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The Collectiv

Receipts & Frequencies
Southern R&B9 Tracks26:272026Houston, TX

The Collectiv is one animated Southern R&B group. After last call, the crew takes over a pirate frequency above a Creole diner — each member steps to the mic to clear their truth. One crew, many voices, one signal.

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Tracklist

Nine frequencies

01

Slate Clean

A clean break, clinical erasure — old version deleted, new version loading.

♪ Peanut2:39YouTube ↗

Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah
I'm good
[spoken, detached]
You can keep the story
I'm not in it no more

[Verse 1]
You was textin' in circles, I read through the smoke
Same old patterns, same little jokes
I peeped the switch-up, I peeped the code
One more spin and I'm lettin' it go
You want access, I'm hard to reach
Old version dead, that's why I sleep
New address, new habits, new seat
I don't chase, I delete, I repeat

[Pre-Chorus]
No hard feelings, I'm already out
You can keep the noise, I'm cool with the drought
What you built up, I can tear down
One look back and I'm not there now

[Chorus]
wipe the slate clean
act like you don't know me no more
I cut the whole scene
left your name on the floor
wipe the slate clean
I don't owe you no more
act like you don't know me no more
I been on zero before

[Verse 2]
You called it love, I called it late
Too much talk, too much weight
You keep the blame like a favorite fit
But every move got a cost to it
I was too calm, now I'm too straight
Same face, new day, no debate
You made your bed, now you sit in it
I made my peace, I'm done with it
Zero attachments, I move like a ghost
Say what you want, I don't care the most
I'm off the leash, I'm off the hook
One closed door and I took my look

[Pre-Chorus]
No hard feelings, I'm already out
You can keep the noise, I'm cool with the drought
What you built up, I can tear down
One look back and I'm not there now

[Chorus]
wipe the slate clean
act like you don't know me no more
I cut the whole scene
left your name on the floor
wipe the slate clean
I don't owe you no more
act like you don't know me no more
I been on zero before

[Bridge]
[Sparse beat]
Funny how it hit when it hit like that
Cause and effect, now you feel all that
I don't need a map, I step blind
Fresh start on me, I'm just fine

[Outro]
Yeah
I'm good
You can keep the chapter
I'm already gone
02

Tell Me Your Sign

All 12 zodiac signs as a catalog of love styles — charm as armor.

♪ Pj3:12YouTube ↗

Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Aries kissed me first
Like she knew the score
Took my hand in the dark
And kicked right through the door

Taurus brought strawberries
In a paper bowl
Slow dancing in the kitchen
With a steady soul

Gemini sent two texts
Then showed up in rain
Said, "I'm one heart
With a split little brain"

[Pre-Chorus]
Leo walked in gold
Made the whole room turn
Virgo read my silence
Then fixed what I'd burn

[Chorus]
Tell me your sign
I'll tell you mine
Who loves hard
Who loves kind
Tell me your sign
Baby, line by line
I've been kissed
By the stars this time

[Verse 2]
Cancer left a sweater
On the back of my chair
Held me like the tide
When I got lost out there

Scorpio looked at me
Like a locked front gate
One touch, one truth
Then it got too late

Sagittarius laughed loud
Made a map in chalk
Said love's a road trip
So we talked and talked

[Pre-Chorus]
Capricorn had a plan
Built us brick by brick
Aquarius dreamed in colors
That moved too quick

[Chorus]
Tell me your sign
I'll tell you mine
Who loves hard
Who loves kind
Tell me your sign
Baby, line by line
I've been kissed
By the stars this time

[Bridge]
Pisces cried in the movie
Then kissed my hand
Said love's a deep sea
And I understand

Libra wore two rings
Balanced every plea
One kept the peace
One kept the key

[Final Chorus]
Tell me your sign
I'll tell you mine
Who loves hard
Who loves kind
Tell me your sign
Baby, line by line
I've been kissed
By the stars this time

Tell me your sign
(Oh, tell me)
I'll tell you mine
(Oh, tell me)
Who loves hard
Who loves kind
I've been kissed
By the stars this time
03

Same Wave

Two people in the same current — not chasing, just aligned.

