You Are the Rock | Exactly You and Tayo Olawepo | Official Music Video

YOU ARE THE ROCK
Exactly You and Tayo Olawepo
‪@exactly-you‬
‪@HeartBeatPro‬
Instrumental Production & Arrangement: Tayo Olawepo
Vocal Production & Arrangement + Video: Exactly You
Mixing & Mastering: Tayo Olawepo and Exactly You
Okanlawon Dunni, keyboard/auxiliaries
Ayomikun Oguntade, bass
Tope Momorebe, drums
Leke Folaranmi, guitar
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About Tayo Olawepo:
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Tayo Olawepo is a seasoned music professional whose expertise encompasses all facets of the recording process, including recording, producing, mastering, and mixing. Mr. Olawepo also performs live as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist.
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With appreciation to LARNER SEEDS, larnerseeds.com
Tomcat clover (Trifolium willdenovii ) is a resilient native wildflower of the
American West, known for its striking purple blooms and ability to thrive
in diverse landscapes, from oak woodlands to alpine meadows.
Flourishing in moist, heavy soils, it provides essential nourishment
for pollinators like native bees and butterflies, embodying
nature’s quiet persistence and renewal.
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Photo by JENNIFER McNEW, Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior
Public domain photo: www.flickr.com...
‪@bureauoflandmanagement2926‬
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LYRICS:
Oh-oh, mmm…
We stand on the fields once yours,
And now they're green with grasses
Of distant lands; and the clover sleeps
In shadows of despair.
We gather up this ragged earth,
Our tools of heart and hand;
Bending low in gentle labor
To restore a sacred land.
We take this soil that we have disturbed:
Can we make it sing with a holy word?
We plant the seeds that are native here,
And bring the water of our tears,
And bring a soft and gentle ear
To catch the quivering hope and fear
...And you are the rock... (the rock)...
...And you are the rock... (the rock)...
Our thousands of ploughs have scarred the soil,
But still, your roots run deep;
And the breath of just one storm
Can touch and heal you.
And summer dust can scatter 'round
The long lost children of the ground
And bring them all back home...
We have done so much harm...
And yet your tiny beads sift through our hands,
Invite to understand a real prophecy.
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You do not pray to us,
But still you say to us:
“Take this soil you have disturbed,
And make it sing with a holy word;
Plant the seeds that are native here;
Bring all the water of your tears;
And bring your hands and bring your heart,
Bring the finish to the start,
And learn anew the healing art...”
’Cause you are the rock… (the rock)...
Oh, you are the rock… (the rock)...
We rise on faith that gentle hands
Can bring forth what is true and grand.
Our sorrowing can heal this land,
And set things right, right where we stand,
As life...moves...on...
And the clover shall return!!, return!!
Return!! Return!!
Here on the rock... (the rock)...
Of... our... heart....(heart)...
Here on the rock!...
Ohh, ohh... heart!....
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Many thanks to Larner Seeds whose Trifolium willdenovii clover seeds inspired this song:
larnerseeds.co...
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