Dugout Heat x V2C Academy Rule 101 (Mashup)
Hip-hop rap with a mid-tempo swung boom-bap groove, punchy kick-snare and snapping handclaps; verse rides sparse with a dusty piano stab and rubbery bass, pre-chorus strips to drums and crowd-chop tension, chorus hits with chanty gang vocals and a brass stab on the title. Verse vocals are tight, close-mic, with doubled last words; hooks get ad-lib stacks and delay throws. Add bat-crack fills, dugout shouts, and a short tape-stop before the final chorus. Bright, gritty, stadium-ready mix., rap
Dugout Heat x V2C Academy Rule 101 (Mashup)
Hip-hop rap with a mid-tempo swung boom-bap groove, punchy kick-snare and snapping handclaps; verse rides sparse with a dusty piano stab and rubbery bass, pre-chorus strips to drums and crowd-chop tension, chorus hits with chanty gang vocals and a brass stab on the title. Verse vocals are tight, close-mic, with doubled last words; hooks get ad-lib stacks and delay throws. Add bat-crack fills, dugout shouts, and a short tape-stop before the final chorus. Bright, gritty, stadium-ready mix., rap
Lyrics
singer A
Step in the box, I’m calm with the stare
Fresh cleats on the dirt, got the eye, got the prayer
Count full, heart loud
I can hear that crowd
One pitch, one chance
Now watch me advance
singer A
Dugout heat, dugout heat
Hear the crowd go, dugout heat
Dugout heat, dugout heat
Send it out, dugout heat
melodic interlude
singer B
Create your own work
No piggybacking
No late claiming
The prompt is the play
singer B
The crowd decides
What rises up
Laziness is a hole
You fall right through
singer B
Stand on your work
Stand on it
Stand on your work
Stand on it
transition
singer A
I’m dirt on my knee and truth in my stride
If I get on base, better know I’m a glide
Late inning pressure, I don’t flinch at all
Bat on my shoulder like a king at the wall
singer A
Count full, heart loud
I can hear that crowd
One pitch, one chance
Now watch me advance
singer A
Dugout heat, dugout heat
Hear the crowd go, dugout heat
Dugout heat, dugout heat
Send it out, dugout heat
instrumental
singer B
Satire is allowed
So cut clean
If it cuts too close
Then you know what I mean
singer B
No borrowed shine
No copied crown
If it’s your name
Then write it down
singer B
The crowd decides
What rises
The crowd decides
Who flies
singer B
If you built it
Own the frame
If you made it
Say the name