Daddy Said (But I Still Funk)
Funk-rock fusion, clean compressed electric guitar with syncopated 16th-note palm-muted staccato chords, slap-pop bass locking with dry kick drum, tight high-tuned snare, bright brassy synth/horn stabs on off-beats, 115 BPM, 4/4, energetic, joyful, defiant, male lead vocal with rhythmic grunts, sudden falsetto squawks, spoken interjections between phrases, occasional guttural growl, self call-and-response, cry-shout notes on beat 1 of chorus
Daddy Said (But I Still Funk)
Funk-rock fusion, clean compressed electric guitar with syncopated 16th-note palm-muted staccato chords, slap-pop bass locking with dry kick drum, tight high-tuned snare, bright brassy synth/horn stabs on off-beats, 115 BPM, 4/4, energetic, joyful, defiant, male lead vocal with rhythmic grunts, sudden falsetto squawks, spoken interjections between phrases, occasional guttural growl, self call-and-response, cry-shout notes on beat 1 of chorus
Lyrics
(Yeah!)
(whoo!)
(LISTEN!)
[Verse 1 | tight guitar scratch | slap bass]
Born from dirt, no name, no door
Old man said: "World's a war"
"You gonna learn what living cost"
(He was right)
But he forgot one thing, boss
[Pre-Chorus | build | horn stabs rising]
Yeah the world is shit
(That's a fact!)
But shit can grow a garden back
[spoken] Watch this
[Chorus | full band | call-and-response]
I let it slide
(Slide!)
I take the hit
(Hit!)
And keep on walking with my funky grit
(Yeah!)
The world is trash
(Trash!)
So what? I laugh
(Ha!)
Nothing can break my funky mood
[Verse 2 | palm-muted verse | lower energy | spoken-funk]
Now I'm a dad, same broken street
Same dirty sky, same bitter heat
I told my son: "It ain't no game"
(But boy...)
"You can cry or you can change the frame"
[Pre-Chorus | build again | horn stabs]
Yeah the world is shit
(No lie!)
But shit can make you wonder why
[growl] (WHY?)
[falsetto] 'Cause FUNK don't die!
[Chorus | anthemic | crowd-style ad-libs]
I let it slide
(Slide!)
I take the hit
(Hit!)
And keep on walking with my funky grit
(Yeah!)
The world is trash
(Trash!)
So what? I laugh
(Ha!)
Nothing can break my funky mood
[Bridge | breakdown | minimal: bass + kick + spoken]
[spoken] My daddy saw a cage
I see a stage
(Uh!)
[spoken] Same broken planet
[spoken word crying → laughter] (Different savage) … (Ha ha HA!)
[Guitar solo | clean funky | 32 bars]
[Chorus x2 | maximal energy | full band]
I let it slide
(SLIDE!)
I take the hit
(HIT!)
And keep on walking with my funky grit
(YEAH!)
The world is trash
(TRASH!)
So what? I laugh
(HA!)
[falsetto] Nothing can break my funky mood
[Outro | instrumental fade | horn stabs | scratch guitar]
(Yeah)
(Keep slidin')
(Good God)
[Fade out]