Give Me My Flowers Now

rap, Boom bap drums with Latin percussion accents, upright bass, and jazzy Rhodes chords, Male vocals: first verse half-spoken, half-rapped; chorus opens up with layered, dynamic hooks and call-and-response ad-libs, East Coast pocket, gritty but warm; second verse leans into Latin rap cadences and gangsta edge, then strips back to just bass and keys for an intimate outro hook, dynamic, latin, jazz, male vocals, east coast hip hop

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[Intro] [low vocal register] White suit Cold room Fake smiles Cheap perfume [Verse 1] He laid out Fresh cut Tie straight Eyes shut Everybody posting, "he was real" When he breathed, they were quiet, never called, never chill Mom in the front row Knuckles all pale Pastor say his name like a story, like a tale But last month he was begging for a text back Phone dry, heart heavy, just a blunt and a six-pack No visits when the rent due No ring when the storm hit They love you in the slideshow Forget you when the floor drip They line up, kiss the forehead, say they always cared But he left this world certain that nobody there [Chorus] Give me my flowers now Not when I’m six feet down Say that you love me loud While I can hear that sound Don’t wait till I’m gone, till I can’t look around Give me my flowers now Give me my flowers now (yeah) [Verse 2] Around the way, lil’ shorty on the third floor Quiet soul, kept the pain behind a locked door Found him days later, TV still on Neighbors just staring like, "yo, what went wrong?" "Did you know him?" Silence in the staircase No card, no call, not a single friendly face Phone full of numbers, none of them rang Group chat jumping, but they never knew his slang Then the mail hit the mat One card with his name "Yo, you good? Just checking, things ain’t the same" Postmark late, hope came after fate Ink still fresh, but it showed up at the gate Of a life already finished, breath already gone You can’t hug the ashes, can’t talk to a stone [Chorus] Give me my flowers now Not when I’m six feet down Say that you love me loud While I can hear that sound Don’t wait till I’m gone, till I can’t look around Give me my flowers now Give me my flowers now [Bridge] [whispered vocals] Text back today Slide through, don’t stay away Look your people in the face Tell ‘em they ain’t replaced [Chorus] [Chorus]

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