♪ Tootie2:24YouTube ↗

Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You ain't gotta say it twice
I already caught the signal
Something 'bout the way you slide
Made the quiet feel like ritual

I don't check the time with you
Clock moves different when we locked in
Every other version fell through
You the one that made the talking stop then

[Pre-Chorus]
And I been running through the wrong lanes
Chasing ghosts that never stayed
Then you pulled up with that calm rain
And I knew we on the same—

[Chorus]
Same wave, same page, same energy
You move how I move before I even send the sign
Same wave, no games, you center me
I ain't gotta translate what I'm feeling to your mind
We on the same wave

[Verse 2]
You don't ask me where I been
You just clear the space and let me land
That's a different kind of friend
That's a different kind of man

I spent seasons building walls
You walked through 'em like they wasn't there
Didn't push and didn't stall
Just let the quiet do the work in there

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I been running through the wrong lanes
Chasing ghosts that never stayed
Then you pulled up with that calm rain
And I knew we on the same—

[Chorus]
Same wave, same page, same energy
You move how I move before I even send the sign
Same wave, no games, you center me
I ain't gotta translate what I'm feeling to your mind
We on the same wave

[Bridge — stripped back, vocal exposed]
I don't gotta perform
I don't gotta be on
I can fall apart right here
And you still call it strong
That's the wave
That's the wave

[Final Chorus — harmonies full]
Same wave, same page, same energy
You move how I move before I even send the sign
Same wave, no games, you center me
I ain't gotta translate what I'm feeling to your mind
We on the same wave

[Outro]
Same wave...
Same wave...
04

Laid in Luv

Bodies in, scared to name it. Head says slow down; the body already knows.

♪ Tootie3:18YouTube ↗

Lyrics
[Intro]
[softly spoken]
Let's slow it down
We move too fast
And I don't want to crash

[Verse]
Let's slow it down
Slow it down
This love is getting too loud
We move too fast
Move too fast
And I don't want to crash

[Chorus]
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love

[Verse 2]
[whispered vocals]
We've been doing so much
Oh
We've been in a rush
Oh
Can we slow it down
Slow it down
Slow it down?
It's getting too loud
Oh
And I don't want to crash
Oh
Can we slow it down
Slow it down
Slow it down?

[Chorus]
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love

[Bridge]
Laid in love
It's so loud
Can't hear a sound
The rain is gone
Laid in love
It's so loud
Can't hear a sound
The rain is gone
Laid in love
It's so loud
Can't hear a sound
The rain is gone
Laid in love
It's so loud
Can't hear a sound
The rain is gone

[Chorus]
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
Don't you say we're layin' in love
05

Hard to Say

He said her name in the dark, goes cold in the light. She keeps both receipts.

♪ Tootie2:15YouTube ↗

Lyrics
## Concept
She caught him. He said her name last night — said it twice —
and now in the daylight he's gone cold. The song isn't about love
or commitment. It's about the one thing that costs him something:
acknowledgment. He can hold her body but won't say her name —
that's its own kind of erasure. Once is a slip. Twice is feeling.
She's holding both receipts.

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[Verse 1]
Wearin' your shirt, barely anything underneath         (A)
You made your coffee, didn't even look my way          (B)
Same mouth that said my name — said it clear and deep   (A)
Now you standing at the window with nothing to say     (B)

[Pre-Chorus]
I made you say my name (I made you say my name)
And you said it (yeah, you said it)
Say you can't complain (can't complain)
And neither can I
Just keep your arms around me — don't you dare let go
I'll make you say my name, but you say—

[Chorus]
You say it's hard to say, hard to say my name          (A)
It's hard to say it ain't when your body don't lie     (B)
Last night it came easy — now you back to the game     (A)
Said it yourself — tell me that's too deep to deny     (B)
It's hard to say, it's hard to say
But it's hard to say it ain't

[Verse 2]
You fold me in your arms like I belong in this place   (A)
Physical don't make a man say it like you did          (B)
But a body ain't a name — look me in my face           (A)
You said it twice last night — now look what you hid   (B)

[Pre-Chorus]
I made you say my name (I made you say my name)
And you said it (yeah, you said it)
Say you can't complain (can't complain)
And neither can I
Just keep your arms around me — don't you dare let go
I'll make you say my name, but you say—

