Listen: Mandie Mae—Take me to the stars

Take me to the stars talks about the struggles youths face in Africa, especially ghetto youths.It talks mostly about the arts industry struggles, depression and various hustling struggles faced by youths.

It was produced,mixed and mastered by Collin Beats.The song was composed in December 2021 and took about 4 months to write as Mae was doing research on the issues tackled in the song.

The song is only released on YouTube as a lyric video and will be available across other stores soon.

LYRICS 

ITS ABOUT TIME!!

Take me to the stars

Iyee yeyiii yeah

Take me to the stars

Iyee yeyiii yeah

Iye iye iyey iyey

Iye iye iyey iyey

Iye iye iyey iyey

Iyee yeyiii

(Verse)

Yeah we strive fi survival

Working hard but dem wage pay half bills

But,we try fi hustle pon di side

Cya yah di dream it still pon wi sight

But mi won't lie,mi a drowning

Mi brains dem bursting

No profit inna di making

Under di pressure, double shifting

Praying mi hard work will..

(Chorus)

Take me to the stars

(It will take me to the stars)

Iyee yeyiii yeah

(Iyeee)

Take me to the stars

(It will take me to the stars)

Iyee yeyiii yeah

Iye iye iyey iyey

Iye iye iyey iyey

Iye iye iyey iyey

Iyee yeyiii

(Verse 2)

Mi trynna balance mi mental state

Mi swear sometime mi tink it a mistake

Buh cya Jah Jah him always a di same

Mi believe one day mi will mek it,cyaa

Mi live mi life for it

Left my old life for it

Mi thank mi fam for it

And God over all for it

Mi swear mi'll die for it

Like Jesus died for wi

But still thank my God

For what him did for it

(Chorus)

Take me to the stars

(It will take me to the stars)

Iyee yeyiii yeah

(Iyeee)

Take me to the stars

(It will take me to the stars)

Iyee yeyiii yeah

Iye iye iyey iyey

Iye iye iyey iyey

Iye iye iyey iyey

Iyee yeyiii

(Outro)