Carry It High
Comes from a griot family and says she is continuing the job, not changing it
vex on it
after hoursHonest use case: People who feel a connection to their heritage and find strength in overcoming challenges through perseverance.
Exhibit: “Jërëjëf to every no / Each one taught my lungs to grow”
style
the numbers
- bpm
- 129
- key
- B minor
- energy
- 0.69
- dance
- 0.92
- valence
- 0.54
- vocal at
- 24.0s
- length
- 2:47
- words
- 180
- clichés
- 0
- language
- Fr
most sung: “high” ×17 · “carry” ×13 · “back” ×5
lyrics
(sabar roll)
(waaw, waaw!)
My mother crossed the market square
A basin balanced on her hair
Ten litres high and never spilled
That's how a promise is fulfilled
(never spilled, no)
She told me, 'Head up, shoulders wide'
('shoulders wide')
'The load gets lighter with your stride'
Carry it high! (carry it high!)
Water, worry, the wide sky
Carry it high! (carry it high!)
Walk like the drum and don't ask why
(high, high, high!)
They said my voice out-rang the bell
So I became the bell as well
Jërëjëf to every no
Each one taught my lungs to grow
(jërëjëf!)
Carry it high! (carry it high!)
Water, worry, the wide sky
Carry it high! (carry it high!)
Walk like the drum and don't ask why
The drum talks — I answer back
(answer back)
We've carried this since way, way back
(way back, way back)
Carry it high! (carry it high!)
Water, worry, the wide sky
Carry it high! (carry it high!)
Walk like the drum and don't ask why
(waaw!)
Carry it high...
(the sabar answers once, alone)