Brave
Brave is another song I *just* finished writing yesterday ~ a co-write with Patricia Bahia, and will have a funky rhythm section with some swampy slide guitars on the recording
You’ll probably notice some melody and song form tweaks from this first version to the final recorded version ~ it’s all part of the creative process of songwriting through to recording & release.
I also did a Guitar Therapy performance of Brave. To watch that, click here.
Lyrics
Gonna take home the gold or fall flat on my face
but either way I don’t leave anything up to fate
Cuz I been runnin’ this race for all of my life
and I ain’t never gonna stop till I get it right
Well I know you’ve been there too
Naysayers ain’t players ~ they don’t got a clue
they say it can’t be done
Well baby that’s alright
We’ve gotta be brave
Haters can hate
They ain’t gonna phase us
We show ’em how
How to be bold
Take control
Nobody can keep us
Nobody can keep us down
They try to knock us down in all kinds of ways
The insults they throw flow all the way down the page
Too skinny too fat too young or too old
No matter their chatter we’re out to break the mold
Well they say it can’t be done
But baby that’s alright
We’ve gotta be brave
Haters can hate
They ain’t gonna phase us
We show ’em how
How to be bold
Take control
Nobody can keep us
Nobody can keep us down
Written by Ali Handal & Patricia Bahia ⓒ2020
Released July 29th, 2022