Road to Self, by Aisha Badru

Road to Self

by Aisha Badru

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antieuclid This album is a healing journey. It's helped me process some tough sh*t, and it's helped me help others do the same. It's an absolute gift to the world and I can't recommend it highly enough. Favorite track: Unrefined.

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1.	The End (Intro) 01:51		buy track
2.	Road to Self 04:11	lyrics	buy track
I’m ready now I’m ready now To love myself To love myself I’m ready now I’m ready now To find myself To find myself I’m ready now I’m ready now To be by myself To be by myself I’m ready now I’m ready now I’m ready now I’m ready now The only way out is the road to yourself Only you can walk it nobody else The only way out is the road to yourself Only you can walk it nobody else I’m ready now I’m ready now To love myself To love myself I’m ready now I’m ready now To find myself To find myself I’m ready now I’m ready now To be by myself To be by myself I’m ready now I’m ready now I’m ready now I’m ready now The only way out is the road to yourself Only you can walk it nobody else The only way out is the road to yourself Only you can walk it nobody else I’m ready now
3.	Unrefined 03:38	lyrics	buy track
They planted a voice inside our heads Telling us to hate ourselves and love makeup instead We have learned to stand within the lines And check off all the boxes for the things we can’t define But... We are fluid, we are free, we are black and white and inbetween We are valleys, we are peaks, and we’re bursting at the seams ‘Cause we stay hidden deep inside, ashamed of our own design Thrown into the assembly line, but we are human and cannot be refined We cannot be refined Silence all the voices in your head Telling you to be afraid and fit the mold instead We live in a cage within our minds And we all twist and turn ourselves so we all fit inside But... We are fluid, we are free, we are black and white and inbetween We are valleys, we are peaks, and we’re bursting at the seams ‘Cause we stay hidden deep inside, ashamed of our own design Thrown into the assembly line, but we are human and cannot be refined We cannot be refined We are fluid, we are free, we are black and white and inbetween Thrown into the assembly line but we are human and cannot be refined We cannot be refined We cannot be refined We cannot be refined We cannot be refined
4.	Enough 03:59	lyrics	buy track
Pain is like the rain that falls down Blue skies turn to gray, you fall from a cloud But if it didn’t rain would the trees rise from the ground? And if it didn’t hurt would you be this strong now? So don’t be afraid to fall We’re made to rise above And don’t be afraid to love I promise that you’re enough Sometimes it feels like the world is crashing down Nobody can hear the pain but it hurts so loud But maybe loneliness brings us closer to ourselves And pushes us to learn from the inside out So don’t be afraid to fall We’re made to rise above And don’t be afraid to love I promise that you’re enough Pain is like the rain that falls down Pain is like the rain that falls down So don’t be afraid to fall We’re made to rise above And don’t be afraid to love I promise that you’re enough I promise that you’re enough I promise that you’re enough I promise that you’re enough
5.	Prisoners & Guards 04:50	lyrics	buy track
I used to be afraid of the dark I used to be afraid of what’s inside my broken parts As I sat beside myself and picked them apart I made friends with the ghosts and the demons inside my heart They ask me why I will not set them free They’ve been trapped within the walls I built inside me All this time I was the one that was holding on So I cut their chains so they can go back home We are the prisoners and we are the guards holding our pain hostage in our hearts We are the prisoners and we are the guards holding our pain hostage in our hearts (I used to be afraid of the dark in my heart.) (I used to be afraid of the dark in my heart.) (Of the dark. Of the dark.) (Of the dark. Of the dark.) I used to be afraid of the dark I used to be afraid of what’s inside my broken parts
6.	Enough [Acoustic] 03:54		buy track

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released June 7, 2019

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