WASN’T ENOUGH Rasheem 1517 [INTRO — 1970s Vintage Soul Ballad, 68 BPM, Dusty Vinyl Crackle, Warm Rhodes Piano, Lush Strings, No Hip-Hop Drums] [Female Soul Singer — Emotional, Raspy, Powerful Vibrato] I gave all my love to you, But somehow it wasn’t enough… I gave you every part of me, And still you gave me up… I stayed beside you through the rain, When everybody walked away… Now tell me how you found somebody new, When I was loving you that way… [Female Background Harmonies — Soft Gospel Style] Ooooh, it wasn’t enough… No, my love wasn’t enough… [Female Lead — Long Sustained Note] Wasn’t enouuuuuugh… [END OF VINTAGE SOUL RECORD] [VINYL SCRATCH — ABRUPT STOP] [ONE BEAT OF COMPLETE SILENCE] [MAJOR BEAT SWITCH — NEW INSTRUMENTAL, 94 BPM, Bright Chopped Soul Piano, Pitched-Up Vocal Fragments, Bouncy Bassline] [HARD BOOM BAP DRUM DROP — Punchy Kick, Cracking Snare, Swinging Hi-Hats] [4 Bars Instrumental — Chopped Female Vocal] “All my love…” “Wasn’t enough…” “All my— all my—” “Wasn’t enough…” [VERSE 1 — Rasheem, Deep Southern Male Voice, Mature Conversational Storytelling] I remember when your car broke down on 65, I left work early, came and got you, didn’t ask you why. You was embarrassed, said you hated needing anybody, I told you needing help ain’t nothing to apologize for. Back when your mama had that surgery in the spring, I sat beside you in the lobby, didn’t say a thing. You had your head against my shoulder till they called her name, I thought them nights had brought us closer, guess we felt it different. I ain’t gon’ act like I was perfect, I had flaws myself, Worked too many hours, put our plans up on the shelf. You said you wanted more attention, I was trying to listen, But every time I made an effort, something else was missing. Started noticing you laughing at your phone at night, I’d ask what had you smiling, you’d just turn away. I wasn’t looking for a reason to accuse you, I just missed the way you used to tell me ’bout your day. [HOOK — Original Female Soul Sample Returns, Pitched-Up Over Chicago Hip-Hop Drums] I gave all my love to you, But somehow it wasn’t enough… I gave you every part of me, And still you gave me up… I stayed beside you through the rain, When everybody walked away… Now tell me how you found somebody new, When I was loving you that way… [POST-HOOK — Chopped Soul Vocal Loop] “Wasn’t enough…” “All my love…” “Wasn’t enough…” [VERSE 2 — Rasheem, Reflective Storytelling, Slightly More Intense Delivery] That Thursday when you told me you was going out, I stayed up watching television on the couch. You came in close to three, your keys fell on the floor, I heard you whisper someone’s name before you shut the door. I didn’t bring it up, I needed time to think, Sat inside the kitchen, couldn’t even finish my drink. Next morning you was talking like the night was ordinary, I looked across the table at the woman I would marry. And that’s the part I still ain’t figured out completely, How you can love somebody while they slowly getting distant. I had a ring picked out, was saving for December, You had another life I wasn’t even mentioned in. When you finally told the truth, I didn’t raise my voice, I asked how long it’d been, you stared down at the floor. You said you never meant to hurt me, started crying, I said, “I wish you’d told me when you didn’t want this anymore.” [BRIDGE — HIP-HOP DRUMS CUT OUT, SLOW ORIGINAL SOUL SAMPLE RETURNS, 68 BPM] [Female Soul Singer — Raw Emotional Vocals] Ohhh, I gave you everything… Everything I had to give… I kept believing in forever… You were learning how to leave… [Rasheem — Quiet Spoken Voice] I could’ve handled you not loving me no more. It’s the pretending that I couldn’t understand. [SECOND BEAT SWITCH — 94 BPM, Full Chicago Soul Hip-Hop Drums Return, Layered Strings, Harder Snare] [FINAL HOOK — Female Soul Sample, Full Harmonies, Chopped Piano] I gave all my love to you, But somehow it wasn’t enough… I gave you every part of me, And still you gave me up… I stayed beside you through the rain, When everybody walked away… Now tell me how you found somebody new, When I was loving you that way… [OUTRO — HIP-HOP DRUMS FADE, VINYL CRACKLE, ORIGINAL VINTAGE FEMALE SOUL RECORD] [Female Soul Singer — Fading] Ooooh, it wasn’t enough… My love wasn’t enough… [VINYL SLOWS DOWN — FADE OUT]
