[Verse 1]
Built on the landfill where nothing took root
Still I hear the island alive in my blood
Sticks that I carved, still raw in my hands
One face to anchor it, one to let go
[Pre-Chorus]
No sheet, no script, no safety line
Just a pulse that you make your own
[Chorus]
Hit it raw, hit it loud — both sides of the drum
Base holds the ground while the wild hand runs
Don’t matter your age, your tongue, where you’re from
One skin, two hands, we beat as one
Hit it loud — both sides of the drum
[Verse 2]
Twenty-six winters I’ve carried this sound
From ferry lights at Takeshiba to here
The kid who couldn’t sit still now leads the line
Learn it, then teach it — that’s how it stays alive
[Pre-Chorus]
No sheet, no script, no safety line
Every heartbeat writes its own
[Chorus]
Hit it raw, hit it loud — both sides of the drum
Base holds the ground while the wild hand runs
Don’t matter your age, your tongue, where you’re from
One skin, two hands, we beat as one
Hit it loud — both sides of the drum
[Bridge — breakdown, taiko only building back in]
No page, no map, just the beat in your chest
One hand holds steady, one hand breaks free
Come on, don’t think — just strike, and you’re in
(call: HEY! / response: HO!)
[Final Chorus]
Hit it raw, hit it loud — both sides of the drum
No one plays it wrong ‘cause there’s no right one
Base holds the ground while the wild hand runs
One skin, two hands — one road, one drum