Switch Up The Tempo
Rap, hip hop, atmosphere, BPM: 142. drums in half-time so it feels like 71, switch hats to double-time for the race moments, F# minor, deep heavy 808, short, punchy, low thump. Tune to F#. Use two kicks, one soft for verses, one harder with more click for choruses, 808: sine with light saturation, long decay on sustained notes Slide between F# - C# - E for the main hook, Snare/clap: layered, Hi-hats: closed 16ths with velocity variation. Add triplet rolls only on the words "switch" and "tempo". soft shaker, reversed cymbal swells, and a muted finger snap on beat 3, warm analog pad in Serum, granular vocal chop pad, reversed, soft bell with heavy Valhalla Shimmer, plays a 3-note motif only in post-chorus. F# - A - C#, white noise risers 2 bars before each chorus, tape stop on the last word of "break it", vinyl crackle very low in intro and outro, scratch male vocal with natural imperfections,
Switch Up The Tempo
Rap, hip hop, atmosphere, BPM: 142. drums in half-time so it feels like 71, switch hats to double-time for the race moments, F# minor, deep heavy 808, short, punchy, low thump. Tune to F#. Use two kicks, one soft for verses, one harder with more click for choruses, 808: sine with light saturation, long decay on sustained notes Slide between F# - C# - E for the main hook, Snare/clap: layered, Hi-hats: closed 16ths with velocity variation. Add triplet rolls only on the words "switch" and "tempo". soft shaker, reversed cymbal swells, and a muted finger snap on beat 3, warm analog pad in Serum, granular vocal chop pad, reversed, soft bell with heavy Valhalla Shimmer, plays a 3-note motif only in post-chorus. F# - A - C#, white noise risers 2 bars before each chorus, tape stop on the last word of "break it", vinyl crackle very low in intro and outro, scratch male vocal with natural imperfections,
Lyrics
Intro
(ayy)
Uh, yeah
Switch it
Okay, go
Verse 1
Been coasting low key, smoke in the rearview
Head in the clouds but my feet know the real view
They boxed me in, said "stay in your lane, dude"
Damn, I laughed, I was built to break through
Tired of the same loop, same talk, same faces
I need a new high, new heights, new places
Heart on overdrive but I move with patience
Then I flip the switch, watch the whole vibe change it
Shadows on my name, but I walk through clean
Gold in my veins, not the type they seen
Counted out early, now I flip the scene
Quiet storm coming, know what I mean
Pre-Chorus
Hold up, breathe in, then I let go
Slow down, lean in, then I let go
Count to three, then I disappear though
Watch me reappear where they never go
Chorus
Switch up the tempo, slow then I race it
Left then right, you can't ever trace it
One minute quiet, next I embrace it
Switch up the tempo, watch how I make it
Yeah, switch up the tempo, no I don't fake it
Feel that rush, hell yeah, I chase it
If you can't keep up then don't try to face it
Switch up the tempo, I was born to break it
Verse 2
Used to play safe, now I play for keeps
Dreams too loud for sleep, so I skip sleep
They want a copy, I don't do repeats
Shit, I'm the glitch in the pattern they preach
Eyes on the skyline, city glow amber
Mind in tomorrow, I'm already past ya
No anchor, no chain, no weight on my mantra
Just fire in my lungs when I hit that new chapter
Tunnel vision clear when the lights get hazy
Turn pressure to vapor, make it look lazy
They ask for the formula, I tell em maybe
I move how I feel, never too crazy
Pre-Chorus 2
Hold up, speed up, then I glide though
Hands up, then down, watch the tide roll
If I go quiet, know I'm worldwide though
If I go loud, know I decide so
Chorus
Switch up the tempo, slow then I race it
Left then right, you can't ever trace it
One minute quiet, next I embrace it
Switch up the tempo, watch how I make it
Yeah, switch up the tempo, no I don't fake it
Feel that rush, hell yeah, I chase it
If you can't keep up then don't try to face it
Switch up the tempo, I was born to break it
Post-Chorus
Tempo, tempo, switch it
Slow then quick, just flip it
Tempo, tempo, switch it
Gone before you get it (yeah)
Verse 3
I was stuck in first gear, praying for motion
Now I'm fifth gear, cutting through ocean
No map, no guide, just pure devotion
To the version of me that they couldn't notice
Came from the dirt with a head full of visions
Turned all the doubt into cold decisions
No handouts, just hustle and precision
Every loss taught me how to make incisions
Yeah I ghost then I show, that's my rhythm
Never stay long, that's just how I'm living
They want static, I'm built for the shifting
Watch me vanish, then come back different
I don't fold, I evolve, that's the difference
Pressure made diamond, now I glisten
Say less, do more, that's my religion
Switch lanes in silence, that's how I'm winning
Bridge
Slow motion, then I'm gone in a flash
Cold focus, then I burn it to ash
Up, down, round and round, never crash
I live in the shift, not the aftermath
Hold the breath, then exhale thunder
Stay grounded, but my head's in the wonder
If it's all or nothing, I'm picking the other
The one they said don't exist, I discovered
Breakdown
Switch
Up
Tempo
Yeah
Switch
Up
Tempo
Let it go (ooh)
Final Chorus - Extended
Switch up the tempo, slow then I race it
Left then right, you can't ever trace it
One minute quiet, next I embrace it
Switch up the tempo, watch how I make it
Switch up the tempo, up then I dip it
High then low, watch me perfectly flip it
Never the same, that's why they can't clip it
Switch up the tempo, you know I live it
Yeah, switch up the tempo, no I don't fake it
Feel that rush, hell yeah, I chase it
If you can't keep up then don't try to face it
Switch up the tempo, I was born to break it
Outro
Ayy, gone
Switch it up, switch it up
Tempo
Fade out, yeah