Verse 1 (Whispered Vocals / Doubled Tracked Lead / Octave Doubling) (Music Cue: Main beat kicks in. Main Vocals are Doubled Tracked Lead, slightly processed) The final week is drawing near, (Octave Doubling on "near") To close the chapter of the year. I look around and clearly see, The support you gave so distinctively. WHISPERED VOCALS (Close mic): Through every challenge, big or small... Your kindness stood above it all. To teachers serving far and wide, We thank you for your strength and pride. Pre-Chorus (Rasta Chant / Vocal Chopping) (Music Cue: Beat shifts to a steady reggae pulse) RASTA CHANT (Rhythmic and melodic): Jah Education,bless the journey, yes! The work we do is righteous success! We give thanks and praise for every soul, Reachin' out and makin' the student WHOLE! VOCAL CHOPPING (Electronic stutter effect on the last word): ...student-dent-dent-WHOLE! Chorus (Three Styles Harmony / Synth Pop / Call and Answer) (Music Cue: Heavy Synth Bassline kicks in - Synth Pop) (CALL) So here’s to the year, two-thousand twenty-five, (ANSWER - Harmony 1) Twenty-five! (CALL) For keeping the flame of learning alive. (ANSWER - Harmony 2) It's alive! (THREE STYLES HARMONY - Main, Tenor, and Baritone): Thank you, teachers, for standing true, (CALL) For every task you saw it through. (CALL) Let’s finish strong, hand in hand, (ANSWER - Harmony 3, higher pitch): Yeah, hand in hand! (CALL) The finest team in all the land! (ANSWER - All): IN THE LAND! SCREAMS AND SHOUTS (Quick, celebratory yell over the final beat): YEAAAH! Verse 2 (Singjay Style / Octave Doubling / Doubled Tracked Lead) (Music Cue: Fast, syncopated rhythm. Main Vocals are Doubled Tracked Lead) SINGJAY STYLE (Fast, rhythmic, half-singing/half-toasting): Hear me now! We watch the students grow and rise! Shining bright with knowledge in their eyes! (Octave Doubling on "eyes") New skills they got, attitudes set straight, Mekkin' big moves past the school gate! SINGJAY STYLE (Smoother): You molded minds for a better life, Through days of joy and days of strife. HYPE MAN SHOUT (Motivational): BETTER LIFE! LEVEL UP! Chorus (Three Styles Harmony / Synth Pop / Call and Answer) (Music Cue: Heavy Synth Bassline kicks in - Synth Pop) (CALL) So here’s to the year, two-thousand twenty-five, (ANSWER - Harmony 1) Twenty-five! (CALL) For keeping the flame of learning alive. (ANSWER - Harmony 2) It's alive! (THREE STYLES HARMONY): Thank you, teachers, for standing true, (CALL) For every task you saw it through. (CALL) Let’s finish strong, hand in hand, (ANSWER - Harmony 3): Yeah, hand in hand! (CALL) The finest team in all the land! (ANSWER - All): IN THE LAND! VOCAL CHOPPING (Fast decay and reverb): T-E-A-M-M-M! Bridge (Harmonized Duet / Round Singing) (Music Cue: Beat simplifies, warm synth pad) HARMONIZED DUET (Male and Female voices, smooth and slightly slower): Male: The day has come to shut the door, Female: But let our spirits unite to the end. [ music fade]

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