Style: Hip Hop / Rap — storytelling, mid tempo

[Intro — spoken]

Phillip had a heart attack four years ago...

He thought the worst was behind him...

Then one afternoon watching football his vision went dark...

[Verse 1]

Phillip spent his life working with his hands,

Thirty-five years of wiring — following the plans,

Heart attack at sixty — stent put in — survived,

Thought he was through the worst of it — thought he had arrived.

Sunday afternoon — football on the screen,

Vision started tunneling — something in between,

Heart was pounding fast — faster than it should,

Felt like it was fluttering — not the way it could.

[Pre-Chorus]

Wife called out his name — Phillip looked pale,

Pulse was racing — nearly off the scale,

Fell back in the recliner — almost passed out cold,

Wife called nine one one — did exactly what she was told.

[Chorus]

Phillip's heart is racing — two hundred beats or more,

Rhythm coming from the bottom — not the top like before,

Dangerous and fast — the body can't keep up,

Phillip needs help now — before he runs out of luck.

[Verse 2]

Paramedics shocked him — once — the rhythm broke,

Normal beat came back — Phillip finally woke,

Hospital confirmed it — tracing showed it clear,

Wide and fast and regular — exactly what they fear.

Scar tissue from his heart attack four years before,

Created pathways in the muscle — electrical detour,

Signal going round and round — inside the damaged wall,

Heart pumping fast but weak — barely moving at all.

[Bridge]

Cardiologist said Phillip — this has happened once — could again,

Device went in his chest — wires to the heart within,

Monitors the rhythm constantly — twenty-four and seven,

Shocks it back if needed — keeps Phillip out of heaven.

Medication added too — to slow the triggers down,

Ablation offered — burning the pathway in the ground,

Phillip chose the device first — see how the medicine goes,

Living with a safety net — everyone who loves him knows.

[Outro]

Phillip still watches football — device beneath his chest,

Wife knows what to do now — prepared for every test,

Carries a card inside his wallet — tells the doctors what's there,

Phillip's heart still races sometimes — but someone always cares.

“Phillip’s Story”