Name: The Ledger
Duration: P00H03M17S
Description: The Ledger mixes spoken word with a haunting jazz hop background, to create an impacting reminder that our actions and deeds in this life are all being written and we will meet with those actions and deeds again.

The Ledger

from The Black Swan by Zaimah Beloved

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The Ledger mixes spoken word with a haunting jazz hop background, to create an impacting reminder that our actions and deeds in this life are all being written and we will meet with those actions and deeds again.

lyrics

I did not know that after the sun set
Darkness would last so long
If I had known, maybe I would have done more throughout my day
Maybe, I would never have forgotten to pray
Enlightenment once struck me like
Like, in lightening
Bright, sharp, with a long arm
Reaching from the heavens
Down into my earth
No, but not now
Now like blown kisses
It misses me
It disses me
I am yoked
By the reality of the Ledger

Gods taking notes
And yet, how do I forget to fear
With measured hope
I simply forget to care
In darkness, so easy to forget to hear
The words in this chapter of my life
Are written sadly in white ink
No longer do I think
I simply close my eyes and feel my way through
So still, I stay true, but no good action stands
Still enough to make an impact
Crashed, and burned
Crushed and broken
I stand still as the scenery around me moves fast
Makes me feel like I'm making strides

The pages turn fast
Though largely unfilled
My soul goes unwilled
My marks leave no tread
A secret I know
And will meet when I am (dead)
My Ledger, its forever
Gone, true, you
At your best
At your worst
Your life in detail
Written and recorded behind the veil
Will meet you again

And the soul you have
If its power goes unused
And the soul you have
If not stretched out
To portray the glory of God in every way
And the soul you have
Will be unfolded and read aloud

For the Ledger is your soul
And the Author is your deeds
And there is no escaping it.
If you'd like to know what your Ledger says
Look at your life
And the words are all over the walls
If you can't read
Fine then, tell me
How do you feel?
How do you feel?
How do you feel?

credits

from The Black Swan, track released April 7, 2016
Written by: Zaimah Habeeb
All Vocals by Zaimah
DJ MALOR production (Mallory Baudry)

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Zaimah Beloved New York, New York

Zaimah Beloved is a singer/ songwriter who has lived her entire life an everyday woman. She uses those everyday experiences to create music that helps give perspective to the matters in life we most want to discuss, but often don't have the words to express it, nor music, to accompany us. Zaimah will write the soundtrack for the journey pop culture is on, to consciousness. What she calls: destiny. ... more