[Female – bright and slightly pitched-up] [INTRO | 16 BARS] [First eight bars use heavily filtered Amen drums only Low dark pad underneath Faint stairwell-door ambience Fluorescent electrical hum Deep mono-sub pulse every four bars No complete lead line during the first eight bars] [FEMALE VOCAL CHOPS | BAR 9 ONWARDS | HIGHLY PITCHED-UP ADULT FEMALE SOURCE | HIGH FORMANT LIFT | BRIGHT SYNTHETIC SHEEN] Say-say My name Name Name Say my Say my Third time Same place DJ Marcus Artwell Bring that break [MALE MC | LOW, DRY, SPARSE] Three passes Still no words Man, pattern that [INTRO VERSE | FEMALE LEAD | SHORT, DRY, HIGHLY PITCHED] Third time past the stairwell Third time you looked back Same handrail Same black shirt Same little almost-chat You asked my friend what I was called While I stood two steps away She looked at me Then looked at you Like, “Seriously? Just say” [PRE-CHORUS] [Filtered Amen fragments become clearer Think-break ghost notes enter quietly Dark Reese bass begins rolling behind the vocal Dusty Hammond organ lands on alternate offbeats] Two hours in Same room Same little orbit Round the tune You know four letters Know the sound So when you reach me Say it now [BUILD 1 | 8 BARS] [Kick disappears Snare rolls rise gradually Amen edits sharpen Filtered Reese bass climbs Female title phrase becomes rapid rhythmic chops Male MC lines sit between the snare hits Sub disappears during the final two bars] [FEMALE VOCAL CHOPS] Say-say My name You know My name [MALE MC] Four more bars No asking her mate [FEMALE] Third time round Don’t make it four [MALE MC] Say it direct That’s what mouths are for [PRE-DROP] [Large dark Reese swell Rapid chopped Amen fill Female phrase “Say my name” sliced into quarter-beat fragments Short reverse vocal Hard tape stop Half-bar silence] [DROP HOOK | FEMALE | SHORT VIRAL CHANT] [VERY HIGH PITCHED-UP DELIVERY TIGHT DOUBLE TRACKING MINIMAL VIBRATO BRIGHT SYNTHETIC CLUB SHEEN CLEAR TITLE PHRASE] Say my name, you’ve known it all night Say it when the Amen cuts and get the syllables right [DROP 1 | 16 BARS] [Full heavily chopped Amen break Punchy layered kick Dry clap Think-break ghost notes Dark rubbery Reese bass Deep mono sub Dusty offbeat Hammond organ Short rave-stab responses Female title chops front and centre Male MC ad-libs only between phrases] [FEMALE] Say my name, you’ve known it all night Say it when the Amen cuts and get the syllables right Say my name Don’t ask my friend You’ve walked past three times Try again [MALE MC] There you go Direct route No committee meeting Just get it out [FEMALE BACKING CHOPS] Say-say My name Third time Same place Say-say My name Amen Break [POST-HOOK | VOCAL CHOP SECTION] [FEMALE PHRASES CUT INTO RAPID HALF-BEAT AND QUARTER-BEAT FRAGMENTS FORMANT PITCH LIFTS HIGHER ON EVERY SECOND REPEAT REESE BASS ANSWERS THE FINAL WORD] Say Say Name Name Know it All night Say it Right [VERSE 1 | FEMALE LEAD | SHORT, DRY AND CONVERSATIONAL] [Kick reduces Amen break remains active underneath Reese bass rolls in short answering phrases Female vocal remains pitched-up but less chopped] You passed me near the metal stairs Then doubled back for gum Stood beside the vending machine Pretending you wanted one You bought the wrong packet twice And didn’t even open it My friend said, “He keeps looking here” I said, “Yeah, I’ve noticed it” You knew my name from twenty past She told you near the bar But every time you came across You somehow travelled far Past the fire-door hinge Past the broken stool Two full hours learning courage In a room that had no rules [PRE-CHORUS] [Organ filter opens slightly Low piano stab joins every fourth bar Female vocal doubles tighten] No secret code No clever game You already asked How to say my name One clean word One proper try You’ve known it Since half past five [CHORUS] [FULL AMEN BREAK AND REESE BASS RETURN] Say my name, you’ve known it all night Say it when the Amen cuts and get the syllables right Say my name, don’t send somebody else You’ve crossed this room three times, come finish it yourself [FEMALE BACKING CHOPS] Say-say My name Finish it Yourself Say-say My name No one else [MALE MC] No messenger No middleman Man’s got a voice Use it, fam [VERSE 2 | MALE MC | RELAXED UK ROADMAN DELIVERY] [Male vocal close and dry Clean slang used lightly Amen break simplifies beneath the verse Reese bass answers selected line endings] Man’s done three laps round the same two stairs Asked her mate first like she wasn’t right there That’s long She clocked that early Man had the information before five-thirty Still moving shy with a packet of gum Bought two packs, opened none Allow it Whole thing obvious Even the cleaner probably clocked this Marcus chops six, room goes thin Now there’s nowhere useful left to spin She’s by the rail with her phone put away Looks straight at man like, “Today would be great”
