[Female Vocalist — intimate, low mezzo-soprano; close-mic, conversational and soulful; slightly breathy, playful delivery]
[INTRO — no drums; warm electric bass enters first; clean electric guitar lightly picking a repeating rhythmic figure; faint amp hum and room ambience; slow build]
Your just a water boy,
You can’t-
Even hold Water…
Gave you some Juice,
and you had to tell
Everybody-
Your just a water boy,
You can’t-
Even hold Water…
Gave you some Juice,
and you had to tell
Everybody-
[DRUMS ENTER — tight 4/4 soul groove; crisp kick and snare; syncopated hi-hat; bass becomes melodic and bouncy; guitar gets slightly gritty]
About the Rare berry On campus,
You once sat in a tree with…
And, told me That you would never hurt me…
You told me That you would Never-hurt me…
[PRE-CHORUS — pull drums back slightly; warm Rhodes/electric piano underneath; female vocal becomes more open and emotionally lifted]
And I-
Kissed you…
Over and-
over again,
Yea-
Over again,
Sitting in the tree…
As you said those sweet things,
I didn’t know,
No-I didn’t know,
I was the Rare Berry-on campus.
[CHORUS — full soulful groove; buoyant bassline; bright electric piano; rhythmic guitar; layered female harmonies; melodic lift; joyful surface with subtle emotional irony underneath]
I didn’t know,
No I-didn’t know,
I was the Rare Berry
‘nobody on Campus,
Ever got a chance to get close too…
Until I sat in a tree with you,
And you told me That you would never hurt me,
[BREAK — drums briefly drop; bass and guitar remain; vocal becomes intimate again]
And I-
Kissed you…
Over and-
over again,
Yea-
[DRUMS RETURN — bigger groove; guitar becomes more distorted but remains musical and soulful]
Sitting in the tree…
As you said those sweet things,
I didn’t know,
No-I didn’t know,
I was the Rare Berry-on campus.
[SECOND CHORUS — soaring female vocal; stacked harmonies answering the lead; 1970s soul energy but contemporary alternative-R&B production]
Oh I-didn’t know,
I-didn’t know,
I was the Rare Berry
‘nobody on Campus,
Ever got a chance to get close too…
Ever got a chance to get close too…
Ever, Got a chance to get close too…
[OUTRO — extended instrumental vamp; bass and drums continue the groove; gritty guitar riffs answer the vocal; layered “Rare Berry” harmonies; gradually strip instruments away]
[Female Vocalist — soft ad-libs, sensual and soulful]
Rare Berry…
Rare Berry…
Oh…
I didn’t know…
I didn’t know…
[FINAL — guitar feedback and warm bass fade naturally; drums disappear last]