

Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro] (Oh-oh) [riff: start soft, airy “oooh-oh-oh” ascending] Yeah [playful ad-lib: “haaa-yeah!”] (Oh-oh) [layer harmonies: “oooh-oh”] ⸻ [Verse 1] You can write my name in shadows [riff on “shadows”: quick 3-note run] Say whatever helps you sleep [soft ad-lib: “sleep, sleep”] Try to press me in the pavement [slide up on “pavement”] Bury me too deep [riff: 4-note melisma on “deep”] But I’m lighter than your gravity [short run on “gravity”] Stronger than your doubt [call-and-response: Zona sings “stronger” / backing “stronger”] Every time you pull me under [soft glide on “under”] I come rising out [long held note, airy vibrato] [Pre-Chorus] You don’t like the way I’m shining [riff on “shining”: upward spiral] Like I own the air I breathe [light vocal runs on “air I breathe”] Like my hands are full of future [riff: “full of fu-u-ture”] Like there’s more in store for me [ad-lib: “more, more, more”] ⸻ [Chorus] I get up again, again [riff on “again”: 3-note ascending, repeat 2x] Higher than I’ve ever been [riff on “been”: 2-note lift] Like the sun don’t ask permission [riff on “sun”: playful trill] Like the tide keeps rolling in [riff: “rolling in” melismatic flourish] You can bend me, you can test me [call-and-response: “You can bend me!” / “I won’t fall!”] Say I’ll never win [riff on “win”: octave leap] But I get up again [ad-lib: “up again, yeah!”] Yeah, I rise up again [vocal riff run: long “aaaahhhh rise”] [Post-Chorus Hook] Again and again and again [layered riff: each “again” higher than last] I rise [soft melisma “I ri-i-ise”] Again and again and again [backing “oooh-oh-oh”] I rise [vocal hold, airy vibrato] ⸻ [Verse 2] Were you hoping I’d be quiet? [riff on “quiet”: subtle 3-note slide] Head down, out of sight? [short ad-lib: “nooo”] Like I’d fold beneath the pressure [riff on “pressure”: 4-note pull] Disappear into the night? [ad-lib: airy “ahh”] I’ve been walking with a treasure [riff on “treasure”: playful octave jump] You can’t measure with your hands [riff on “hands”: descending run] Got a fire in my bloodstream [call-and-response: “fire!” / “Yeah!”] Built from where I stand [riff: long vibrato hold] ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] If my laughter sounds like freedom [riff: “freee-dom” long note, airy] If my confidence cuts deep [riff: “deep”: 3-note slide] It’s ‘cause I’ve been through the darkness [vocal runs on “darkness”] And I kept my dream [riff: “dream” soft melisma] ⸻ [Chorus ] I get up again, again [riff: repeat previous chorus riff] Higher than I’ve ever been [riff: add trill on “been”] Like the stars don’t lose their sparkle [riff on “sparkle”: staccato notes] Just because the night sets in [ad-lib: “na-na-na”] You can doubt me, try to break me [call-and-response: “break me!” / “I rise!”] But I won’t give in [riff: ascending octave run] I get up again [ad-lib: “yeah, again!”] Yeah, I rise up again [vocal riff flourish to bridge] Again and again and again I rise I rise
Tags
Retro Funk Soul Groove Groovy Retro Soul Modern Funk Soul Jam Soul Funk Pop Funky Soul Bounce, male, live
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3/1/2026