Made It Out – Rob Matare | Afrobeats Party Anthem (Official Lyric Video)

Made It Out by Rob Matare is an afrobeats street party anthem about a whole neighbourhood celebrating surviving a hard year together. From the album December People. ▶ Stream December People everywhere: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/rob... The whole street is out tonight. Amara the nurse has finished her shift and still has moves. Tunde is on decks he built from an old chair. Kids ride on shoulders, elders take the front-row seats, grill smoke curls over the drum line and Auntie's jollof pot has a queue three deep. Nobody is flexing; everybody glows. Then the crowd goes soft as Mama comes down the road, taking it slow, and reaches the centre drum, twenty years of four a.m. starts worth every mile. By the food table a candle burns on a seat they saved, because nobody made it out alone and some paid more. So the drum plays soft for one round, then the whole street roars. Leave the lights up all year. “Hands up, we made it out. One drum in the middle.” This visualizer brings log drum, horns and a drum circle to an afrobeats celebration of community, resilience and gratitude. It is a block party song for every street that carried somebody through a heavy year, and for the mothers who worked twenty years of early mornings. Who helped you make it through your hardest year? Tell me in the comments. Subscribe for more music from Rob Matare. LYRICS The whole street's here tonight Drummer, call them all in Look who's dancing by the speaker stack Amara the nurse, first shift done, still got moves Tunde's on the decks he built from that chair Whole block is the soundtrack in the open air Kids on shoulders, elders in the front-row seats Grill smoke curling over drum-line beats Auntie's jollof pot has a queue three deep Nobody's flexing, everybody glows If your year was heavy but you're here If you carried somebody down this street On the drum, on the four One, two, three Hands up, we made it out (made it out) One drum in the middle Lights strung over the crowd We made it out Hands up, we made it out (made it out) One drum in the middle Lights strung over the crowd We made it out Oh-oh-oh (we made it) Oh-oh-oh (we made it) Hands up We made it out Oh-oh-oh (we made it) Oh-oh-oh (we made it) Hands up We made it out Then the crowd goes soft, here comes Mama down the road Wrapper bright as morning, taking it slow She reaches the centre drum and smiles that smile Twenty years of four a.m. worth every mile And there by the food table, one chair apart A candle burning on the seat we saved for the heart We didn't make it out alone, and some paid more So the drum plays soft one round, then we roar Hands up, we made it out (made it out) One drum in the middle Lights strung over the crowd We made it out Where the builders at? (small small) Where the mamas at? (still here) Where the builders at? (small small) Where the mamas at? (still here) Every window's a lantern, every roof holds a song Every name we prayed for made it here or made us strong If you brought somebody with you, lift them up Then all of us, one street, one sound Hands up, we made it out (made it out) Mama's here, the chair is lit We made it out Oh-oh-oh (we made it) Oh-oh-oh (we made it) Hands up We made it out Leave the lights up all year Hands up, we made it out Hands up, we made it out (made it out) We made it out ▶ Stream December People everywhere: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/rob... ▶ Subscribe to Rob Matare:    / @robmatare   ▶ Full album playlist:    • December People (Full Album) – Rob Matare   CREDITS Produced by Rob Matare Label: EpicSound360 #Afrobeats #RobMatare #MadeItOut #Afropop