CONTINUUM Testimony

Lyrics

Burg Records in Poetic Collaboration with tHE JB StUDiOs presents: ​THE CONTINUUM Testimony REMIX ​Continuum Testimony Remix: Waffi Street Cadence, Detailed Cut 98 BPM · Double-bar multisyllabic chains · Bold marks the internal rhymes, and ad-libs are in italics. Intro (4 bars) (808 rolls in, then one talking-drum crack) "Burg City! JB Studios! Waffi, we dey!" Let JiNG & BiNG be JiNG & BiNG, because GOD dey love JiNG & BiNG! Black Rhythm and Xoulful Blues, the Blueprint of Juju Xound, sound and ground! Verse 1: The Pressure (16 bars) (Steady knock, snare on 2 and 4) Morning na warning, hustle na muscle, pocket dey thin but the spirit dey win, Generator dey hum, landlord dey come, faith dey drum for the sum of the sum. Enerhen boy, joy and employ, Warri road hold the load, code and mode, Bus stop to top, drop and prop, shop and crop, we no stop! Ad-lib: "Steady!" Dem say grass no green, but we seen the sheen, mean and lean, clean and keen, Fire for the belly, jelly to telly, Almighty steady the ready. Pressure press, no stress, blessing dress, success confess, Valley terror, error to mirror, grace make the vision clearer! Hook (8 bars) (Crowd on the caps) TESTIMONY RUNNING, funnel and tunnel, GOD na the channel! Pressure to pleasure, measure and treasure, Waffi boys forever! Ad-lib: "Who dey? We dey!" Verse 2: The Street Ledger (16 bars) (Pitched down, slow the flow, let each line land) Look: we pass the valley, alley to galley, no escort, no rally, hold the tally, Poverty heavy, belly empty, steady the spirit, hear it, near it, clear it. Creditor call, tenant fall, eviction notice on the wall, but faith na ball, hall and all, Almighty author write the fiction, diction, conviction, prediction, affliction to benediction! Ad-lib: "Wrote am!" Ghetto test, blessing best, rest and west, confessed and blessed, Sweat on the brow, vow and now, how we bow, crown on the crowd, loud and proud. Melodic, Introspective Flow We survive the pressure when the weather no be better, sorrow and endeavour, we weather with the tether, When the valley was terror, the error was mirror, na grace of the Creator make the vision clearer. From the depth of the ghetto where the metal meet pedal, to the crown and the title, we settle every riddle, Testimony running as the blessing start to funnel, na the light of Almighty guide us through the tunnel. When the world try bind us and the burden try blind us, na the love of the maker leave the enemy behind us, Let the talking drum remind us how His mercy go find us, in the winter deep, His protection go unwind us! Verse 2: Heavy Waffi Street Cadence Look, we pass the valley, navigate the alley, no allowance for pity, no escort for the rally, When poverty was heavy and the belly was empty, na the anchor of the spirit keep the vessel steady, steady! Dem say fall, we survive the wall, creditor dey call, tenant face eviction, Na the Almighty author write the true and living fiction: ghetto test to global blessing, No more stress and sweating, now we resting and confessing! From the hard times to the baseline, we dey shining on the front line, trial and tribulation na the setup for the crown line, Let the hallelujah sound fine, let the instrumental bound high: with the Creator as captain, who fit make us die?! Verse 3: Dual Fast-Chain (Melodic) From the pain to the praise, through the dark of the days, we raise the banner, we walk in His ways! (Street) No shaking for the trial, no breaking for the mile, na the Almighty smile put the wealth on the file! (Melodic) Deepener and deepest, when the harvester reap best, na the Creator wey bless us put the crown on the crest! (Street) Let the testimony echo where the street and heaven connect, na the love of JiNG & BiNG make the universe reflect! From hard times to baseline, front line shine, trial and tribulation na the setup for the crown line, Hallelujah sound fine, instrumental bound high: Creator as captain, who fit make us die?! Verse 3: The Dual Chain (12 bars) (Trade two bars each, rapid-fire; one voice melodic, one street) (A) From the pain to the praise, through the dark of the days, we raise the banner, we walk in His ways! (B) No shaking for the trial, no breaking for the mile, Almighty smile put the wealth on the file! (A) Deepener and deepest, harvester reap best, Creator bless and crown on the crest! (B) Testimony echo where the street and heaven connect, love of JiNG & BiNG make the universe reflect! (A) Page to age, stage to sage, ink no dry, sky no lie, (B) Heritage carry, marry and tarry, ancestors approve, we move, we groove! Bridge (4 bars, spoken) (Drop to talking drum and sub-bass only) Listen: the struggle na school, tool and rule; the pressure na teacher, preacher of future. Who carry the cadence? WE DEY! Who turn pain to vibration? WE DEY! Outro: Choral Sweep & Talking Drum Let JiNG & BiNG be JiNG & BiNG, because GOD dey love JiNG & BiNG! Black Rhythm & Xoulful Blues! The Blueprint of Juju Xound!