[INTRO — BRAZILIAN SOUL-FUNK / BASS + GUITAR + ORGAN] [DJ — VINYL SCRATCH] Look around... Take your time... Not every love that comes around knows how to stay. [VERSE 1 — FUNK GROOVE / SOUL VOCAL] I found you without looking, no promises, no need to impress. Just a quiet look, a conversation with no rush, and somehow something changed inside my head. It’s not just desire, it’s not just passion, some things begin before they reach the heart. It’s knowing how to listen, knowing how to respect, wanting to be close without trying to control. [PRE-CHORUS — BUILDING / BACKING VOCALS] What if I look beyond the surface? What if I ask what lies between us? Who is listening? Who understands? Who can hear the other voice? [CHORUS — BIG / CLASSIC POP MELODY / HARMONIES] Smart love, doesn’t hold you down! It gives you space, gives you truth, gives you solid ground. Smart love, let it happen, let it breathe! If I can be myself, and you can be you! [BACKING VOCALS — HARMONY] You can be you! You can be you! [DJ — VOCAL CUT] “Be you!” [VERSE 2 — FUNK BASS + HORNS] Some people call jealousy caring, confuse control with being in love. Some wanna possess, some wanna decide, but love ain’t giving orders, it’s letting someone live their life. I don’t need somebody perfect, and I don’t have to be that way. I want the truth inside our conversations, and the freedom to say “no.” If you grow, I grow, if I’m wrong, you tell me. No games, no competition, no turning love into a battlefield. [HORN PUNCH] [GUITAR — FUNKY RIFF] ’Cause loving is a choice too, not just a feeling in your heart. It’s sharing the road together without losing who we are. [PRE-CHORUS — BUILD] Who gets to speak? Who knows how to listen? Who can accept the difference without trying to change it? [CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE / HARMONIES] Smart love, doesn’t hold you down! It gives you space, gives you truth, gives you solid ground. Smart love, let it happen, let it breathe! If I can be myself, and you can be you! [BACKING VOCALS] You can be you! You can be you! [BREAK — DJ + BASS + ORGAN] [DJ — SCRATCHES] [RECORD STOP] [GUITAR — WAH-WAH] [BASS — GROOVE] [VERSE 3 — SOUL / MORE OPEN] Maybe loving someone means learning how to see: seeing what the other person feels without needing to guess. We’re not two halves looking for someone to make us whole. We’re two complete people choosing to walk the same road. I don’t wanna be your prison, and I don’t wanna own you. I just wanna stand beside you without erasing who I am. And when life gets heavy, when the world puts us to the test, let there be room between us to breathe and talk it out. [BUILD — DRUMS + HORNS + HARMONIES] [GUITAR — RISING DISTORTION] [DJ — SCRATCH BUILD] [DRUMS — FILL] [HORNS — HIT] [FINAL CHORUS — BIG ANTHEM / ALL] Smart love, doesn’t hold you down! It gives you space, gives you truth, gives you solid ground! Smart love, let it happen, let it breathe! If I can be myself, and you can be you! [BACKING VOCALS — 4-PART HARMONY] You can be you! You can be you! Smart love! Freedom is connection! [DJ — FULL SCRATCH ATTACK] [GUITAR — FUNK-SOUL SOLO] [HORNS — PUNCHES] [FINAL CHORUS — ALL] Smart love! Doesn’t hold you down! Smart love! Freedom is connection! Smart love! Let it happen, let it breathe! I can be myself, you can be you! [OUTRO — BRAZILIAN SOUL / ORGAN + BASS] It ain’t possession... It ain’t fear... It ain’t needing to control. It’s looking into your eyes, understanding the silence, and still wanting to stay. [BACKING VOCALS — SOFT] Smart love... Freedom to stay... Freedom to choose... [DJ — SLOW VINYL SCRATCH] And even though I could walk away... I choose to stay.
