The Beat Between The Beats

[Intro: metronome clicks, then skips]
(tick-tick, ta-ka-TICK!)

[Verse: syncopated sing-rap]
The whole parade is stepping left on one
I put a little pause where they put the drum
They say I missed the beat, I say I found
A secret little rhythm underneath the sound

[Pre-Chorus: call-response]
(You're off time!) I'm right on mine
(Too strange!) That's my design

[Chorus: soaring melody, polyrhythm]
I'm the beat between the beats
I'm the skip beneath your feet
If my heart won't march in line
I'll make the crooked rhythm shine
(ta-ka, ta-ka, hey!)
No need to straighten what can swing
Hear the whole wide weird world sing

[Drop: chopped scats, breakbeat]
(boom-ka-tss) (bmm-tss-ka)
[808 bass answers vocal hook]

[Outro: unexpected clap]
That's my downbeat.