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"Flowers" revolves around the idea of me and my mum's plan to plant flowers at my stillborn brother's (Andreus) grave. It is a celebration of him and of life, and a way to make him live through music, and to hopefully help all of us to live more and live truer lives by recognising death.
lyrics
So let me tell em how I'm living
Pain still coming but this life still giving
I put pain on riddim just to express my gladness
Life come with blessings and life come with badness
Sometimes I feel sadness, sometimes I feel madness
Sometimes I look back and I'm thankful I had this
Sometimes I look back and I'm thankful that I had you
But I was caught up in my mind, uh
Me and mum have a plan to plant flowers at your grave
Would have been 19 now, discovering your mind, going to your first rave, Or going to the sea and admiring the wave, or having your first shave,
Mind telling me be brave,
But I recognise that you’d have grown by now
Many talents you’d have shown by now,
Words for you, cos you could never to learn to talk
Words for you, cos you could never learn to walk
It’s the lowest lows that elevate the highest flows
I follow my path that's where the water flows, and smokes blows, and god knows, how we rose,
After the fall,
Yo, it's time to stand tall
So let me tell em how I'm living
Pain still coming but this life stay giving
I put pain on riddim and express gladness
Life come with blessings and life come with badness
Sometimes I feel sadness, sometimes I feel madness
sometimes I look back and I'm thankful I had this
Sometimes I look back and I'm thankful that I had you
But I'm caught up in my mind and I know it would make you sad too
We all have to be blessed for this movement to continue,
I express it rap and I know you got it in you
I seen you, seen your light, pitied your plight, you emerged from night, out of sight, you fought your fight,
And I fought mine, so all in good time
We’ll realise that we’re all elements of the divine
And we’ll share blood wine, c
Cos we're all blood brothers - brothers, mothers, lovers and sisters,
The rich get richer but don't wanna assist us
We’re the heart of the world, please me tell us how they missed us
When we were born the gods surely kissed us and blissed us
If we keep pushing they can never resist us
It’s the lowest lows that elevate the highest flows
I follow my path my path that's where the water flows,
And god knows, how we rose,
After the fall,
Yo, it’s time to stand tall
So let me tell em how I'm living
Pain still coming but this life stay giving
I put pain on riddim and express gladness
Cos life come with blessings and life come with badness
Sometimes I feel sadness, sometimes I feel madness
sometimes I look back and im thankful I had this
Sometimes I look back and im thankful that I had you
But I’m caught up in my mind, I know it would make you sad too
credits
released November 19, 2021
Vocal engineering: Alvin Storm
Beat production: JaVale O'Neal Beats
Executive production: Leopold Arlo Wilde
Zenrei, hailing from a small corner of the English north west, is a rapper inspired by poetry and a love of hip-hop to make music that sits within the boundary of the two, combining poetic lyricism with explorations of himself and the world around him.
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