WARRIOR (The Single The Story The Mindset)
Every time I hold my pad and pen to write a song, the one
thing I ensure I keep is the element of “relativity” by this I mean I want the
listener to be able to relate to what am rapping about, I want the listening
party at the back of their head to think “yap I have been there”, so when my
boy McKenzie of Rude boy Music emailed to me the beat to #WARRIOR the same
element fell into play.
The Oxford advanced dictionary defines a Warrior as a person
who fights in a battle or a war, so where is the point of relation you ask?? .I
view life in these days and times as a battle or war in itself, I mean with the
struggle to paid rent in time that’s if you’re lucky to find a descent place to
rent, complete ever hiking school fees, finding gainful employment in a ocean
of unemployment, staying safe in a town where Politicians and police clash
causing life threatening chaos, bitter hard to work with bosses and the list
goes on and on and on. These are wars these are battles that everyday
Ugandans are facing and somehow still
survive, somehow get up day after day, week in week out, year after year and
still push, still live and still have dreams and go out to achieve them. This
is the will, the spirit that makes them Warriors, this is the story that
inspired my writing of the single #WARRIOR cause to me if through it all, your
still moving on, you’re a warrior my friend.
I wrote the lyrics seated on the floor of my campus hostel
room and I strongly believe (not because I wrote it but even if, sh*t I reserve
the right to be bias over my own sh*t,cool?) if you listen to the lyrics you
will find a line that directly or at least indirectly relates to your life,
that of a friend, a relative or a story you heard or lived. If you look close
enough you will see a society filled with Warriors just given different names,
For instance I think mothers are Warriors, I mean they produce and look after
the gift of life for years despite all the bullsh*t society throws at women,
it’s rare that a woman will heartlessly walk out on her child, they stand their
ground no matter what, warrior like right? . I also think a Ugandan police
officer is a warrior(on this you may agree or not, depending on your situation
with the law),but by this I mean Ugandans are one group of hardheaded drama
loving people, let’s take two examples, look at the A4C activists who cause
trouble every week and clash with police routinely then to that Ugandan boda
boda man who intentionally skipped driving school and rides recklessly and has
the balls to insult the traffic officer standing under the blaze of the sun
choking on dust(ironically dressed in all white), trust me this police officer
work is warrior ish…...
The single was recorded at Yego Productions with producer
J.T.The single #Warrior was recorded and released in June 2011 on Hot100 and
received good airplay upon release, then in 2012 it was re-released and
distributed to all leading urban radio stations in preparation for the release
of its video, Follow this link to watch the Video http://youtu.be/daNeyfr7REU The video was shot by Gost
screen and post production was done by Guleytonda Roland of LL Pictures. The
single #WARRIOR is available for free download, Follow this link to download
the singlehttp://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_8913321
So the question is, are you a Warrior???...................
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