[Intro — Sound Machine Chant / Choir (dry to warm reverb)]
♪ Sound Machine ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You're in my heart I gotta now be puli pula Take my love ♪ ♪
(Lead spoken, light djembe pulse)
"Sound Machine — feel it open."
[Verse 1 — Lead (dry), Choir responses]
Lead: You're in my heart, feel the drum begin
Choir (S/A/T/B short stabs): Ah! — Ah!
Lead: Streets of Lagos, sunset on the skin
Choir (response, layered): Ooh — ooh — ooh
Lead: Hands in the market, color like gold thread
Choir (Sopranos echo): Akwaaba — welcome
Lead: Kente on shoulders, heartbeat in the head
Choir (Alto/Tenor): Puli — Puli — Puli
[Pre-Chorus — Lead (call) / Choir (response, syncopated)]
Lead (call): Feel the pulse — the talking drum
Choir (response): Ta — ta — tak (short, percussive)
Lead (call): Let the shakers answer, let the congas come
Choir (response): Shh — ka — ka
Lead (final call): Lift the voice — make the moment hum
Choir (answer—full): We are here — we are one
[Chorus — Hook (Punchy two-line, full choir — repeatable)]
Full Choir (unison, punchy, rhythm-first):
Puli Pula, feel the drum
Puli Pula, we are one
(Lead ad-libs between repeats — short rhythmic vowels)
Lead (ad-lib): Poo — li! / Pu — li! / Puli Pula!
[Verse 2 — Lead with Choir texture]
Lead: Djembe thunders, conga answers back
Choir (T/B lower hum): Mm — mm
Lead: Palm trees sway on the red-earth track
Choir (S/A lifts): Ahhhh
Lead: Market laughter, silver coin, warm bread
Choir (call/response): Take my love — take my love (echo)
Lead: Love like sunrise — bright on every head
Choir (response): Puli Pula — we rise above
[Bridge — Call-and-Response arrangement (explicit voicings)]
Lead (call, dry): Call: "Who holds the fire?"
Choir (Sopranos — bright answer): "We hold the fire!"
Choir (Altos — warm harmony): "We hold the fire!"
Choir (Tenors — punchy): "We hold the fire!"
Choir (Basses — anchor): "We hold the fire!"
Lead (call): "Who keeps the drum?"
Choir (response, layered stabs): "The people, the people — the drum keeps us!"
[Rhythmic Breakdown — Percussive hooks & Short vowel chants]
Lead (percussive phrasing): Pu — li, pu — li, pu-li, pu-li — pa!
Choir (S/A/T/B call/answer): POO — LEE (S), PUH — LI (A), LEE — LEE (T), BAAAH (B)
[Chorus — Hook (Full Choir) — with harmonic lift]
Full Choir: Puli Pula, feel the drum
Full Choir: Puli Pula, we are one
(Short horn stab after each line — callout)
[Solo Lead Verse — intimate, dry vocal, choir whispers]
Lead: You're in my heart, I gotta now be — (whispered choir: "puli pula")
Lead: Take my love across the ocean, across the sun
Choir (soft): Take my love — take my love
Lead: From the market to the rooftop, drum to drum
Choir (response): One rhythm — one song
[Final Call-and-Response — Build to高潮 (climax)]
Lead (call): "Sound Machine — louder!"
Choir (Sopranos — bright shouts): "Louder!"
Choir (Altos — harmony): "Louder!"
Choir (Tenors/Basses — punch): "Louder!"
Lead (call): "We sing for the streets, for the mot
