[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]
[Movement 2 — BREEZE]
[HARD CUT FROM MOVEMENT 1 — drums disappear completely; a warm, dreamy piano enters alone with a gentle rolling gospel-soul pattern; spacious room ambience; soft sustained electric piano underneath; the rhythm feels lighter, floating and effortless]
[Female Vocalist — dreamy, breathy, delicate soprano/mezzo-soprano; soft vintage glamour in the vocal tone; intimate and almost whispered at first; languid phrasing; stretch the vowels; sing as though remembering a beautiful secret]
Kissing-Him-
I-Didn’t knOW…
[PIANO CONTINUES — gentle ascending movement; bass enters very softly; no heavy drums yet]
My-magic Potion-
Within…
[Female Vocalist — slightly more sensual; airy harmony floats behind the lead]
Now he’s Using-
his parents Money,
To buy Me-
(what I want)
[LIGHT DRUMS ENTER — soft kick, brushed/snapped snare, delicate tambourine; piano remains the main rhythmic instrument; groove feels like a breeze moving through the room]
Monday to Sunday
To buy Me-
(what I want)
Monday to Sunday
[BACKGROUND VOCALS — soft feminine harmonies answering “Monday to Sunday”; dreamy, almost heavenly]
The, rare Berry-
In his life,
The, rare Berry-
(They don’t want in his life)
The, rare Berry-
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK — piano briefly becomes more expressive; bass glides underneath; subtle strings swell; no aggressive drums; dreamy 70s soul atmosphere; allow the music to feel weightless and cinematic]
[Female Vocalist — suddenly playful, spoken-sung, breaking the fourth wall; smile audible in her voice; vintage lounge-soul personality]
“Alright yall, I can sing- all night”
[PIANO VAMP — vocalist laughs softly; layered “Rare Berry” harmonies drift underneath; begin transitioning back toward the darker groove of Movement 1]
[CROWD — small live-room crowd, spontaneous and excited, several voices together]
“Go on!”
[BEAT CHANGE — HARD CUT INTO MODERN ALTERNATIVE R&B; dreamy piano disappears; deep sub-bass drops in;sensual late-night groove; tempo feels slightly slower and heavier than Movement 2]
[Female Vocalist — immediately returns after crowd response; confident, sultry, conversational; deeper chest voice; rhythmic phrasing; playful attitude; controlled runs at the ends of lines] [Freestyle adlib out..repeat]
Now he’s telling everybody,
After we kissed.
I’m his rare berry-
[BACKGROUND VOCALS — low, intimate harmonies; slight call-and-response]
I’m telling all my Black girls so you’ll know-
[BEAT PULLS BACK — bass remains; lead vocal becomes almost spoken]
‘(Don’t give that boy the juice)
[BACKGROUND VOCALS — multiple female voices, synchronized but natural]
(Don’t give that boy the juice)
[LEAD — soulful ad-lib over the response]
Oh-no- don’t give him-
[BACKGROUND VOCALS — stronger, rhythmic]
(Don’t give that boy the juice)
[LEAD — slightly raspy, playful emphasis]
He can’t-even Hold water-
[BACKGROUND VOCALS]
(Don’t give that boy the juice)
[Playfully say to the crowd]
“I gotta leave it alone”