DO YOU HEAR

Rapper 1:

Yo—said the night wind to the little lamb—

(check it!)

You see that glow up there, fam?

Rapper 2 (interrupting):

“Do you SEE what I SEE?”

(Yeah we see it, we see it!)

Rapper 3:

Way up high where the cold wind bites,

something’s dancing through the winter night—

Group Shout:

“DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?”

Rapper 1:

A star! A star! Not your grandma’s light—

tail so long it’s draggin’ half the sky tonight!

Rapper 2:

Big as a kite! Big as a kite!

Rapper 3 (echoing):

Yo we takin’ flight, takin’ flight!

Rapper 2:

Little lamb turns—“Yo shepherd boy!”

(Check the noise!)

“Do you hear what I hear?”—oh boy!

Rapper 1 (jumping in):

Ringin’ through the sky like a rooftop choir,

snow fallin’ hard but the beat gets higher—

Group Chant:

“DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?”

Rapper 3:

A song! A song! Up above the trees—

voice so big it’s splashin’ like seas!

Rapper 2:

Big as the sea! (Yeah!) Big as the sea!

Wintertime wild like a breakbeat spree!

Rapper 1:

Shepherd boy jogs to the palace king—

“Yo, lemme tell you somethin’ real quick, king!”

Rapper 3 (echo-shout):

“DO YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW?”

Rapper 2:

Inside warm walls, gold everywhere,

but out in the cold? There’s a child out there.

Rapper 1:

Shiverin’, quiverin’, snow on the fold—

We rollin’ out silver, we droppin’ that gold!

Group:

Let’s bring him silver!

Let’s bring him gold!

Ho-ho-HOLD UP—yeah, that’s cold!

Rapper 3:

Then the king hits the balcony—“HEY!”

People gather from the alleyway,

Rapper 1:

“LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY!”

Rapper 2:

Pray for peace—yeah we sendin’ it right,

we passin’ that love through the frost tonight.

Rapper 3:

The Child, the Child—sleepin’ soft, real slight,

gonna bring goodness!

gonna bring light!

Group Final Shout:

GOODNESS AND LIGHT!

GOODNESS AND LIGHT!

TURN IT UP—BRING THAT LIGHT!

(beat fades with sleigh bells, vinyl crackle, crowd chatter)