LITTLE SWEET ANGEL

[INTRO - 0:00] (Solo Acoustic Guitar for 4 bars. Bass enters bar 2. Kick bar 3. Rhodes bar 4.) (Spoken softly, warm tone): "This one right here... is for the ones who loved somebody with everything they had... My name is Greek-Rush... and this is Little Sweet Angel..." [VERSE 1 - 0:12] (Lighter , hip-hop swing hats, horns resting) Little sweet angel, where have you been? I was waiting on you the whole night baby since half past ten The candles burned low, the dinner went cold I was holding on to love but the night felt old You said you'd be here, you gave me your word Now my heart is heavy, silence is all I heard I tried to call you, phone going straight to voicemail Baby tell me the truth, don't let this love derail [CHORUS - 0:36] (Full energy: Horns strong, heavy stabs, wide Rhodes) I gave you my heart, I gave you my soul How could you leave me out here in the cold? Look in my eyes baby, don't give me no lies I was faithful and true underneath these skies [HOOK - 1:00] (INSTRUMENTAL CUT: Horns out, Rhodes swell, acoustic prominent) (Voice low, slow, romantic, emotional crack): Little sweet angel... where have you been... Why you cheating on me? (Half-bar silence / breath) (Full beat returns): Baby how could you, how could you do this to me? When I was giving you love unconditionally I'm breaking inside, all these tears I can't hide You were my everything, my joy, my pride Was I not enough, did I fall short somewhere? I turned around and you just wasn't there [HOOK REPEAT - 1:18] (Instrumental drop) Little sweet angel... where have you been... Why you cheating on me? [VERSE 2 - 1:24] (Beat drops back, acoustic guitar forward, horns resting) I remember the mornings waking up to your smile Now the bed feels empty, been feeling this a while I see the signs now, things I chose to ignore Late nights and excuses I can't take no more You was my sunshine, you was my rain Now you're the reason I'm drowning in pain I still love you darling, that's the hardest part You were the only one who had the key to my heart [CHORUS - 1:48] (Full energy return: Rhythm stabs, horns rise) I gave you my heart, I gave you my soul How could you leave me out here in the cold? Look in my eyes baby, don't give me no lies I was faithful and true underneath these skies [HOOK - 2:12] (Instrumental drop: Rhodes swell, bass/kick/acoustic only) (Deep emotional delivery): Little sweet angel... where have you been... Why you cheating on me? (Half-bar silence) (Full beat returns): Baby how could you, how could you do this to me? When I was giving you love unconditionally I'm breaking inside, all these tears I can't hide You were my everything, my joy, my pride Was I not enough, did I fall short somewhere? I turned around and you just wasn't there [FINAL HOOK - 2:30] (Voice cracking with pain, slow): Little sweet angel... where have you been... Why you cheating on me? [OUTRO - 2:36] (Strip back: Bass hum, Kick steady, Rhodes soft fade, Acoustic stays steady) (Ad-lib whispering): Mmmm... sweet angel... I still love you though... Where did you go... Little angel... mmmm... (Acoustic guitar solo for final 2 bars. Fade to silence at 3:00)