Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro – Kora + river water sounds] They told me… If you want to understand this place… You have to listen to the river. The river remembers everything. ⸻ [Verse 1] 🎶 Slow boat moving through the water wide, Trees leaning on the river side. I hear a kora playing somewhere near, Sound like memories in my ear. Old man singing soft and low, Singing stories only rivers know. Names and faces from long ago… Floating where the waters flow. 🎶 ⸻ [Hook] 🎶 Gambia River, take your time, You been here longer than my kind. Every story, every name… Flowing in your veins. Gambia River, deep and wide, You seen the truth we try to hide. If I listen, I can hear… History living here. 🎶 ⸻ [Verse 2] 🎶 They say the griots sing the past, Make sure the memory always last. Every family got a song, So the people live on and on. I don’t know where I’m from sometimes, But that river made me think of mine. Like somewhere in that water deep… Is a piece of me. 🎶 ⸻ [Hook] 🎶 Gambia River, take your time, You been here longer than my kind. Every story, every name… Flowing in your veins. 🎶 ⸻ [Bridge – Spoken] Maps show you where you are. Music shows you who you are. History shows you why you are. ⸻ [Final Verse] 🎶 So I sat quiet in that wooden boat, Listening to the kora notes. And for the first time in a long, long while… I felt like I wasn’t a stranger. 🎶 ⸻ [Outro – Kora fading + river sounds] Yeah… The river don’t forget. And when you hear that kora… Neither do you.
Tags
Kora, calabash percussion, upright bass, soft piano, flute, light strings, background vocals, shakers, male
Duration
3:42
Instrumental
No
Created
3/26/2026