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“The harshness of life still weighs on our societies and sinks many young people into a dead end,” says the band in a unified statement. “’Worry’ is a positive energy that Songhoy Blues want to be a ray of hope for humanity. ‘Worry’ is about not stopping fighting because at the very end you will find the light.”
lyrics
[CHORUS]
Don’t worry
You’re gonna be happy
Keep working today
That smile will come one day
Don’t worry
You’re gonna be happy
Keep fighting today
That smile will come one day
[VERSE]
Nothing’s come for free
When you get it free – you will lose it freely
So you better know
Work hard is the best way
Nothing’s come for free
When you get it free – you will lose it freely
So you better know
Work hard is the best way
Let your hope come from fight
And go through your darkness
You’ll find your light
-CHORUS-
Keep it
Keep your self control
Keep it
Keep your eyes open
Keep it
Keep your self control
I said Keep it
Keep your eyes open
This got a lesson
You better hear it
This got a lesson
You have to listen!
That smile will come [one day]
That smile will come [one day]
There is a long way to go
There is a long journey
There is a long way to go
There is a long journey
This life is Ups and Downs
There is a long journey
There is a long journey
[Keep fighting today]
credits
from Optimisme,
track released June 17, 2020
Produced by Matt Sweeney
Written by Aliou Touré, Garba Touré, Oumar Touré, and Drissa Kone
Performed by Songhoy Blues
Recorded and Engineered by Daniel Schlett at Strange Weather Studios
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
The NYC trio push their blown-out garage-blues sound into new territory, on both reinterpreted classics and originals. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 5, 2019
The posthumous record by the legendary Tony Joe White is full of rugged, smoky blues & Americana, culled from a trove of demos. Bandcamp New & Notable May 10, 2021