🎤 HOOD TALES – BOOTH-READY VOCAL SCRIPT

🎤 HOOD TALES – BOOTH-READY VOCAL SCRIPT BPM: 86 • Key: F Minor • Tone: Dark → Powerful Direction: Strong posture, close mic, chin level, controlled breath. --- 🎬 INTRO (4 bars – 0:00–0:12) Low, whisper, close to mic: “From the shadows… rise…” (Breath in) --- 🔥 VERSE 1 (16 Bars – 0:12–0:52) Delivery: Melodic, calm, emotional. Breathe. every 2 bars. City hums like a lullaby, but the tune ain’t sweet (yeah) Broken halos in the gutter where the sinners meet (meet up) Thunder in my chest, every heartbeat steep (uh) Tryna rise from the dirt but the climb runs deep (deep, deep) Neon drips like tears on abandoned walls (let it fall) Every wish that I made turned to missed phone calls (ring, ring) Hope flickers like a flame when the night sky stalls (don’t fade) Still, I’m reaching for the light when the darkness crawls (reach) Pressure weighing on my lungs, tryna breathe that truth (breathe) Pain echoes in the silence like a haunted booth (oooh) Melodies of my past playin’ cold and smooth (cold) But the chorus of survival got me pushin’ through (push) No love in the streets but the music heals (heal me)⁰0 Every note is a bandage when the wound won’t seal (won’t seal) Let the skyline sing while the hurt reveals (sing) From the ashes of the hood — a new soul rebuilds (rise) NOTE: Hold that last word slightly. --- 🎶 CHORUS 1 (0:52–1:18) Delivery: Stronger, wider, chest up. Double this section (two takes). Hood tales, hood tales, inked in my veins Tryna wash off trauma but it remains Hood tales, hood tales, whispered in rain Risin’ through the fire, breakin’ out these chains (Optional ad-libs in background): Still remains… breakin’ out these chains… --- ⚔️ VERSE 2 (8 Bars – 1:18–1:40) Delivery: Grittier, less melody, more punch. Stay tight on beat. Steel in my veins when the world goes numb (yeah) Every setback hittin’ like a kick and drum (boom) Weight on my spirit like it weighs a ton (heavy) But I’m built for the battle — I don’t ever run (never) When the nightmares talk, I don’t flinch or fold (stand up) Turn pain into pressure then I turn it to gold (alchemist) A warrior in the dark when the night gets cold (cold) My story ain’t over — it’s yet untold (tell it) --- 🎧 HOOK REPRISE (1:40–1:56) Delivery: Short, catchy, confident. Hood tales, hood tales, scars like ink (ink) Drownin’ in the pressure but I won’t sink (won’t sink) Echo: Tales… tales… tales… --- 👑 VERSE 3 (16 Bars – 1:56–2:36) Delivery: ANTHEMIC. This is the climax. Raise intensity, push energy. War in my mind, but the streets made steel Had to sharpen every wound just to learn how to heal Ain’t nobody showed love when I missed that meal Now the hunger in my soul looks signed sealed I was broke in the shadows, now I carve my fate Turn pressure into diamonds when the walls vibrate Used to pray for a chance — now I kick 13 gate And the pain that tried to drown me helped me elevate Dark days had me lookin’ like a ghost in flesh Every move was survival, every breath was stress But I rose from the grip of a life compressed Now the hood got a legend they can’t second-guess If the past wanna haunt me, let it pull that chain I've walked through the fire, stood face-to-face with pain Every scar is a badge, every loss is a gain Now I’m king of the ashes — and I rule this flame Note: Emphasize “RULE THIS FLAME.” --- 🌩️ FINAL CHORUS (2:36–3:02) Delivery: Full chest, louder, anthem mode. Double + ad-libs optional. Hood tales, hood tales, carved in my soul Came up from the bottom, now I’m back in control Hood tales, hood tales, payin’ the toll But I rose from the fire — now I’m unbreakable CALL & RESPONSE: I won’t fall! — RISE! Been through it all! — RISE! Hood tales tried to bury me… But I became the crown. --- ⚡ ALL POWER OUTRO (3:02–3:45) Delivery: Commanding. Slow. King energy. ALL POWER… ALL RISE… ALL POWER… ALL RISE… I don’t bow, I don’t break — I multiply. Whisper: “Hood tales made me… power saved me.” Beat fades. Walk off.