“…we’ve convinced ourselves we were progressing forward; in hindsight, we've actually moved in reverse. [‘Say It’] is my way of expressing that the seemingly right direction might, in fact, be the wrong one—and we need to move the other way, do a 180°-turn as a society.”
–CHILD
LYRICS
Verse 1:
Call Out
you gotta own it
Cut our word to the feelings
What a shame you’re not laughing
and I wish you’d
say it say it
Verse 2:
Cold out
and the sky is open
Give me courage for the meaning
cautious and lonely (yea)
Pre:
(Say it, say it)
you really got this comin’
(Say it, say it)
you really got this comin’
(Say it, say it)
you really got this comin’—in
Chorus:
Oh, no
Killed off, killed all your dreamers
Let my people go
Turn the world backwards
Verse 3:
Laid out
But you gotta breakthrough
(Gotta break thru)
Fears keep
on the issue
I’ll never pray for you
to say no more
(No more)
Verse 4:
Count the stars
Cover up
The sky goes mad to dark with us
Call it out, put it on high, do work,
Then sow on
Pre:
(Say it, say it, say it)
you really got this comin’
(you really got this comin’)
you really got this comin’
(you really got this comin’)
you really got this comin’
Chorus:
Oh, no
Killed off, killed all your dreamers
Let my people go
Turn the world backwards
(Won’t fight the freedom anymore)
Bridge:
Turn the world backwards
Turn the world backwards
Turn the world backwards
(Backwards)
Pre:
(Say it, say it)
you really got this comin’
(Say it, say it)
you really got this comin’
(Say it, say it)
you really got this comin’
Outro:
(No, no, no)
Performed by CHILD. Written by Devin Coogan. Produced by Jacob “Biz” Morris & RUSLAN. Released October 22, 2021.
