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Bomani Armah & Juno Brown - Uphill Battle feat Juno Brown

from Circumlocution Vol II by Bomani Armah

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This track was a result of my friends and family who constantly remind me that I'm getting it done when I'm beating myself for not doing it. I imagined it as a secular hip-hop version of the gospel track "be grateful". Hope you like it.

lyrics

Dedicate this one to everybody going through it, trying to find the other side...especially myself

Chorus:

Uphill battle
Take my time
On my saddle
and I'm riding, I'm riding
down hill climb

Verse 1:

Sometimes I think my life is boring
Take moments to silently cry for poor me
Not know what the future has for -me
Till I sit back and take inventory
While I feel that I'm always warring
I must review each chapter fo' I end this story
I see not only trials but blessings pouring
As I recount them my spirits soaring
the closer i get to the sun
Appreciate life from a distance i only get but one
accomplishments feel lightweight, failures weigh a ton
came to war with a knife tahe devil brought a gun
when I look at this losing story that I've spun
I'm not counting the battles I've won
How far in this marathon I've run
Leaving my haters stunned
Moments of pure fun
and great things that I've done.

Chorus

Verse 2:

I can be so critical
Counting my accomplishments only in the physical
Not counting everything I've earned that's invisible
my life is a miracle
my blessings are spiritual.
each failure has a positive spin
cant appreciate the yang if you only see the yin
I've proved I have a soft heart and strong chin
Throw your darts they'll never get under my skin.
a tsunami behind I feel the tide rising
long way to go, destiny is the horizon
now I'm planning no more fantasizing
Now more hustlin, now I'm enterprising
When prayers come back marked return to sender
It separates the real from the pretender
I still shine so bright that everyone remember.
No Retreat no surrender.

Chorus

Yeah. Dedicating this to the friends and family who remind me that I'm getting done, even when I'm beating myself for not doing it. Sometimes you gotta remind yourself that it's a marathon and not a sprint. Let's keep moving y'all.


Chorus

credits

from Circumlocution Vol II, track released January 27, 2012
Written by: Bomani Armah & Juno Brown
Produced by: Bomani Armah
Engineered by: Bomani Armah
Executive Producers: Bomani Armah & William Vaughan IV for Urban Intalek Studios

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