Day One Bredda (Loyalty Dub)
dancehall, slap house, 126 BPM, four on the floor kick, analog kick compression, prophet 5 stabs, moog sub-bass, DX7 glass keys, muted cello ostinato, syncopated metallic percussion, piano chord hits, transport motor clacks, sensor bleeps, sidechain pumping, bit-crushed filter cuts, clinical urgency, warehouse pressure, dub system bass. Singjay vocals
Day One Bredda (Loyalty Dub)
dancehall, slap house, 126 BPM, four on the floor kick, analog kick compression, prophet 5 stabs, moog sub-bass, DX7 glass keys, muted cello ostinato, syncopated metallic percussion, piano chord hits, transport motor clacks, sensor bleeps, sidechain pumping, bit-crushed filter cuts, clinical urgency, warehouse pressure, dub system bass. Singjay vocals
Lyrics
[Intro] (Chords: Gm - Cm)
[Airhorn blast] Soundboy, wheel dat!
The riddim was 'posed to drop right there...
Beat cuts, silent gap
The riddim was 'posed to drop right there!
Yeah, yeah, uh...
Dis one dedicated to di real link, di day-ones.
From di scheme to di world stage.
(Da-ra-da-ra-da-ra-ra-ra-ra!)
Chorus, Melodic Singjay Flow
We coulda count up di paper, or kick a flow
Inna di yard watchin' videos
Actin' zany, yeah we silly, yo—but really, though
All of dat can end
Whether we inna di VIP with superstars
Or we deh inna di back of a trooper car
Mi nuh care who yuh think yuh are
All mi really need is a fren.
Verse 1, Rapid-fire Toasting
Flow Note: Staccato, riding the pocket
If trust nah exist, den yuh cyan hang with us
Respect is a currency, a so we manifest
Connect on di same deck, same intellect
My bredda never shifty, him always direct.
See we deh? We boys from dem time deh
Stand pon di corner, no matter di weather
Nuh care 'bout yuh Benz, nuh care 'bout di leather
Freestyle rhymes keep di link-up together.
Flow Note: Heavy bass drop
Trust yuh with mi girl, trust yuh with di plan
Chillin' at di jam, one solid clan
Nuh "Yes Man" roun' here, dat a weak vibration
True fren deh deh through every tribulation.
Like Fred and Barney, stone turn pon rubble
Still keep mi own space, far from di trouble.
Chorus, Catchy/Rhythmic
We coulda count up di paper, or kick a flow
Inna di yard watchin' videos
Actin' zany, yeah we silly, yo—but really, though
All of dat can end
Whether we inna di VIP with superstars
Or we deh inna di back of a trooper car
Mi nuh care who yuh think yuh are
All mi really need is a fren.
Verse 2, Gritty & Conscious
Flow Note: Half-time melodic delivery
'Cause nobody nuh care 'bout we, dem only doubt we
Until di spot blow, den dem wah crowd we.
Wah shout we now? But yuh a day-one link
Actin' large? Mi nuh play dat, mi nuh blink.
But life move fast, and di road it get slippery
A fren turn two-faced? Dat a real trickery.
Disgraceful! Nothin' more yuh can say
When di one yuh grow with sell yuh out for di pay.
Used to ride di bus, now we drive Lex'
But some man lose dem soul for a bigger check.
Mi circle thick, but only few remain down
True kings and queens who never drop di crown.
Bridge / Interlude
Reload! Sound effect: Record scratch
Yeah...
So check it, so check it.
Real loyalty nuh buy inna shop.
Chorus, High Energy
We coulda count up di paper, or kick a flow
Inna di yard watchin' videos
Actin' zany, yeah we silly, yo—but really, though
All of dat can end
Whether we inna di VIP with superstars
Or we deh inna di back of a trooper car
Mi nuh care who yuh think yuh are
All mi really need is a fren.
Outro, Ad-libs
Flow Note: Fading out with echoes
Real link...
From di beginning to di endin'.
Mutual support, yuh zimme?
Fake people stay far, we nuh want di turd vibration.
Well respected...
Airhorns
Fade out