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STYLE / GENRE Motown Soul • 1960s duet • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell style • Vintage love duet • Warm, romantic, nostalgic vibe. 🎤 VOCAL DIRECTION Male Vocal: • Soulful, warm tone • Marvin Gaye–inspired phrasing • Smooth midrange, gentle falsetto • Emotional but controlled Female Vocal: • Bright & expressive • Tammi Terrell–style vibrato • Clear, sweet, emotional delivery • Playful call-and-response energy Duet Instructions: • Call-and-response in verses • Tight harmonies in hooks • Shared melody lines in final verse • Soulful ad-libs in outro • Blend like classic Motown duets 🎼 INSTRUMENTATION • Live Motown bassline (James Jamerson feel) • Vintage drum kit with soft analog saturation • Tambourine hitting on beats 2 & 4 • Smooth orchestral strings • Warm horn section (trumpets, trombone, sax) • Clean Motown piano • Background “ooh / ahh” harmonies • Soft plate and chamber reverb • Period-authentic stereo spread 🎚️ MIX & PRODUCTION NOTES • 104 BPM • Key: A♭ Major • Warm analog tone, 60s Motown sheen • Wide stereo strings, horns slightly left/right • Vocals centered and blended closely • Bass forward and melodic • Classic Motown compression & tape warmth • Fade or ad-lib ending acceptable FULL LYRICS (Use EXACTLY as written) [VERSE 1 – Larry] I was downtown takin’ care of business, Walkin’ slow in that Houston sun. Then my brother Gene pulled up beside me, Said, “Hop in, man—this ride just begun.” I saw two pretty girls in the backseat, Didn’t know fate was lookin' my way… I said, “Which one of y’all is datin’ my brother?” And baby, that’s when everything changed. [VERSE 2 – Gail] Mmm, me and Rose been tight since junior high, Runnin’ Kashmere halls with dreams in our eyes. Workin’ hard at Hermann Hospital, Classin’ up at TSU on the rise. We knew Gene had a car—oh, we planned it, Ridin’ daily from the campus to work… Just two girls with a sweet little secret: We’d date brothers or best friends, make it work. [HOOK – Both] That first ride home… Oh, it set our hearts in motion. That first ride home… Turned a moment to devotion. We didn’t know it then, But love was ridin’ with us all along— Yeah, that first ride home… Became our lifelong song. [VERSE 3 – Larry] Gene and the ladies, they were schemin’, Tryin’ to get those rides day and night. Droppin’ off at work and back home after class— We were four souls that just felt right. Cousin Felix popped up one afternoon, And suddenly laughter filled the air… Didn’t take long ‘fore me and Gene were talkin’, Flippin’ coins to see who’d love who, fair and square. [VERSE 4 – Gail] Oh Larry, when you slid into that front seat, My heart did a little somethin’ brand new. We talked all the way down through downtown, Like the world disappeared—just me and you. And after that ride, Lord, we saw each other daily, Willie Hall and the crew comin’ ‘round… Didn’t take long ‘til sweet and easy Turned into somethin’ strong and sound.
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I was downtown takin’ care of business,
Walkin’ slow in that Houston sun.
Then my brother Gene pulled up beside me,
Said, “Hop in, man—this ride just begun.”
I saw two pretty girls in the backseat,
Didn’t know fate was lookin' my way…
I said, “Which one of y’all is datin’ my brother?”
And baby, that’s when everything changed.
Mmm, me and Rose been tight since junior high,
Runnin’ Kashmere halls with dreams in our eyes.
Workin’ hard at Hermann Hospital,
Classin’ up at TSU on the rise.
We knew Gene had a car—oh, we planned it,
Ridin’ daily from the campus to work…
Just two girls with a sweet little secret:
We’d date brothers or best friends, make it work.
That first ride home…
Oh, it set our hearts in motion.
That first ride home…
Turned a moment to devotion.
We didn’t know it then,
But love was ridin’ with us all along—
Yeah, that first ride home…
Became our lifelong song.
Gene and the ladies, they were schemin’,
Tryin’ to get those rides day and night.
Droppin’ off at work and back home after class—
We were four souls that just felt right.
Cousin Felix popped up one afternoon,
And suddenly laughter filled the air…
Didn’t take long ‘fore me and Gene were talkin’,
Flippin’ coins to see who’d love who, fair and square.
Oh Larry, when you slid into that front seat,
My heart did a little somethin’ brand new.
We talked all the way down through downtown,
Like the world disappeared—just me and you.
And after that ride, Lord, we saw each other daily,
Willie Hall and the crew comin’ ‘round…
Didn’t take long ‘til sweet and easy
Turned into somethin’ strong and sound.
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