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The first single A Matter of Time, taken from the new upcoming album WARNING SIGNS, describes the universal moment in our lives when we finally decide to face reality. It is the moment of clarity that arrives when the illusion of your greater society is stripped away. It is a return to that moment when you were born naked, before your innocence was lost. It is a song of admission and courage. It is Rootwords’ confession.
This song was composed with the The Block Notes, Rootwords’ live band, and with the participation of the great producer and beatmaker Yvan Peacemaker (Soprano, Booba, Rocé, Stress). Vocals on chorus by Rosie Holloway.
What Rootwords says about this song :
“A Matter of Time is a song about who and where I am today. I arrive to that conclusion by reflecting on where I could have been and who people (society) expect me to be. I think of it as a metaphor for life after death, that is to say, the moment that I came to realise my vocation.”
lyrics
[Verse I]
Yea !
I got you rooting for me
Rootwords for president
I got you shooting for me
I'll pull a Kanye on my fans
And ask Mark Zuckerberg to help me stack up on my bands
I need my 53 mil' to get me back in the matrix cause I done popped a blue pill
I need my
Grammy for real
I'm gone call up Taylor Swift and tell that mammy to chill
I'm funding my Blue Steal
I'm gunning for you still
I'm running I'm too ill
Got a hundred and two deals ...
That's why my pockets are slim
You make it hard for me to win
You support fake Jesus' on the internet
Promoting wiggerdom
And dumb niggers who stay illiterate
So I get pushed to the back of the bus
Cause I ain't doing this for likes
You're like
“We can't get him a deal with Nike 'cause he's too dark”
“Listen to the conversations that he spark !”
[Hook]
Riding softly on my own way ...
I lay my heart
On display ...
Wonder if they hear what I say ...
But I’ll make it, anyway ...
It's just a matter of time
[Verse II]
Who wan’ test ?
I am a band apart
I’m like Quentin Tarantino's art
A script you never thought of before
That's why I roam free like Django
You get caught at the door
I came to settle the score
I don't get blinded by the light when I'm walking your corridor
I keep minding my own life
You keep talking just to ignore
The fact that you insecure
Weak and unsure
Get a grip !
I try to stay pure
Handle my biz
Be an example to the kids
Holding it down till they bury me underground
But wait !
No need to hurry it's a blessing to be around
[Hook]
[Verse III]
And the haters say;
“Who that who that ?
You had a chance and you blew that !
I thought you knew that
You couldn't get through that
Without playing the game
Or folding to the obstacles they laid out in your lane
Such a shame !
All that talent wasted
A visionary who misplaced it !
Blinded by the limelight and hint of success that you tasted ...
Now that it's almost over
I wonder if you'll jump ship like refugees in Dover
Where you gonna run to ?
Where you gonna run to ?!
When you run out of love and ain't nobody want you ?
Once hot now cold
You popped you flopped
You're old
Your jewels corrode
Your fancy stones erode ...”
It's a moment of clarity when it hits
I don't like to call it insanity but it fits
Perfect in my picture frame
And if I live twice I'll do it again !
[Hook]
credits
released December 1, 2017
Music written and performed by Julien Boss, Stan Breynaert, Nicolas Duboux, Yvan Jaquemet and Benjamin Riggi
Lyrics written and performed by Julio Mwansa Nkowane
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