Lyrics
[Intro - bright grand piano plays the four note phrase alone, no drums, lots of air] [instrumental] [The answer - a second phrase replies to the first, same piano, lower, still no drums] [instrumental] [The 808 enters - deep sliding sub bass under the piano, no drums yet, just weight] [instrumental] [The drums drop - hard trap kick, crisp clap on the three, rolling hi hats, half time feel, piano trading phrases on top] [instrumental] [Hook - male vocal, plain and warm, sung not rapped, understated, almost talked] Two best friends, growing up on the block I can't wait to see you again [instrumental] [instrumental] [Verse 1 - same delivery, easy and unforced, the beat never lifts] Thinking this life is so easy As we plan our adventures Show up as we show out and do what we do I'm so far away from the start So I'm calling you to say You're always in my heart [instrumental] [Hat rolls - triplet rolls and open hat accents fill in, the 808 slides harder, everything tightens] [instrumental] [Hook 2 - same delivery, no bigger, the piano one step higher underneath] Two best friends, growing up on the block I can't wait to see you again [instrumental] [instrumental] [Verse 2 - the turn, plain and proud, no lift in the beat] Six, seven years, if I say the sky is green you say yes Then one day you didn't And I love you more for it I thought I was teaching you You're the one teaching me You save my life, brother And I'm here to tell you what you mean to me [instrumental] [Bigger - piano one step higher again, doubled in octaves, 808 deeper, claps layered] [instrumental] [Call and response - the second line traded back and forth, two voices, same words, one answering the other across the block] I can't wait to see you again I can't wait to see you again [instrumental] [The top - the call and the answer land at the same time, piano at its brightest, 808 at its deepest] [Hook out - both lines one more time, then everything cuts at once, one piano note ringing last] Two best friends, growing up on the block I can't wait to see you again