Georgia State

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[a basketball dribbles hard and a shot-clock buzzer blares; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the dribble and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
Downtown campus where the Panthers prowl,
the urban college with the blue-and-white howl;
dribble the ball, hear the buzzer blare,
Georgia State balling in the downtown air.

[Chorus]
Georgia State, Georgia State, dribble and buzz,
the campus heartbeat is the city's pulse;
bounce, bounce, bounce, let the shot-clock ring,
the downtown school where the students bring.

[Verse 2]
Hurt Park green in the concrete sprawl,
the biggest school standing proud and tall;
every bounce a beat on the downtown floor,
Georgia State opening another door.

[Chorus]
Georgia State, Georgia State, dribble and buzz,
the campus heartbeat is the city's pulse;
bounce, bounce, bounce, let the shot-clock ring,
the downtown school where the students bring.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the basketball rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]