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The first time I heard Trod by ZOOLOOK I instantly vibed with it and started freestyling Tenor Saw’s Lots of Signs:
Life is one big road, with a lot of signs
Signs and more signs
I'm gonna make up my mind
To face reality all the time
I couldn’t get the heavy bassline out of my head and that spooky vibe of night time road trip eeriness. ZOOLOOK is one of the producers I highly respect and always take advice from. We both feel the love and inspiration from Dubmatix and it means a lot to have been able to remix both these producers with my partner Marius Costache at Studio148. We aimed to create a dancehall hip-hop soundtrack for modern times and the dread and pressure we get from living in Bucharest Babylon.
ZOOLOOK and the IRIE Mag community from San Francisco have been great supporters of the Obeah and collaborators sounds and visions and I feel it coming full circle now with the release of this Trod Signs (Drive Redub). I imagine it being played late at night on pirate radio on the freeway making it past dark forests and cloudy skies. Really looking forward to ZOOLOOKs upcoming album!
Nicholas Da Silva, known professionally as ZOOLOOK, is a multidisciplinary artist and musician.
ZOOLOOK is currently working on a new dub reggae album and animated music video series, Stonefrenge: Black in Space.
ZOOLOOK is also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of IRIE Magazine.
ZOOLOOK is now pursuing a film degree to write, direct and produce Dread & Alive into a feature film. Trod was the first track for the series, followed by Soul Rebel Dub.
Listen to the original here:
zoolook.bandcamp.com/track/trod
Find ZOOLOOK:
zoolook.com
stonefrenge.com
dreadandalive.com
iriemag.com
reeltv.com lyrics
Life is one big road, with a lot of signs
One big road, with a lot of signs
Signs and more signs
Come on, come on
Life is one big road, with a lot of signs
Signs and more signs
I'm gonna make up my mind
To face reality all the time, whoa
Many are sorrow, many are joy
Never you try to take life for a toy
Some men do good, Lord, some doing bad
And this kind of bad doing driving me mad
'Cause when, sun shines today
I go on my knees and pray
I said, Lord, send me tomorrow
I said, Lord, let me have joy
Never let me have sorrow
I said, Lord, let me have joy
Oh Lord, never let me have no sorrow
Life is one big road, with a lot of signs
Signs and more signs
I'm gonna make up my mind
To face reality all the time, whoa
Lord, you are my helping hand
You alone I'm depending on I said, Lord, you are my helping hand
And you alone I'm depending on, 'cause
Life is one big road, with a lot of signs
Signs and more signs
I'm gonna make up my mind
To face reality all the time, whoa
My brothers and my sisters, make up your mind
My brothers and my sisters, make up your mind
Make up your mind
You don't wait a time, you better make up your mind
Make up your mind
Because if you stay too long, then you gonna be late
You gonna be late, so
Life is one big road, with a lot of signs
Signs and more signs
I'm gonna make up my mind
To face reality all the time, whoa
So many a sorrow, many a joy
Never you try to take Jah for a toy
Some men do good and some doing bad
And this kind of bad doing driving me mad
'Cause when, sun shines today
On my knees and pray
I said, Lord, send me tomorrow
I said, Lord, let me have joy
Never let me have sorrow, never let me have sorrow
Never let me have sorrow, never let me have sorrow
No God, no God
Each night I go to bed
I gotta kneel and pray before I close my eyes
I said, Lord, help me tonight
To live to see the morning light
I said, Lord, Lord, help me tonight
To live to see the morning light
Life is one big road, with a lot of signs
Lot of sign
So you gotta make up your mind
To face reality in this time
You better face them, in this time whoah
credits
released February 1, 2024
Original production ZOOLOOK aka Nicholas Da Silva
Remix by Obeah & Marius Costache
Vocals by Obeah
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