Blessings Steemers!
I wanted to share with you a wrap-up video of my trip to Jamaica last month.
I'm a recording artist (primarily hip hop) and also a videographer from Trinidad - which is an island in the Southern Caribbean. I visited Jamaica for a videography job and my team and I took the opportunity to work on a music video for one of my songs called ROSE THORN. (It's the music on the wrap-up video; lyrics transcribed below).
Jamaica is an amazing country for the arts - it is the home of some of the greatest music from the legend Bob Marley to the dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel. Jamaica has a long history of exporting its music and culture. The people are proud and strong and confident in their own artistic opinions. So it was an inspiration to be there and to get feedback from strangers there. - One of the most fascinating parts of getting to talk to the people was the type of feedback I got. It seemed like everyone was a music expert, from giving me advice on my recording process to using their strong personalities to encourage me to own who I am and profess it proudly.
Jamaica is also the birthplace of the Rastafarian faith, where ganja is used for spiritual awakening. The Jamaican government recently recognized and chose to respect this faith, making personal ganja use legal in the country. The freedom to use cannabis without the threat of being arrested was an unmatched experience for me - as someone in a country with almost zero tolerance for the plant.
The song that I did the video for can be heard in my Jamaica wrap up video above and I've included the lyrics below for your information. It is a song about belief in your dreams, in love and perseverance. I will be directing and editing the full video and hope to release it within the next month. Look out for it!
I hope you all enjoy it. Please comment below. Let me know what you think!!!
FULL SONG HERE!
Youtube:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7ihDj2jlZzcRPxPYcflYPn
Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/track/63659604
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nishmusichouse/rose-thorn-ft-kye
Blessings,
NISH
ROSE THORN Lyrics
Got a rose thorn in my soul. Little bit of fire left in my heart.
Thank God my mother showed me this love.
But I guess this world done ripped it apart.
I'm in the dark. Rolling that reefer to spark.
Steady perfecting my art.
So set me apart, known as the nigga with heart.
Straight to the top of the charts homie.
If you got a dream, go get it. Reach for the sky, my nigga no limit.
Everybody nowadays wanna be a critic.
When the King blow watch them all get with it.
Wanna wear the crown but their head can't fit it.
Wanna hold me down, man they just so jealous.
Tell me why the f. NISH can't be the illest?
Do it for my city and the things we relish.
Til I got the whole 868 with us.
Even overseas and the hood they feel us.
Hotties in the burbs and the thug gorillas
High school kids and the hard core killas.. so.
If you love me just let me know. If you hate me, just let me go.
Don't forget that this world is mine. But I just had to let you know.
HOOK:
I still believe - there must be something more than living
I still believe - in love.... a little love. Peace.
A little love... a little love. Peace.
A little love.
Hope you never let your mind die from the hate.
Mistakes from the past and the risks that we take.
Elevate to a consciousness full of grace.
You can never know strength if you never know faith.
Motivate transcend to a time and place....
Heaven in my sight so close I can taste.
This truth on my lips, and the pain on my face.
Red blood on my page and I never will erase this love.
Tryna get away from the hell we know.
Really what the hell we fighting for.
I wanna go back to the place I know.
I wanna go back to the place I've grown. Trini.
This feeling of love is superior, hate is inferior.
Judging me by my exterior. Jealousy burns your interior.. But
HOOK:
I still believe - there must be something more than living
I still believe - in love.... a little love. Peace.
A little love... a little love. Peace.
A little love.
I was by myself with a heart so cold but I just kept walking.
No looking back til I found my clique shit now we going all in.
Tryna kill these shows, party all night then work in the morning.
So I ask these girls where the f. you was at when the rain was falling?
Love my life, ain't nothing better. Tryna find a way to make it last forever.
Little bit of peace we can live together. Let's start now better late than never.
Before my silver cord is severed. Lost in love, my guilty pleasure.
Filled with emotion it's hard to measure. Life and devotion my only treasure. That's all.
Forgive me Father, this love is all that I know.
HOOK:
I still believe - there must be something more than living
I still believe - in love.... a little love. Peace.
A little love... a little love. Peace.
A little love.