A Blues and Gospel inspired Hip Hop song about fighting the good fight for your entire life. Features Blues guitar, organ, bass, drums and male Hip Hop vocals. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version.
Track details
| Track ID number: | 27136 |
|---|---|
| Genres: | Vocal Hip-Hop / Rap -- Urban Hip Hop / Trap / Trip Hop |
| Moods/Emotions: | Ironic/Spiteful/Bad Attitude -- Sad/Sorrowful/Mournful -- Regret/Painful/Bitter/Angsty -- Cool/Funky/Strutting |
| Suggested Production Types: | Men/Motors/Guys stuff -- TV Commercial Macho/Rough -- Urban Culture/Youth Subculture |
| Prominent Instruments: | Bass (Electric) -- Drums (Drum Kit) -- Guitar (Electric) -- Vocals (Male)/Singing with Lyrics |
| Keywords / Hints: | Day One, Glory Day, Soul, R&B, Disco, Neo Disco, Rap, hopeful, fighter, striving, hard work, 100, grinding, trying, trials, fights, hope, soulful, gospel, motivational, inspiring, inspirational, motivating, motivated |
| Tempo feel: | Medium |
| Tempo Beats Per Minute: | 84 |
| Artist: | Dave Tough Productions |
| Composer: | Dave Tough, Rowland Folensbee |
| Publisher: | Tough Man Publishing (SESAC - IPI#: 684262034) |
| SRCO (Sound Recording Copyright Owner): | Dave Tough, Rowland Folensbee |
| PRO / Non-PRO Track? | PRO (What's this?) |
| WAV file bit depth: | HD / 24-Bit (What's this?) |
| Stem files available for this track: | No |
| Lyrics: | Oh lord, I been fighting since day one, day one Oh lord, I been fighting since day one, day one I said oh Lord, I’ve been fighting since day one Nobody but me, takin’ these fighters as they come Tried learnin’ the game but somehow I stayed dumb But I’ll do it all again, it don’t matter where they from Yeah raised me, fed me, bathed me Caught me every time that I tripped, this place made me Watched me, taught me, fought hard, the boxing Is small compared to all of the darkness that I’m crossing but like, hey, one day we will see sun Brighter than all this darkness around, we stay on And when everybody else is down, we stay up We fight harder than most, nobody can take us Ya that x hold it down for all the rest When I’m sparring with the struggles of life, I stay blessed like… Proper, gotcha, a world full of mobsters But I stay good with mine till the whole world prospers Oh lord, I been fighting since day one Keepin’ it all 100 till that glory day comes ya Oh lord, been fighting since day one Day one. I said Oh lord, I been fighting since day one Keepin’ it all 100 till that glory day comes That glory day comes That glory day comes But the mean streets of x are brutal, ruthless Gotta keep ya hands up, don’t wanna get boosted Gotta keep ya eyes up, don’t wanna get spoofed And then left on the side of the road by some new kid Always gotta fight, ya life is what the cost is And you can’t get it back once you lost it, we got this Gotta stay marchin’ ahead of the world’s problems Become just like an army, ain’t a way that you can stop it And then the thunder goes, the rain stops Look up at the sky, clouds part, here in the same spot And then the sun’ll come out and you’ll see the day And know that we will be ok Hey we have faced large struggles at big prices Fightin’ for every thing that we have, it ain’t right but I do it for all the people I love, it’s just life and in the end, I know we’ll be alright, ya Repeat Chorus And then the sun’ll come out and you’ll see the day And know that we will be ok…I said |
| Album containing this track: | (None) |
Dave Tough Productions
Dave Tough is a Nashville-based producer, engineer, songwriter and music industry educator. He has written and produced several songs for major motion pictures and television. Most recently in 2012 he had 9 placements in the television show "Hart of Dixie" and had over 10 placements in the CW television series "Remodeled". In 2011, his song "Falling" was featured in Seth Rogen's "Observe and Report" . Other songs have been featured in training films and commercials, including a Pantene shampoo ad series.
Dave has had cuts with several independent and label country and pop artists (and is an active voting member of the The Recording Academy (Grammy Awards). He is a member of the duo "Xavier & Ophelia" with co-creator DeAnna Moore.
As a songwriter Dave has been a top finalist in many songwriting contests and he won the Grand Prize Country Category in the 2009 John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
As an engineer and producer, Dave has produced, engineered demos and master recordings for hundreds of artists worldwide over the internet.
Dr. Tough is an audio professor at Belmont University in Nashville, TN teaching audio recording and studio production. He has worked and studied under engineering names such as Bruce Swedien and Neil Citron. He has worked on the business side of the industry for Capitol Records, Warner Chappell Music, BMG Music Publishing and Capitol/EMI.
As an solo artist, Tough has released two solo albums Gravity Always Wins (2005) and I'm Right Here (1999). Tough has been recording and songwriting educator at UCLA, Cal Poly University, the University of North Alabama and most recently, Belmont University's Mike Curb College.
Dave Tough shares his namesake with the famous jazz drummer (Tough's great uncle) who played with the likes of Woody Herman, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey.
Said Dave: "I enjoy making a living making music as there is something always new to learn. If you know one instrument, you can learn another. If you know how to engineer one style, you can always learn another. My main question I ask myself when writing and making music is "what gives you goosebumps". The mechanics of songwriting and engineering can get quite technical, however at the end of the day its what makes you feel something."