[TEMPO: 106 BPM
KEY: D minor
INSTRUMENTATION:
• Drums: Funk groove, snare 2/4, hi-hat syncopation
• Bass: Driving pocket
• Guitar: Muted off-beat strums
• Keys/Clavinet: Rhythmic stabs
• Horns: Trumpet/sax accents, call-response
• Vocals: Conversational verses, punchy chorus]
PRE-INTRO / GROOVE (4 bars)
[Bass + guitar + keys + drums]
[male blues black male voice]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Sun’s up
City moves
Step outside
INTRO / HOOK (4–8 bars)
Keep moving
Keep grooving
Feel the beat
Feel alive
Keep shining
Keep shining
Life is ours
Tonight
[Horns accent “alive” and “tonight”]
VERSE 1 (8 bars)
Woke today
Feeling new
Packed a bag
Stepped out
Left my chair
Left my bills
City hums
Feet on street
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PRE-CHORUS / HOOK (4 bars)
Keep moving
Keep grooving
Feel the beat
Feel alive
Keep shining
Keep shining
Life is ours
Tonight
⸻
CHORUS (8 bars)
I feel alive
I feel free
Laugh at life
Come with me
Step by step
Move your feet
Life is rhythm
Feel the beat
Nothing stops me
I will glide
Sixty-five gone
Still alive
[Horn call-response: “Still alive, yeah, yeah!”]
⸻
VERSE 2 (8 bars)
Met some friends
Shared a smile
Walked the streets
Stretched a mile
Coffee hot
Sky so bright
Every corner
New light
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VERSE 3 (8 bars)
Music loud
People dance
I join in
Hands in air
Laughing loud
Life is now
Every moment
Feel it now
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BRIDGE (8 bars)
Years behind
Feel brand new
Rules don’t matter
Groove pulls me
Step with rhythm
Move with me
Life’s a party
Wild and free
[Horns accent “free” and “pulls me”]
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CHORUS / OUTRO (8–12 bars)
I feel alive
I feel free
Laugh at life
Come with me
Step by step
Move your feet
Life is rhythm
Feel the beat
Nothing stops me
I will glide
Sixty-five gone
Still alive
HOOK OUTRO [repeat 2–3x]
Keep moving
Keep grooving
Feel the beat
Feel alive
Keep shining
Keep shining
Life is ours
Tonight