[Chorus]
You say it's hard to say, hard to say my name          (A)
It's hard to say it ain't when your body don't lie     (B)
Last night it came easy — now you back to the game     (A)
Said it yourself — tell me that's too deep to deny     (B)
It's hard to say, it's hard to say
But it's hard to say it ain't

[Breakdown - call and response, stripped]
Say it (say it)
Say my name (say my name)
You said it last night (you said it)
Say it in the light (say it)
Go on, say it—

[Outro]
You said it once when the lights went down              (A)
Said my name like a confession you didn't plan          (B)
Said it like it meant something before you turned around (A)
Still here in your shirt — and I know that you can     (B)
06

Late Night R&B

Desire with no games. On his way home — “I don’t do maybe.”

♪ Scooter2:31YouTube ↗

Lyrics
[Verse]
At night, baby, don't you leave
But I just can't wait
To get on home to my baby
You just wait and see
I'm gon' love you like crazy
You know I don't play

[Pre-Chorus]
Love me tonight
Give it to you just how you like
'Cause it's a vibe

[Chorus]
That's just the way that I feel
Way that I feel
Baby, you know it's real
Know that it's real
Give you that late-night thrill
Late-night thrill
You know the deal
You know the deal
You know the deal

[Post-Chorus]
At night, baby, don't you leave
You just wait and see
You know I don't play

[Verse 2]
When I'm on your mind, baby, just call me
I just want to hear your voice, babe, please
Say you on your way
Girl, I want you on my body
You gon' get your way
You gon' get it in the hallway

[Pre-Chorus]
Love me tonight
Give it to you just how you like
'Cause it's a vibe

[Chorus]
That's just the way that I feel
Way that I feel
Baby, you know it's real
Know that it's real
Give you that late-night thrill
Late-night thrill
You know the deal
You know the deal
You know the deal
07

Purple in my Past

The toxic loop in full color — the habit he hates but craves.

♪ Pj3:38YouTube ↗

Lyrics
[Intro]
Eyes low in the backseat
Phone lit with your name on it
Same fight on a new week
Same hurt, I still lean on it

[Verse 1]
You say I'm heartless
I say you started
Reading through my texts
Like a market for your targets
You throw my sins
Right in my face, then you miss me
You hate the taste
But you sip me, you sip me (yeah)

Talking like you leaving
But your hoodie in my closet
Every time you mean it
You still pull up, you still pause it
Both of us addicted
We know better, never do it
Call it love, call it ruined
Either way we run right to it (right to it)

[Chorus]
You put purple in my past, I still see it
All these stains on my glass when I'm healing
Every time I try to leave, you pull me back, pull me back
Got my future in your hands, you gon' bleed it

You put purple in my past, now I'm jaded
All my good days crash when you faded
Every time I try to leave, you pull me back, pull me back
You the habit that I hate, but I crave it (yeah)

[Verse 2]
You like, "Who that on your story?"
I'm like, "Why you always worry?"
We both know you did me dirty
But you spin it till I'm guilty in a hurry (crazy)
Late night, you in the Uber
Tell the driver, "Take me sooner"
You don't wanna talk in person
You just want a body under your perfume, yeah

You don't text "I love you"
You just drop location
You don't say "I'm sorry"
You just want vibration
We don't solve problems
We just drown them in the mattress
Wake up in the ashes
Same cycle, different lashes (woah)

[Chorus]
You put purple in my past, I still see it
All these stains on my glass when I'm healing
Every time I try to leave, you pull me back, pull me back
Got my future in your hands, you gon' bleed it

You put purple in my past, now I'm jaded
All my good days crash when you faded
Every time I try to leave, you pull me back, pull me back
You the habit that I hate, but I crave it (crave it)

[Bridge]
Why we treat each other like a prize to be broken?
Why I feel the deepest when the worst words spoken?
You say "ride or die" but you driving with your eyes closed
You don't wanna love me
You just hate to see my side cold

[Chorus]
You put purple in my past, I still see it
All these stains on my glass when I'm healing
Every time I try to leave, you pull me back, pull me back
Got my future in your hands, you gon' bleed it

You put purple in my past, now I'm jaded
All my good days crash when you faded
Every time I try to leave, you pull me back, pull me back
You the habit that I hate, but I crave it (oh yeah)
08

Answers

One honest night, the choir saying what they won’t. Both already know.

