Edmonton MC, Arlo Maverick teams up with r&b/pop vocalist, Stephanie French for the Black history month anthem, “Black Everyday.” Produced by fellow Edmonton artist, J-Mello, Maverick touches on many themes that were at the center of the “Blackout Tuesday” and “The Show Must Be Paused” trends last summer. With the help of Natalie Meyer and Michael B. MacDonald, Arlo Maverick takes his viewers through the beauty of being black. He notably speaks on the contributions from black people and that positive representation matters. The message of the song is clear: black is beautiful.
Arlo Maverick “Black Everyday” is available for streaming on all platforms.
I don’t know
Nor do you
Just tryna find
Some simple truthsVERSE 1
Some nights I drive aimlessly
Windows down
Cold air to my face
Let the music drown
The noise in my head
The insistent sounds
That take away my peace
The second its found
I find myself having conversations
Nightly meditations based on observations
Searching for answers but no ones there
Just the midnight air
Not like she care
Put my V in park
Stare at the roof
Let me mind wander hoping to find truthsCHORUS
Yet another night with my mind on cruise
All I wanna do is find some truth
Hoping that tonight I make it through
Maybe by tomorrow feel renewedVERSE 2
Night time chill,
Cause night time will
Put me a zone
Put me in my feels
… Have me thinking that I’m so absurd
… To even think about a boy or girl
In a world when poor kids need text books
Get denied, but city council’s cheque books
Fund more police
Build more jails
You can’t tell me we ain’t
Built to to fail
Prevention is better than cure
But there’s profit in cure and with that I’m sure
The people we suppose trust…
… I think I’m saying too much
Chorus
Yet another night with my mind on cruise
All I wanna do is find some truth
Hoping that tonight I make it through
Maybe by tomorrow feel renewed
OUTRO X2
I don’t know
Nor do you
Just tryna find
Some simple truths
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SONG CREDITS
- Written by: Marlon Wilson @arlomaverick
- Produced by: J-Mello @iamjmello | Oozeela @oozeela | Sean Wright @wrightgruv | Aristóteles Jorge @arymakesmusic
- Mixed & Mastered by: Graham Smith @atreus_xo
- Released: October 23, 2020
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VIDEO CREDITS
- Produced by: Arlo Maverick & Natalie Meyer | @indahbynatalie
- Directed by: Arlo Maverick, Michael B. MacDonald | @michael_b_macdonald_films
- Filmed by: Natalie Meyer | @indahbynatalie & Michael B. MacDonald | @michael_b_macdonald_films | Arlo Maverick
- Edited by: Arlo Maverick, Michael B. MacDonald | @michael_b_macdonald_films & Natalie Meyer | @indahbynatalie
- Color Correction by: Michael B. MacDonald | @michael_b_macdonald_films
