[MALE LEAD] [WEST COAST SOUL × FUNK × HIP-HOP] [NATURAL VOICE — RAP × MELODY] [UNDERPLAY IT] [IMMEDIATE BASS + GUITAR FINGERPRINT] [Cold Open] [Male] You want the last one? [Female] No. [beat] [Male] Cool. I'm eating it. [Female] Wait— [BASS] [Male] See. That's why you leave a little. [Verse 1 — conversational rap] Leave a little gas in the tank, little cash in the bank, little Friday night with absolutely nothing on the page. Leave a little room when somebody walks in, little space in the sentence before you tell 'em what you think. I learned that late. Used to fill every silence like somebody paid me by the word. [beat] Nobody did. So now— I let the record breathe, let the phone ring twice, let somebody change their mind without making it a fight. And somehow everything feels better with a little left over. [Pre-Chorus — sung] Don't spend it all trying to make it perfect. Don't hold so tight you forget what it's worth. Some things get sweeter when you don't take everything— [beat] Leave a little. [Chorus] Leave a little for tomorrow. Little good time left to borrow. Little road we haven't seen. Little you I haven't met yet. Leave a little room between us so I can still come closer. I don't need all of anything— just leave a little more to know. [POST-CHORUS] [MUTED GUITAR] Leave a little— [BASS ANSWER] little. [Verse 2 — tighter rap pocket] Look— I want the whole plate. Let's establish that. [Female] Obviously. [Male] Thank you. But life's funny. You finally get what you swore you needed— then five minutes later you're online looking at something else. [beat] We are ridiculous. So lately I'm practicing enough. Good conversation? Don't stretch it till it's dead. Good night? Go home while it's still good. Good people? … … … be sure and …Tell 'em. Don't wait for flowers and folding chairs. [DRUMS DROP] And somebody you love? Don't learn every corner just so there ain't nothing left to discover. [Pre-Chorus] Don't spend it all trying to make it perfect. Don't hold so tight you forget what it's worth. Some things get sweeter when you don't take everything— leave a little. [Chorus] Leave a little for tomorrow. Little good time left to borrow. Little road we haven't seen. Little you I haven't met yet. Leave a little room between us so I can still come closer. I don't need all of anything— just leave a little more to know. [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] [BASS × NYLON GUITAR × RHODES] [Bridge — nearly naked] [Male] You still want that last one? [Female] What last one? [Male] Exactly. [beat] [Female] Did you eat it? [Male] ... … … [FEMALE…] SAAAMY! [Male] Mmhmm See, now— … … … this feels like a separate issue. [Female laughs] [Male] I'll buy you another one. [Female] Two. [Male] Dat's inflation. [DRUM PICKUP] [Final Chorus — melodic lift] Leave a little for tomorrow. Little joy we haven't borrowed. Little road we haven't seen. Little life still in between. Leave a little room between us— I'll keep choosing to come closer. I don't need all of anything— [beat] I just don't wanna miss what's here. [Male — clean upper register] Leave a liiiittle— [Female] Two. [Male] We're still on that? [HARD END]
