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Keep Going

by Ashkon

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Last year I saw a video of Steve Lacy making beats on his phone and I was like wtf I wanna try that, so I started messing around in garage band iOS... I was often on the train heading back and forth from Brooklyn to Manhattan, and this baseline just felt like the New York grind to me. Keep Going.

I was also reading David Byrne’s book ‘How Music Works’ at the time and was deep down a Talking Heads rabbit hole. He discusses how the band built songs around grooves on some of their greatest records and so it felt natural and exciting to build around this bassline and trust that a song would show itself.

'Keep Going' starts as a motivational sentiment, no matter what they throw at us we will keep going! Eventually though, I started to wonder if it isn't all the go go going itself that might be at the heart of the trouble.

I ended up recording this entire song on my phone, which included doing a few vocal takes while I walked around NYC and rode the subway. It doesn’t sound perfect, but I’m really happy with the way it came out. I think it’s an accurate distillation of the forms I was playing with, and the thoughts and feelings I was having throughout this mobile creative process.


Love. Keep Going.

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As the sun rises in the east and sets in the west
As they feed us with lies until greed's all that's left
For better or for worse, worse still, more or less
We keep going

We keep going as the ceiling caves, as the bills keep stacking, as the feelings change
As the wheels go flying as the blood keeps boiling as the pot keeps burning as we turn the page
As we learn to lose, as we misbehave
As we miss the boat, as we catch the wave
As we stay afloat, as we find our way
As we show up, even when our hope has strayed
Yeah, we keep going through the late night panic
As we think about the past and we try to find a xanax
As we sob, as our pets look at us like we're manic
and we are and we head to the kitchen for a sandwich but the breads all moldy and the radiator's bangin' and you're only getting older at this isn't how you planned it
We keep going (keep going)
We keep going (keep going)
We keep going (keep going)
We keep going (keep going)

Another boy shot dead (keep going)
Another voice in my head (keep going)
Another hair gone gray (keep going)
Another careless day (keep going)
Another loved one lost (keep going)
Another soft heart crossed (keep going)
Another prayer to say (keep going)
I hope I find my way (keep going)

Break down break down where's the break
I need a break just to have a breakdown
Can't keep pace no time to waste just another rat in the race now

And still we keep going as the windows shatter
As the bombs detonate as we take long showers
And close down shelters and build up towers
and hide behind screens and photograph flowers
and cut down trees and drill for more power
and block out the screams and turn it up louder
As we kill and devour
just spilt milk til it all turns sour

Another boy shot dead (keep going)
Another voice in my head (keep going)
Another hair gone gray (keep going)
Another careless day (keep going)
Another loved one lost (keep going)
Another soft heart crossed (keep going)
Another prayer to say (keep going)
I hope I find my way (keep going)

And did we ever stop to think
is it ever worth stopping?
Getting closer to the brink, and we just keep walking
And did we ever stop to feel?
Or did we just keep talking?
Y'all already know the deal
Whatever keeps us shopping
LETS GO

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Ashkon California

Ashkon is an Iranian-American singer-songwriter/actor/emcee from the San Francisco Bay Area. His style is diverse, ranging from pop to acoustic folk/soul to lyrically driven hip-hop. He is most widely known for his viral music videos which have received over 5 million views to date. ... more

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