Contractor

style

• arabic trap
• middle eastern hip hop
• oud melody
• hard 808s
• male baritone
• sharp and intense
• cinematic strings
• modern and ancient
• arabic accent
• solo oud bridge

the numbers

bpm

136

key

A# minor

energy

0.70

dance

0.94

valence

0.45

vocal at

6.3s

length

2:47

language

Ar

lyrics

(Beirut)

He came back in March, unasked, with a different number
Two thousand. He had thought about it. He wanted the job.
Not for money, he said, "because the building deserves a wall"
(deserves a wall)
A contractor said that to me. In my own studio. Unprompted.

I said no again (said no again)
And he sat down and we drank coffee for an hour

Contractor
(contractor)
He wants to finish it more than I want it finished
Contractor
And he is right, and I am not ready, and both stand

He lost a building in 2020 too. Different street, same week.
He rebuilt his in four months. That is his whole answer to it.
Mine has been open for six years and that is mine
(that is mine)
Two men, one week, two entirely opposite religions

(solo oud, 8 bars)
He comes every few months now. Coffee. Same conversation.
Neither of us is trying to win. That's why it works.
(808 AND STRINGS SLAM BACK)

Contractor
(contractor)
He wants to finish it more than I want it finished
Contractor
And he is right, and I am not ready, and both stand

(contractor...)