Psalm 119:133
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Lyrics
[0:00–0:17 — FIRST PASS / DRY, STREET-LEVEL, NO HYPE] Psalm one hundred nineteen, one hundred thirty-three. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. [Start with dry phone-mic tenor, faint vinyl crackle, one chopped Rhodes stab, soft bass pulse and a dusty kick barely ghosting underneath. Keep “Order my steps” low and direct, almost spoken. Let “in thy word” sit in a tiny pocket of silence. No polished choir, no big lift.] [0:18–0:46 — SECOND PASS / BOOM BAP POCKET LOCKS] Psalm chapter one hundred nineteen, verse one hundred thirty-three. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. [Bring in hard dusty boom-bap drums, thick kick, dry snare, warm bassline, chopped soul-Rhodes texture and muted electric guitar flicks. Let the vocal ride slightly behind the beat, then snap forward on “order my steps.”] [LEAD] Order my steps. [ONE ROUGH OFF-MIC VOICE] Order ’em. [Keep that tiny and spontaneous.] In thy word. [BEAT CUT] And let not any iniquity have dominion over me. [Let “dominion over me” hit low and gritty, not dramatic.] [FIRST PSYCHEDELIC MICROBURST: one backwards Rhodes smear, half-second stereo pan, then gone.] [0:47–1:14 — INTERLUDE / HEAD-NOD PRAYER] Yeah. Ooh. Order my steps. [Let the bassline get a little funkier. Add table taps, one crooked clap, rough “ooh,” low “yeah,” and a chopped vocal fragment tucked deep in the mix.] In thy word. [ONE LOW VOICE] In thy word. [ACOUSTIC MICROBURST: one tiny palm-muted acoustic lick, barely one second, then disappear.] And let not any iniquity— [MICRO-SILENCE] Have dominion over me. [Let the crew react wordlessly instead of repeating it.] [PSYCHEDELIC MICROBURST: tiny tape-stop on the tail of “me,” then snap straight back to the dry groove.] [1:15–1:52 — THIRD PASS / MORE CONFIDENT, STILL RAW] The book of Psalms, Psalm one hundred nineteen, verse one hundred thirty-three. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. [Start with bass and lead only. Let the boom-bap drums come back in hard but slightly sloppy. Keep the vocal close and human.] [LEAD] Order my steps in thy word. [ROUGH CREW — ONE SHORT DOUBLE] Order my steps. [Move on immediately.] And let not any iniquity have dominion over me. [ONE OFF-MIC VOICE] Nah. [Keep it spoken and tiny.] [SECOND ACOUSTIC MICROBURST: quick bright acoustic flick after “dominion over me,” then gone.] [OUTRO] Ooh. Yeah. [Let the beat ride for several bars with vinyl crackle, chopped Rhodes, bassline, dry snare, one muted guitar scrape and room noise. Someone hums off-mic. One clap lands late. Hard natural cut.] [OVERALL VOCAL DIRECTION] [This should feel like a practical prayer over real life: direction, discipline, self-control, walking clean. Male tenor stays dry, grainy, rhythm-first and conversational with quick imperfect runs, loose timing and understated swagger. Backup crew sounds like rough church friends hanging around one cheap mic—low “yeah,” worn “ooh,” late catches, no polished choir. The BOOM BAP DRUMS must lead the song. Psychedelic elements are tiny flashes only: reverse Rhodes, tape-stop tails, stereo vocal smears, one phaser flick. Acoustic guitar is only an Easter egg: 1–2 tiny microbursts. Avoid glossy CCM, trap-heavy production or dreamy psychedelic wash. Dusty, urban, head-nod, prayerful, raw.]