[LONG INSTRUMENTAL INTRO - LOW BASS, RHODES, BRUSHED DRUMS] [spoken, low] People before prophets. [pause] Always. [GROOVE BEGINS] [LONG INSTRUMENTAL] Teachers can guide. Wisdom can help. Stories can teach. [beat cut] But nobody gets your conscience. [DROP] [SMOKY JAZZ-HOUSE GROOVE] People before doctrine. People before dogma. People before power. [whisper] People first. [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK - SAX OR MUTED TRUMPET] [spoken] If the teaching forgets the people... [pause] it forgot the point. [BASS RETURNS] [LONG DANCE SECTION] Love before labels. Compassion before certainty. Questions before obedience. [whisper] Listen. [BEAT STRIPS DOWN] No human being is beneath a message. No human being is worth less than a rule. No human being should disappear so an idea can feel important. [silence] People first. [DROP] [EXTENDED INSTRUMENTAL] [spoken fragments] Learn. Question. Listen. Discern. [whisper] Keep your own mind. [GROOVE] A teacher is not a throne. A prophet is not a prison. A book is not a weapon. [beat cut] Wisdom should open doors. [DROP] [LONG INSTRUMENTAL DANCE BREAK] [spoken, almost amused] If your truth needs somebody broken to prove itself true... [pause] check your truth. [BASS HITS] [FINAL BUILD] People before prophets. Love before labels. Compassion before certainty. Humanity before hierarchy. [whisper] Every time. [FINAL DROP - LONG GROOVE] People first. People first. People first. [instrumental] [OUTRO - RHODES + BASS FADING] Teachers can guide. Wisdom can help. But nobody gets your conscience. [whisper] Act accordingly.
