[Intro – Horn Fanfare & Shouts] (🎺 Horn stab: da–da–DAA! 🎷 answer: “wah–wah–waaah”) Band & backing vocals: Ha! Huh! Woah~! Lead: I stand on business! (🎺 short brass hit) Band: Ha! Huh! Woah~! Lead: I stand on business! (Drums kick in with syncopated snare crack – “ka–POP” – then ride cymbal) --- [Verse 1 – Call & Response Groove] Bass: (4–note walking line) I’m puttin’ in that work — (🎺 horn stab) Ha! Huh! Woah~! Workin’ overtime — (Bass slide down, 🎷 short run) I said, huh! ha! woah~! Lovin’ you overtime — (🎺 horn fall-off) Ha! Huh! Yeah~! --- [Hook – Funk Chant] I stand on business! (🎺 sync hits with “Ha! Huh! Woah~!”) I stand on business! (🎺 repeat, add trombone “bwaaah”) --- [Verse 2 – Funk Strut] I’m puttin’ in the hard work — (🎺 horn stab) Ha! Huh! Woah~! Workin’ it overtime — (Bass slap + rimshot) I said, huh! ha! woah~! Lovin’ you overtime — (🎷 sax growl) Ha! hoo! yeah~! --- [Bridge – Breakdown] (Drums drop to hi-hat + bass only) But I still ain’t gettin’ paid — (🎺 single stab) Ha! hoo! yeah~! Ain’t seen no money — (🎷 short trill) Ha! hoo! yeah~! ‘Cause I been givin’ it all to you — (Bass walk-up) Ha! hoo! yeah~! When you gonna love me, honey? — (Horn stab + drum roll into…) --- [Instrumental – Trombone Solo] (Full band groove, trombone plays melodic licks, horns answer every 2 bars, bass slides on bar 4) --- [Final Hook – Big Band Shout] I stand on business! (🎺 + 🎷 unison hit) Ha! Huh! Woah~! I stand on business! (🎺 + 🎷 long sustain) Ha! Huh! Woah~! (Band vamps: Horn stabs, bass groove, drummer riding cymbal until fade)
