Lyrics

Rooted (Anthem Mix)

Rooted in SA Collective

ROOTED \[Intro] Hmm… Lines in the air… We don’t all follow… Still we arrive… \[Verse 1] Mouth shapes sounds I’ve never known Still they echo in my bones Fragments fall like dust and light I wear them softly, hold them tight Next to me a different fire Different pitch, a different choir But something underneath the tone Feels like something I have owned \[Pre-Chorus] Not the same sky we read Not the same words we keep But when the silence breaks Something in us wakes \[Chorus] Rooted — where the unseen grows Rooted — in the space between notes Where we don’t have to know Still we don’t let go Rooted — in the shift, the sway Rooted — in the unspoken way Call it what you can’t explain Still it calls our name \[Verse 2] You move slow, I move fast Different rhythms never clash What you carry, I can’t read Still it feels like something shared Flavours I don’t recognise Songs I couldn’t harmonise Yet in the noise, in the blend Something pulls me back again \[Pre-Chorus] Not the same path we trace Not the same time or place But when the drums align Something crosses lines \[Chorus – slightly fuller] Rooted — where the unseen grows Rooted — in the space between notes Where we don’t have to know Still we don’t let go \[Rap Bridge] Yeah— Half-remembered lines in the wind Carried by a voice that I’m standing in Not mine, not yours — still it fits Like a shadow stitched to skin No need to name it to feel it move No need to claim it to know it’s true Different steps but the same ground hums Different beats but we land as one Not in the words but the way they fall Not in the map but we feel the call Somewhere between what we are and aren’t That’s where it lives — that’s where we’re… \[Breakdown Chant] Here… Now… Feel… Sound… Here… Now… We… Are… \[Final Chorus] Rooted — deeper than we show Rooted — in the undertow Where the quiet currents flow That’s where we go Rooted — not in what we say Rooted — but we stay, we stay In the space we can’t explain Still we remain \[Outro] No single line… Still it rhymes… We’re rooted…

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