♪ Scooter2:48YouTube ↗

Lyrics
[Verse]
The club closed, I'm gettin' a little anxious
Got me at the red light, it's a late one
On the way to you
You
This ain't the first time we done did it
This ain't the first time we done did it
It's the first time that we feel it

[Chorus]
We got too many questions, baby
All I want is the answers
All I want is the answers
Too many questions, baby
All I want is the answers
All I want is the answers

[Verse 2]
It ain't the first time, I admit it
The first time we had a few minutes
Now we got all night
Now we got all night
Got too many questions, baby
All I want is the answers
All I want is the answers
Too many questions, baby
All I want is the answers
All I want is the answers

[Bridge]
Yeah, yeah
Too many questions, baby
All I want is the answers
All I want is the answers
Too many questions, baby
All I want is the answers
All I want is the answers

[Chorus]
Too many questions, baby
All I want is the answers
All I want is the answers
Too many questions, baby
All I want is the answers
All I want is the answers
09

Enough of you

Devotion without shame. “I can never get enough of you.”

♪ Scooter3:42YouTube ↗

Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Let me take you down
And show you everything
I don't get tired, girl
I need all that you can bring
I'll just take my time
Just be ready when I call
You're so incredible
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you

[Chorus]
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you

[Verse 2]
I been movin' through my day
Can't get your face up out my head
Tried to play it cool anyway
Only thing I'm thinking 'bout instead

You know exactly how to get it right
I ain't even gotta say a word
Pull up on me any time of night
Best thing I ever seen and heard

[Pre-Chorus]
Every time you gone
I'm already thinking you back
Something 'bout you I can't move on
And that's a fact

[Chorus]
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you

[Bridge]
You stay on my mind
Real talk, I don't even try
Every other option's blind
When you the reason why

[Final Chorus]
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you
I can never get enough of you

The Lore

After midnight on the frequency

After last call in Houston’s Third Ward, the crew takes over an unlicensed R&B frequency above Magnolia’s — a 24-hour Creole diner. The signal only runs between last call and sunrise, when people finally tell the truth. Every song they send out is a receipt: proof of who they loved and what it cost. One crew, many frequencies, same roof.

The Architect

Peanut

Clean breaks. Deletes and rebuilds — cold clarity, no chase.

Slate Clean

The Charmer

Pj

Survival as charm. Been through every kind of love, and the worst one.

Tell Me Your Sign · Purple in my Past

The Anchor

Tootie

Presence over performance. Keeps every receipt — and the tapes. She runs the board.

Same Wave · Laid in Luv · Hard to Say

The Closer

Scooter

No “maybe.” Shows up, means it — devotion without shame.

Late Night R&B · Answers · Enough of You

Questions

About the release

Who is The Collectiv?

The Collectiv is one animated Southern R&B group. After midnight, the crew takes over an unlicensed radio frequency above a 24-hour Creole diner in Houston, and each member — Peanut, Pj, Tootie and Scooter — steps to the mic to clear their truth. It's a single act whose members trade lead vocals, not separate artists.

What is Receipts & Frequencies?

Receipts & Frequencies is the debut album by The Collectiv — nine tracks of after-midnight Southern R&B, released June 24, 2026 on Adriatic Neural Network. Every song is a 'transmission': a receipt of who someone loved and what it cost.

Who are the members of The Collectiv?

Peanut (the architect), Pj (the charmer), Tootie (the anchor and keeper of the tapes), and Scooter (the closer) — four voices in one crew, with more of the cast still to come.

Where can I listen to Receipts & Frequencies?

You can stream all nine tracks free on YouTube via the player on this page (The Collectiv - Topic channel). The release is rolling out to Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and more.

What are the songs on Receipts & Frequencies?

The tracklist is: Slate Clean, Tell Me Your Sign, Same Wave, Laid in Luv, Hard to Say, Late Night R&B, Purple in my Past, Answers, and Enough of You.

Who wrote and released the album?

All songs were written by Travone A Butler (ASCAP). The album is ℗ & © 2026 Adriatic Neural Network LLC, released on the Adriatic Neural Network label.