[Intro]
(Soft log-drum thump → keys bloom)
Sha! Eita! — feel the shuffle
115 steady, heartbeat steady
[vocal chop] — woah, woah
[Verse 1]
Neon taxis slice the midnight haze
Stoep lights flicker, veranda sways
Your hand finds mine, cold glass, warm skin
A rooftop skyline — the night lets us in
Keys glide low, velvet on the skin
Sub-bass hums, the city wears our grin
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Close now — breathe with the groove (sha!)
Whisper low — move how you move
Call — I come; you call — I arrive (eita!)
Log drum knocks — the room's alive
[Chorus]
Soulful waves, 115
We glow, we ride
Log-drum — heartbeat
Night's ours — alive
(Reply: sha! — woo!)
[Verse 2]
Side-street dancers, shoelace shuffle
Braai smoke curling, neon letters scuffle
Short laughs, long looks, two-step slide
Township skyline, moon as our guide
Vocal chops answer — quick, percussive
Sharp consonants cut — rhythm addictive
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Hold tight — build the tension (hayi)
Lift up — feel the suspension
You lean in, the harmony unfolds
We trade secrets where the log drum rolls
(Ad-lib response: siyajabula!)
[Chorus — Variation]
Soulful waves, 115
We glow — we ride
Log-drum — heartbeat
Night's ours — alive
(Shouts: sha! eita! hey!)
[Bridge — Emotional Peak]
When the lights go thin and the street grows quiet
I lay my truth on your shoulder, no hiding
Promise: morning won't steal what we made
Promise: this groove is home, won't fade
Call: stay — Response: always (sha)
We vow, we breathe, we push through the grey
[Final Chorus — Lifted]
Soulful waves, 115 — we rise
We glow, we ride — higher skies
Log-drum, heartbeat, sync our time
Night's ours — forever, you and I
(Harmony stacks, vocal ad-libs: siyajabula — woo!)
[Outro]
Let the last log-drum fill cut the air
Keys scatter like stars — hold me there
We fade with the sub-bass, soft and slow
Township dawn, hand in hand, we go
(Whispered ad-libs) — sha... eita... siyajabula
[Production Notes — for producer]
- Tempo: 115 BPM, pocket tight for shuffle
- Core elements: punchy log drum, swung hi-hats, lush Rhodes/piano pads, warm sub-bass
- Space for: log-drum fills before each chorus, chopped vocal chops between lines, call-and-response ad-libs
- Vocal arrangement: lead female with stacked harmonies on final choruses; short male/female call-and-response ad-libs
- Sonic cues: leave gaps for percussion syncopation; emphasize consonants for backing vocal chops; use reverb on veranda lines
- Cultural touches: brief isiZulu/tsotsitaal ad-libs (sha, eita, siyajabula) to anchor township flavor
(End with a soft log-drum pulse and a single sustained key bloom)
