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We Build

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Hip-Hop/Rap

We Build was released on June 28, 2024 by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC as a part of the album Island 54

Song Details

Release DateJune 28, 2024

LabelBMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM95

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Stefflon Don

Vocals

Vanessa Sylvester

Vanessa Sylvester

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Vanessa Sylvester

Vanessa Sylvester

Songwriter

Kazeem Aderonmu

Kazeem Aderonmu

Songwriter

Quinn Oulton

Songwriter

Stephanie Allen

Stephanie Allen

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Kayzee

Producer

Stuart Hawkes

Mastering Engineer

Leandro Hidalgo

Leandro Hidalgo

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Chorus]

How do we build?

How do we grow? Woah

When will we stand?

When will we know?

We build, we build, we build it

We build, we build, we build it

We build, we build, we build it

We build, we build, we build it

[Verse 1]

I can't believe we made it

So much pressure on me, my back aching

Uh, no sunshine, it was raining

Keep on goin' even though it feels draining

Uh, a lotta things been changing

God reveals, everybody in stages

My mind clears whenever I read pages

Don't need to be baptized to know I'ma make it

Uh, and I'ma fight till the death of me

I don't believe in karma, I believe in energy

Racism? That's just jealousy

Take away the power and you take away supremacy

Colonized, lost spiritual identity

Chains on our mind, we don't know who we meant to be

Poppin' all these pills, baby, that ain't the remedy

Big pharma, you'll be sure, check the recipe

Jeffrey Dahmer, they shoulda did 'em like Kennedy

Tryna play God cah they see Him as the enemy

Devilish ways, these people committin' felonies

Erasing in history, erasing black legacy (We'd be)

Erasing all the facts, erasing every memory (Oh, yeah)

We'd be lucky to live to see seventy (We'd be)

[PreChorus]

I don't know how you feel, but I hope you don't fold

Cah we gotta stick together on the road, I wanna know

[Chorus]

How do we build? (How do we build? Oh, yeah)

How do we grow? Woah (How do we grow?)

When will we stand? (When will we stand?)

When will we know? (Oh, yeah)

We build, we build, we build it (We build it, yeah)

We build, we build, we build it (We gonna stand and find, yeah, yeah)

We build, we build, we build it (Oh, oh)

We build, we build, we build it (Oh, oh, oh, oh)

[Verse 2]

Take my money, take my time, but you can't take my heart

'Cause I'm a warrior, flow over waves like Noah's Ark

I'm speakin' from a deeper place, don't care about the chart

This thing should never be about numbers, should be about the art

Wish we could go back to the days we didn't have a phone

When reality felt real, when it wasn't clone

When relationships were purer than a bar of gold

And you was focused on the people that you really know

When we was solid, then my people had knowledge

But now we follow, block pages to gossip

Women sellin' their body for attention and profit

Young boys rockin' chains, but ain't got no deposits

Pastors askin' for paper while members struggle with losses

Schools teachin' eight year-olds about sexual goals

[PreChorus]

I don't know how you feel, but I hope you don't fold

Cah we gotta stick together on the road, I wanna know

[Chorus]

How do we build? (How do we build? Oh, yeah)

How do we grow? Woah (How do we grow?)

When will we stand? (When will we stand?)

When will we know? (Oh, yeah)

[Bridge]

My ego badder than mi

Don't try me, who's gone until it's

Known, known, known, known?

No comparing my energy

Don't try me, who's gone until it's

Known, known, known, known?

My ancestors been backin' me

Don't try me, who's gone until it's

Known, known, known, known?

Who's gone until it's

Known, known, known, known?

Who's gone until it's

Known, known, known, known?

[Chorus]

How do we build?

How do we grow? Oh

When will we stand?

When will we know? (Oh, how the glory goes)

We build, we build, we build it (We build it, yeah)

We build, we build, we build it (We gonna stand and fight, yeah, yeah)

We build, we build, we build it (Oh, oh)

We build, we build, we build it (Oh, oh, oh, oh)

[Outro]

You are the director, the creator, and the writer of your story

You literally can do whatever you want

And it's just for you to sit down and navigate where you wanna go

And you will get better, so that's how I feel about life

Written by: Joshua donkor, Kazeem Aderonmu, Quinn Oulton, Stephanie Allen, Vanessa Sylvester

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