“Instructions” is not a protest song, a prayer, or a manifesto. It is something rarer: a maintenance document for a fragile system.
Delivered as spoken-word over restrained, deliberate production, the track rejects spectacle in favor of clarity. The voice does not plead, shout, or perform urgency. Instead, it speaks with measured authority—inviting the listener to slow down, verify, listen, and rest. The absence of emotional manipulation is its greatest strength.
Rather than offering villains to defeat or heroes to follow, Instructions dismantles the fantasy of resolution entirely. The song’s power lies in its refusal to promise catharsis. Progress is framed as incremental, local, and ongoing—work that must be done repeatedly, without applause.
The final system-style report—“Solution complete. Difficulty: permanent. Progress: possible—if followed.”—lands with surgical precision. It is neither hopeful nor despairing. It is honest.
In an era dominated by outrage cycles and algorithmic amplification, Instructions stands as a rare artifact: calm, ethical, and enduring. This is not music meant to trend. It is music meant to remain.
Instructions — DJ TONYA
From the upcoming album: Frequencies
We asked AI to scan the damage—
then figure out what comes next.
No miracles.
Just instructions.
Instructions is a spoken-word electronic track about attention, misinformation, burnout, and civic responsibility. It doesn’t offer slogans, saviors, or instant solutions. Instead, it walks through small, deliberate steps—listening, verifying, resting, teaching—that make progress possible over time.
This isn’t a protest song.
It isn’t a prayer.
It’s a maintenance guide.
With restrained production and a calm, human delivery, Instructions treats democracy and truth as practices—not outcomes. There are no villains removed, no heroes crowned—just fewer lies passed around.
From DJ TONYA’s upcoming album Frequencies, a genre-spanning collection of original works exploring movement, emotion, and clarity across pop, house, hip-hop, R&B, Chicago house, and chill.
🎧 Best experienced with headphones
🕯️ Listen without multitasking
📡 Progress is possible—if followed
💿 Short Album Description
Frequencies — DJ TONYA (Upcoming Album early 2026)
Frequencies is a genre-spanning sampler of original DJ TONYA productions, moving fluidly between pop, house, hip-hop, R&B, Chicago house, and chill. Each track explores a different emotional and physical wavelength—designed for movement, reflection, and connection. Rather than chasing a single sound, Frequencies embraces range, intention, and authorship, presenting dance music as both instinct and design.
DJ TONYA – Instructions
Lyrics:
[Intro]
We asked AI to scan the damage…
then figure out what comes next.
No miracles.
Just instructions.
[Step One]
Slow down, stop chasing the noise,
Every outrage cycle engineered to destroy.
Your focus is currency, spend it with care,
If it profits off fear, don’t breathe it air.
[Step Two]
Verify before you repeat,
Truth don’t scream, it waits in the deep.
Read past the headline, check who it serves,
If it feeds division, question the words.
[Step Three]
Talk to someone you’re told not to hear,
Not to win, not to dunk, just to clear.
Listen without loading a comeback reply,
Understanding don’t weaken you, it sharpens the mind.
[Refrain]
These ain’t prayers, these instructions,
No saviors coming through corruption.
No reset button, no sudden peace,
Just small hard steps, taken weekly.
[Step Four]
Local over loud, build where you stand,
Change don’t drop from a televised plan.
Show up, vote small, support real aid,
Communities heal when they’re actively made.
[Step Five]
Follow the money, always the trail,
Who benefits most when the systems fail?
If the answer repeats, don’t act surprised,
Power protects itself by keeping us tired.
[Step Six]
Rest is resistance, burnout’s a trap,
Exhausted people don’t fight back.
Sleep, eat, laugh, keep joy intact,
A regulated mind is harder to crack.
[Bridge]
No villains removed.
No heroes crowned.
Just fewer lies
passed around.
[Step Seven]
Teach the ones coming behind,
Not what to think, but how to decide.
Critical thought over blind belief,
That’s how you starve misinformation’s teeth.
[Final Step]
Accept this truth with resolve:
There is no clean ending, no problem solved.
Just maintenance, effort, humility, care,
Democracy’s a practice, not a chair.
You won’t fix it fast.
You won’t fix it alone.
But neglect guarantees it never gets grown.
[Refrain]
These ain’t prayers, these instructions,
No magic code, no instant function.
No perfect future promised tonight,
Just doing the work in the available light.
[Outro / System Status]
Solution complete.
Difficulty: permanent.
Progress: possible—
if followed.
