Name: Contact
Duration: P00H03M59S
Description: The sound of a fighter's journey, resilience, and triumph over hardship.

Contact

by Francis Arevalo

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The sound of a fighter's journey, resilience, and triumph over hardship.

lyrics

you know i’ll never fall back
i know what i want bad
i could put you on that
when i make a song that's
preparing for combat
am i making contact
am i making contact
contact
x2

ay yo i'm still here
nothing that i will fear
now only the real see
what makes up the real me
everyday i will fight
make my dreams in real life
til i
fill my
days with the images filling my mind
see this
beast rip
beats into million pieces
his teeth get
sharper everytime that he eats it
i’m feasting in East Van so these mans best beat it
won’t say that i’m best, i’m its best kept secret
this the sound of fighting back
now that my life is back
i learned my time is now
i learned to grind at last
i earn that shine that comes
i work until the final bell
i make the hits to knock it out
only time and i will tell

fall back
i know what i want bad
lemme put you on that
when i make a songs that's
preparing for combat
am i making contact
am i making contact
contact

you know i’ll never fall back
i know what i want bad
lemme put you on that
when i make these songs that
preparing for combat
am i making contact
am i making contact
contact

tell ‘em this is fight night
step into the bright lights
giving up my night life
so i can build the right life
in hindsight
i find signs in everything that i try
that i might
feed the flames
be the name
that i need in this lifetime
pen game
is a quick hand wielding a light knife
the end game
is to make lemonade outta limelight
your friends say
can they catch the man that's out classin' em
that heavy weight, they hit the mat
fast, i'm out lasting’ em
i bounce back
found that
my sounds can prove em wrong
give me years
living here
can’t nobody prove me wrong
...so now i’m up before dawn
while they don’t know what i’m on
when i’m gone they’ll say
it's me all along

i’ll never fall back
i know what i want bad
lemme put you on that
when i make a song that'ls
preparing for combat
am i making contact
am i making contact
contact

you know i’ll never fall back
i know what i want bad
lemme put you on that
when i make these songs that
preparing for combat
am i making contact
am i making contact
contact

they don’t want us to win
and they don’t know where we’ve been
and they don’t know bout my skin
or bout my secrets or the reason i sing
i’m bringing the heat
and spitting inspirational speech
imma be going down swinging
you’ll be hearing from me
and still, i’ve yet to be the people’s champ
cuz if i’m real, it isn’t me, it’s all my people man
peep the fam, and see the stance
so can you get with the method
or can you get where i’m headed
i’m never sweating your flexing
i’ll leave my name in the legend
craft in quiet, my spirit
is full of riot, i’m here and
i’m never leaving it now
i’ll be outworking the doubt
you only get one
best be making make it count
hold your ground, hold it down
til you’re down for the count

i'll never fall back
i know what i want bad
lemme put you on that
when i make these songs that
preparing for combat
am i making contact
am i making contact
contact

if y’all ain’t feel me yet, y’all should come and peep a set
people getting me upset, cuz it seems the clearly get
they listens from they weekly cheques, dawg i got that heat to check
i’m rocking
i beat death so rap is nothing
trust me dawg i got this

credits

released May 7, 2021
Co-produced with Mary Ancheta & Shaquille Headley
Guitar by Tristan Paxton
Mixed by Roger Swan
Mastered by Eugene Chong
Artwork by Wataru Uno

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Francis Arevalo Vancouver, British Columbia

Francis Arevalo is a Filipino-Canadian artist and producer based in Vancouver, BC. Known for his personal storytelling, clever lyricism, and colourful production, he makes music to uplift, inspire, and energize himself and his community.