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Keep You Safe
If I had the chance to go back and meet my younger self, growing up and trying to figure out the world, these are the words I would use: there is a way to keep yourself safe, to do battle with the struggle to find your place in life.
Growing up, I was always at war with myself & that’s a dangerous place to be. You think you have nobody backing you and that leaves you vulnerable and frightened.
As a woman, there were always conditions to my existence. We are always too fat, too skinny, too loud, too quiet. The list goes on… If you are female in a minority group that scrutiny intensifies tenfold.
This song is a reminder that if you can find the strength to dig deep and learn to love yourself then, you always have someone to back you. Someone to keep you safe.
Right now, it’s quite a radical thing to do: to love and accept yourself. It’s a simple sentiment but an important one. It isn’t echoed enough. You are your own safety net – you always have someone to Keep You Safe
lyrics
I LIT CANDLES
I BURNT SAGE
I WENT BACK TO PRAYING
TRY CREATE A CHANGE
ALL THE THINGS I THOUGHT
WOULD KEEP YOU SAFE
THE NIGHT TURNED BLACK
IN ROLLED BLUE
NOT FOM LACK OF LOVING OR WANTING YOU
I’LL ALWAYS BE LOVING YOU
AND THEY TRY TO SHAME THE SKIN YOU’RE IN
UNTIL YOU SHED
BLACK, WHITE, FAT, TRANS, PERFECT 10
THEY’RE AFRAID
BUT ILL TRY TO KEEP YOU
SAFE, SAFE I’LL KEEP YOU SAFE
SAFE, SAFE, ILL KEEP YOU SAFE
LAY YOUR DREAMS DOWN NEXT TO MINE
WE CAN SMASH THE CEILINGS, YEAH,
I THINK ITS TIME
EVERY DREAM, YOU DREAM
CAN COME TO LIFE
THEY’LL SAY YOU DON’T BELONG
BUT YOUR MINDS TOO STRONG
DON’T FORGET ABOUT
LOVING YOU TO GET YOU THROUGH
I’LL ALWAYS BE LOVING YOU
AND THEY TRY TO SHAME THE SKIN YOU’RE IN
UNTIL YOU SHED
BLACK, WHITE, FAT, TRANS, PERFECT 10
THEY’RE AFRAID
BUT ILL TRY TO KEEP YOU
SAFE, SAFE, I’LL KEEP YOU SAFE
SAFE, SAFE, ILL KEEP YOU SAFE
I FOUND A WHITE FEATHER
IN THE DEEPEST DARK OF DESPAIR
I KNEW THAT YOU WERE NEAR ME
HELPING TO DISSIPATE THE FEAR
I FOUND A WHITE FEATHER
IN THE DEEPEST DARK OF DESPAIR
I KNEW THAT YOU WERE NEAR ME
HELPING TO DISSIPATE THE FEAR
SAFE, SAFE, I’LL KEEP YOU SAFE
SAFE, SAFE, ILL KEEP YOU SAFE
SAFE, SAFE, SAFE.
credits
released May 28, 2021
'Keep You Safe'
Written by Baba, Adam Garrett, Orlaith Brennan
Produced by Adam Garrett
Recorded in Daylight Studios by Fiachra Kinder
Mixed by Olga Fitzroy
Mastered by Fergal Davis
Baba was born deep down inside the earth where she saw beauty and horror, magic and love. When she really opened her eyes all she could see was music. This music, her song, this is her truth should you wish to inhale
