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lyrics

No Fear

Verse 1
Sometimes the work ain’t fun. Sometimes the stress ain’t real.
It ain’t all glitter and gold when you get that deal.
If you ain’t have “it” then you ain’t gon have “it” now.
I’m not talking bout paper, nah this ain’t bout clout.

The grass not always greener, the truth’s not always told
In a world full of illusion, it’s the lie that’s bought and sold.
Tear the smoke screen down and bare what’s on my soul
Cuz that’s all you can take with you and the prize is growing old.

Yea, I wanna be seen but I’m not a fiend for applause.
Wanna make music and children who make children who call me “Grandma”
My sight’s long. I write songs that I can stand on.
My platform got no trap doors, word to my grandpa.

I don’t slip through the cracks, I create ‘em.
Through concrete floors and steel doors still found a way in
Simultaneously carved a path for the way out
Now 16 bars map the escape route so come now

Chorus
Tribe is on my side (no fear)
Heart’s open wide (no fear)
Casting fear aside (no fear)
A lion in the pride (no fear)

Post-Chorus
I look my demons in the eye, tell em “no fear”
I look them haters in the eye, I ain’t got no fear
Look my demons in the eye, tell em “no fear”
Look them haters in the eye

Verse 2
Sometimes it seems that this music thing is all that I got
It’s all that I want, so fuck it, roll another one up
And put the beat on repeat until the rhyme is complete
Cuz when it’s unfinished I lose sleep and feel the urgency

Pen pressed to the loose leaf, nightmares with the loose teeth
On brink like, “what my ancestors tryna teach me?”
I thought I heard but apparently I wasn’t listening
On some, “I know, I know” shit. Now I’m all alone just

Me and my poems. It’s a rose until the thorn pricks.
Blood drips down, red ink across the manuscript.
Edit it, redirect the path that I was headed in
Competitive, too concerned with who I’m worse or better than

But ain’t nobody ever been me
That ain’t a flex for who’s best, I’m talking lineage and legacy
My fingerprint, the indent that my letters leave
It’s mine. No man or matter of time is smudging me

Tribe is on my side (no fear)
Heart’s open wide (no fear)
Casting fear aside (no fear)
A lion in the pride (no fear)

I look my demons in the eye, tell em “no fear”
I look them haters in the eye, I ain’t got no fear
Look my demons in the eye, tell em “no fear”
Look them haters in the eye

(She was scared to chase her dreams, she almost fell back)
(But she’s an artist so she carved herself a place on the map)

credits

from Medicine Music EP, released September 7, 2022
Produced by David Frazier Jr. and Arianna "Kala" Brame
Written and Arranged by Arianna "Kala" Brame
Arianna "Kala" Brame: vocals, keys
David Frazier Jr.: drum programming, keys

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Kala and The Lost Tribe Brooklyn, New York

Arianna "Kala" Brame is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, poet and MC based in Brooklyn, NY. Kala and The Lost Tribe, has performed on stages in the NYC metropolitan area at venues including Baby's Alright, The Silent Barn, Don Pedro's, The Bowery Electric, National Sawdust and had the esteemed honor of playing Blue Note's Late Night Groove Series. ... more

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