How High question

[MykelMad13 15]

Hello everyone! This is my first topic post.  Long-time Madonna fan here.  Anyway, I was wondering what is Madonna (?) saying in the opening of How High (the mixed album version)?  It's like a robotic voice that sounds slowed down.  It definitely sounds like words, just not sure what those words are.  It's repeated again in the middle of the song.  Can anyone help? 

[Yung Rapunxel 2,191]

How high are the stakesHow much fortune can you make

[MykelMad13 15]

Before that.  In the mixed album version, it's the first sounds you hear.  Are those words?  It sounds like she is saying something, but I can't make it out.  

[kurushitovska 1,419]

Probably they are just some random words edited, with vocoder, delay and tempo changes

[Yung Rapunxel 2,191]

@@MykelMad13 I thought it was that one cause keeps getting repeated on the chorus and is "robotic" lol I have no clue sorry :(

[Stevo 6,452]

I think @ is right.I think it's "How High are" then "the stakes". Heavily vocodered, pitch changed and slowed down.

[o_g_c_x 2,787]

How high is my favorite from COADF along with GT.

[MykelMad13 15]

@ @stevie-jw YES! You both are right! I hear it now. How high are...the stakes! Thank you thank you thank you

[RUADJAI 16,066]

Good question. Im guessing from the amount of words and the 2 that actually sound like words.... How and stakes......it sounds like it might be "How High Are....... The Stakes".

[RUADJAI 16,066]

ooop. u beat me to it. 

@ @stevie-jwYES! You both are right! I hear it now. How high are...the stakes! Thank you thank you thank you

[madgefan 10,243]

It basically says "this... will... be... my... last... cohesive... album..." 

[Fighter 28,889]

It basically says "this... will... be... my... last... cohesive... album..." 

 

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[Turuncan 737]

@@madgefan You're amazing!! 

 

[MadMark 118]

For me this is one of her worst songs ever