[Intro – Low Brass & Snare Clicks]
(Snare clicks)
Tick… tick… tick…
(Trombones growling)
Daaaah…
Daaaah…
Crowd Chant:
BLACK—OUT!
BLACK—OUT!
BLACK—OUT!
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[Verse 1 – Drumline Entrance]
Snare:
RAT-TAT! RAT-TAT!
Break that silence!
Tenors:
Roll that thunder!
Shake the ground now!
Bassline:
BOOM! … BOOM! … BOOM-BOOM!
Full Line:
We step in dark like a storm in motion
Heartbeats loud with the crowd exploding
Lights go dead when the band start marching
Whole damn field feel the earth line sparking
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[Brass Hit Section]
Trumpets:
BAH-BAH-BAHHHH!
Trombones:
BRAAAAHHH!
Tubas:
DUM… DUM… DUM…
Band Chant:
WHO TURNED THE LIGHTS OUT?!
WE DID!
WHO BROUGHT THE FIRE NOW?!
WE DID!
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[Verse 2 – Heavy Cadence]
Snare Cadence:
Left-right-left-right
Feel the pressure rising
Stick sparks flying
Whole crowd wilding
Tenors:
Spin that rhythm!
Crash that line!
Every heartbeat
Locked in time!
Bassline:
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!
Full Band:
Black gloves on with the chrome tips shining
808 heartbeat and the brass keep crying
Smoke in the air when the tubas roaring
Everybody screaming when the line starts storming
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[Breakdown – Drumline Only]
(Call & response)
Center Snare:
ARE Y’ALL READY?!
Line:
READY!
Center Snare:
LOUDER!
Line:
READY!!
Stick Trick Count:
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
BREAK!
(Massive drum break)
RATATATATATA—BOOM!
RATATATATATA—BOOM!
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[Brass Melody Rise]
Trumpets soaring:
OHHHHHHHHH—
Low Brass:
DUN-DUN!
DUN-DUN!
Full Ensemble:
When the blackout hit
You remember the name
Smoke and thunder every time we came
No fear in our veins
No brakes in the sound
When the line lock in
We shake the whole town
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[Final Chorus – Full Stadium]
BLACKOUT!
FEEL THAT POWER!
BLACKOUT!
THIS OUR HOUR!
Drums like thunder!
Brass like flames!
Whole damn crowd screaming out our name!
BLACKOUT!
BLACKOUT!
BLACKOUT!
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[Ending – Final Hit]
Snare Roll builds
rrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRR—
FULL BAND HIT:
BAAAAAAAAAAM!!!
Crowd Chant fading:
BLACK… OUT…
BLACK… OUT…
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