Name: Encourage
Duration: P00H02M19S
Description: One long verse, digging deep, speaking my mind, and keeping it lyrical.

Encourage

by Jackson Whalan

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One long verse, digging deep, speaking my mind, and keeping it lyrical.

lyrics

State of the world got me feeling nervous
But I'm certain that my purpose is to help you feel encouraged
Trying to figure out how we can all flourish
If I didn't write this down I'd be doing you a disservice
My enthusiasm nobody could curb this
I just wanna show you some love cuz you deserve this
I rap sophisticated leaving dictionaries wordless
I'm out in the woods out-of-owners like where's the service?
I'm off the grid until my true self emerges
Forging these words and bringing order to the circus
Reversing curses while I'm revising versions
Waking up to my girl putting coffee in my thermos

Supporting me while I go battle some burdens
You catch me in the morning making magic like Merlin
I'm too disturbing spitting more knowledge than Google searches
Cultivating compassion that I can pass through these verses
It's looking like a bubble let me burst this
From every different angle let's see how I could work this
My generation feeling worthless cuz a virus left us workless
Corporate crooks couldn't open up their purses
I'm shouting out to all doctors and the nurses
Putting the bodies in refrigerators and hearses
If it wasn't for this music I then would probably short circuit
I'm at home reading and writing until my pen is picture perfect
Traffic and it's merging but I'm focused never swerving
Even when the road is curving gotta keep these wheels turning
I'm working doing what I love to make an earning
And it's working I got fans from the US out to Berlin

Giving this to you now cuz none of it's permanent
Creativity I'm just trying to encourage it
I'm different and I'm sure of it you will not find a surrogate
All the conditioning that holds me back I'm unlearning it
How could I not crush it these fakers cannot touch it
Success you could not rush it cuz you could get dropped from it
I'm at the top summit letting these rocks plummet
I'm honest about myself so they cannot shun it

credits

released June 9, 2023
Lyrics written and performed by Jackson Whalan
Music produced by Jackson Whalan and Ian Evans

Keybaord: Ian Evans
Drum programming and additional production: JACKSON WHALAN

Mixed by Jackson Whalan
Mastered by Robert Macchiochi (Subvert Central Mastering)