[Intro — (soft djembe) (soft djembe: djem-beh... djem-beh...) whispered skin on wood, the earth exhales (ta-ka... ta-ta) — a single heartbeat trails [Verse 1 — (add congas gently) (soft djembe + light congas: tum... tak... tum) Morning opens at the river bend, market sacks and laughter blend Women braid the day, men mend the net, children drum on tin with a hopeful get The djembe calls: djem-beh, djem-beh — small and sure, a map to more (ta-ka, boom) — steps of ancestors that cross the dusty floor [Pre-Chorus — (bring in dunun bass) (dunun low: dum-dum... / congas: ton-ton) Call: "Who wakes the valley?" Response: "We wake the valley!" (echo: we wake it now) Call: "Who spins the dawn?" Response: "We spin the dawn!" (echo: feel it in your brow) [Chorus 1 — (add talking drum + backing chants) (full rhythm: djembe + congas + dunun + talking drum) Feel the drumbeat, rising higher (ta-ka — boom) From the river we lift the choir Voices like fireflies, lighting the night air Market drums, mothers' songs — a sound that mends and cares (chant: Aaa — Asante!) [Verse 2 — (increase dynamics, add hand-claps and shekere) (hand-claps, shekere: shh-ka-shh) Night gathers at the village square, storytellers braid the moonlit air Talking drum answers with a voice that bends, echoing names of old friends Feet stamp—dum, dum—like thunder walking, shadow-figures whisper and are talking Drum tongues speak in call-and-bend — dundun, pa-ta — messages they send [Pre-Chorus 2 — (layer stronger