I call this Persistence, like I'm at my life's end,
call this determination, never need that life again,
now I know I, dealt with the hardships,
you don't know the half of it,
never aired my life outside man, I always looked after it.
Kept it all beneath like I was buried in a coffin,
now this world it ain't your life,
it's just a world that you get lost in.
People only tell you what they think you need to hear,
but you don't live for them, live for yourself,
they'll disappear and it goes..
(Pre - Shawn/RKZ)
Well you know I follow my heart since day,
and I ain't ever gonna change,
they say nothing gold can stay, but we're still here.
(Chorus - RKZ/Shawn)
You know I've been walking alone for too long,
searching for something, I've been feeling so strong,
I scream, I know, I'm almost there now,
I won't give up on you.
(Break - Shawn)
I won't give up, I won't give up, no
I won't give up, I won't give up, no
I won't give up, I won't give up..
(Verse Two - RKZ)
I call this Persistence, never need to fight again,
made it to the end like I was born to see the light again,
had it Soul-defined again, rhyme so I could find myself,
then I went and did it, now we're sitting sharing endless gems,
how life is incredible, just gotta let it breathe though..
three or four times I discovered we are equal,
not you and I, I mean us and the universe.
We are all the same, we just need to let that be so..
(Pre - RKZ/Shawn)
We try, we try to define ourselves but,
we don't excel ourselves until we're back,
against the wall. And I know,
we're Universal Minds.
Five jazz tracks composed by Mercury Prize-nominated composer ESKA for Hope 4 Justice, a UK youth initiative fighting climate change. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 17, 2024