You Play These Notes

[Interlude: Maleah Joi Moon, Kecia Lewis]
Are you teaching me how to play piano right now?
In the face of great resistance, yes
Okay, so what do I do?
You stop talking and you play these notes
And then you move your fingers here, not your head, just your fingers, and you play these notes
Good
That's it?
You're talking again
Play these notes
Then you play these notes
Then you play these notes
Then you play these notes
And you play them again and again until I tell you to stop
We begin at the beginning
We master the basics
Over time, these basics lead to something more complex
[Piano solo]
Whoa
Then you play these notes
And you play these notes
Then you play these notes
And you play these notes
And from these basics, the melody can evolve
Ooh, and I don't even know what the melody can evolve means
But shoot, I feel that melody evolve
And you play these notes
And you play these notes
And she shifts again, ha
And I feel tradition and culture, and for the first time
Maybe ever, I feel like, like, I'm a part of something bigger than me
I feel like I make sense
And, you know, I'm not doing half of what she's doing, but without what I'm doing, this song wouldn't be this song