“Stay Alive” is a plea to the youth to stay away from gangs and gang violence. The track finds Toronto-based poet Mustafa singing a soft ballad over a guitar-based instrumental in hopes to save those who are affiliated.
The song was released on March 10, 2020 along side a music video by King Bee Pr...
[Intro: Rax]
Fam, I just been losin' my marbles, fam
I-I got a Glock 45
I been goin' got, fam
I been rolling with some Yemenese kids
[Verse 1: Mustafa]
A bottle of lean, a gun to your jeans, and a little faith in me
A plane in the sky, the only starlight on this never-ending street
The cameras and cops they coulda been stars on our mother's news screens
On our mother's news screens
[Chorus: Mustafa]
All of these tribes, and all of these street signs
None of them will be yours or mine
But I'll be your empire
Just stay alive, stay alive, stay alive
[Interlude: Rax]
I been, I been tryna keep my cool fam, before I lose it
[Verse 2: Mustafa]
These colors and flags, the sweat on your back
You're doing what you can
Pride in your hand, a price on your head, you can never let them win
Just put down that bottle, tell me your sorrows
I care about you, fam
I care about you, fam, oh-woah
[Chorus: Mustafa]
All of these tribes, and all of these street signs
None of them will be yours or mine
But I'll be your empire
Just stay alive, stay alive, stay alive
[Interlude: Rax]
But me, I'm just tryna keep my head above water, fam
[Bridge: Mustafa]
And if they take it all away
Our freedom and our hearts and that glow in your face
I'll remind you who you were before it changed (I'll remind you who you were)
[Chorus: Mustafa]
All of these tribes, and all of these street signs
None of them will be yours or mine
But I'll be your empire (Your empire)
Just stay alive, stay alive, stay alive
[Outro: Rax]
But me, I'm just tryna keep my head above water, fam
Stay Alive was written by Simon On The Moon & cityboymoe & Ging & Mustafa.
Stay Alive was produced by Simon On The Moon & James Blake & Ging.
Mustafa released Stay Alive on Tue Mar 10 2020.