[Intro: soft piano-house chords, airy pad, controlled tension] Oh It will be nice To live your life So effortlessly [Verse: Smooth Flow, acoustic guitar + synth arp, angular rhythm, four-on-the-floor, laid-back vocal] Watch me walk, watch me walk, uh (aiyy) no forwards and i won't slow down, time is only state of mind (mind, mind) (mind, mind) (mind, mind) Pose, watch me pose, watch me pose, uh (aiyy) yeah, no forwards and i won't slow down, time is only state of mind (mind, mind) (mind, mind) (mind, mind) Watch me walk, watch me walk, uh (aiyy) no forwards and i won't slow down, time is only state of mind (mind, mind) (mind, mind) (mind, mind) Pose, watch me pose, watch me pose, uh (aiyy) yeah, no forwards [Building: rising riser, choir swell, drum progression into drop] [Verse: Collage, chopped vocal chant, hip-hop cadence, glitch fx, laser siren] "It's the beginning to the end" I think I'm ahead of my time So Turn it on I'm already gone (aiyy, yeah) aiyy, (aiyy, yeah) aiyy, "It's the beginning to the end" I think I'm ahead of my time So Turn it on I'm already gone [Verse: Call and Response, bass-heavy electro, riddim pocket] Watch me walk, watch me walk, uh (aiyy) no forwards Running back, running back Pose, watch me pose, watch me pose, uh (aiyy) yeah, no forwards Running back, running back Watch me walk, watch me walk, uh (aiyy) no forwards Running back, running back Pose, watch me pose, watch me pose, uh (aiyy) yeah, no forwards [Verse: Style Changes, Call and Response, west coast beat switch, spoken delivery] (aiyy) no forwards No traffic when I'm driving (aiyy) no forwards All of my enemies just wave at me (aiyy) no forwards All you gotta do is understand it (aiyy) no forwards [Verse: Quad, moody minor-key piano, heavy reverb, distant vocal] I was born 'neath a bad sign ("It's the beginning to the end") Your dreams are coming true (I think I'm ahead of my time) While I'm just left here in the dark ("It's the beginning to the end") watching on you tube ("It's the beginning to the end") [Verse: Call and Response, energy climbing, layered stabs, bluegrass picking underneath] Watch me walk, watch me walk, uh (aiyy) no forwards I think I'm ahead of my time Pose, watch me pose, watch me pose, uh (aiyy) yeah, no forwards I think I'm ahead of my time Watch me walk, watch me walk, uh (aiyy) no forwards I think I'm ahead of my time Pose, watch me pose, watch me pose, uh (aiyy) yeah, no forwards [Music Shifts: key change, folk-house shuffle, acoustic guitar enters] [Bridge 2: Call and Response, shuffle melody, electric piano + acoustic guitar, country-tinged vocal] Baby what's solved is now (Oh) And I got what's next on me (It will be nice) Say, "it's on me," it's on me (To live your life) And we got what's next (So effortlessly) How 'bout now? (How 'bout now?) [Chorus: full anthem drop, soaring synths, choir swell, sub-bass drop, layered harmonies] I think I'm ahead of my time (How 'bout now?) Running back, running back (How 'bout now?) I think I'm ahead of my time (How 'bout now?) Running back, running back (How 'bout now?) (How 'bout now?) How 'bout nowwwww? [Verse: Front Row, semi-spoken, alt-rock edge, quoted lines as background layer] In the front row ("The real art implies a fighting reflection" In the front row ("It's the beginning to the end") And I gotta go (and i can't slow down, too afraid i'll lose my mind) Yeah, I gotta go (and i can't slow down, too afraid i'll lose my mind) and i won't slow down, time is only state of mind (mind, mind) (mind, mind) (mind, mind) [Transition Effect: sub-bass drop, laser siren, heavy reverb, stacked vocals, buildup] So Turn it on (I think I'm ahead of my time) I'm already (I think I'm ahead of my time) Just turn it on (I think I'm ahead of my time) Running back, running back Turn it on (I think I'm ahead of my time) I'm already gone (I think I'm ahead of my time) Running back, running back Turn it on (I think I'm ahead of my time) Turn it on (I think I'm ahead of my time) I'm already gone (I think I'm ahead of my time) (and i can't slow down, too afraid i'll lose my mind) and i won't slow down, time is only state of mind (mind, mind) (mind, mind) (mind, mind) [Verse: Call and Response, drive out, sustained energy, closing groove, fade] Watch me walk, watch me walk, uh (aiyy) no forwards Running back, running back Pose, watch me pose, watch me pose, uh (aiyy) yeah, no forwards Running back, running back Watch me walk, watch me walk, uh (aiyy) no forwards Running back, running back Pose, watch me pose, watch me pose, uh (aiyy) yeah, no forwards
