nuh know wah mi ago be, But mi feel it come alive. Something a move inside di steel— Something ready fi arrive! \[Come alive!\] Fire, fire— Mek mi new! \[Mek mi new!\] \[Bridge – Half-Time, Sparse Sub Bass\] Mi memba stone... Mi memba night... Mi memba clay room full a firelight. Every hammer... \[Dub Echo\] Every turn... \[Dub Echo\] Every time mi cool... An' every time mi burn. \[Full Beat Cut\] Den— Plunge! \[Steam Burst – Silence\] \[Vocal Resumes – A Cappella, Echoing\] Darkness. Silence. Dem lift mi up into di light. An' pon mi skin— Wah dat? Water? No, man. A river— But it nah run. A current locked inna steel. \[River inna steel...\] \[Final Chorus – Full Bass Return, Horn Stabs, Rhythmic Ad-Libs\] Fire, fire, change mi shape! Bend mi, but mi never break! Tek weh di mountain hide away, Now mi carry edge an' blade! \[Sharp!\] All di changes nobody see, All di work inside a mi, Now dem ripple across mi skin Like river through di steel! \[River! River!\] Mi did tink it come at di end, But it start long before den. Every flame an' every blow Mek di hidden river show! \[Show dem!\] \[Outro – Bass and Rimshot Strip Away\] Before di blade. Before di flame. Before di world could call mi name. Di river did already deh inna mi. \[Soft echo: Inna mi...\]


