I will give this a try...

Your arrangement (chords) appears to be a good start. Key of A with all the chords being enharmonic (meaning no key changes) or none of the typical substitutions, which I assume is what you are now looking for. Your structure is Intro-Verse-Chorus-verse- Bridge-outro. You may want to start the chorus with the vi instead of the ii - a bit more typical as a starting point. And you might consider adding the chorus again after the bridge (again typical). I mocked this up in BIAB and felt the default extended outro fadeout sounded nice.

Otherwise, don't know what else I can sugest since I don't really know what feel/vibe you are going for. Your reference to "Roxanne Shante ("Where Da Hell My Phone?" goes right over my head. The major and sus chords lean toward a jazz feel, if that is what you are going for try some tritone substituions or the familar major minor modal substitution. No right or wrong way. BIAB 2025 does have a feature to audition chord substitutions. Use that and Let your ear tell you which way to go.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rd5PLG8S4uR-_IWZVuYmDMc02_gwGfsN/view?usp=sharing

Last edited by DrDan; 05/30/25 04:37 AM.
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