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Roots Manuva – Stepping hard (2015) | Track profile | Dork

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Bleeds
Stepping hard

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Stepping hard

Release date: 30th October 2015

About This Track

"Stepping hard" is a track by Roots Manuva, from the album Bleeds, released 30th October 2015. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Roots Manuva

Roots Manuva

Lyrics

Stepping hard

[Verse 1]

Got to keep stepping hard

Got to keep stepping hard

Move by the mountain never seen a mountain move

But look at what the mountain do

Mole hill or mountain what be you

Situations amounting stopping you

Reaching for the top so we gotta be careful

It's so beautiful and I'm so tearful

Weeping at the mountain what are we here for

Just a minor morsel looking at the portal

I caught you looking at my speck of dusting

Disgusting because I'm always in a rush thing

Can I ever be more like the mountain do

With the mounting dew to be here for way much more

Than I could ever think of living cause when I think of living in my heart I'm kidding

Slow death kidding myself yet to die

Way much more than I'm yet to live

[Chorus]

It may seem like there’s no respite

It may seem like there’s no respite

Stepping hard

Stepping hard

Got to keep stepping hard

Got to keep stepping hard

[Verse 2]

My tongue do speak for the meek bring in meat bring in veg

Word said

Feeding the head with a pledge for the get go never let go

Holding on to the cause like rebels with no cause like

Most annoyed bringing the joy, with the joy yes we do rejoice

In this true born spirit of rap we never hold back chat that motivates black to do the cock

Take the plot thick with that holy ghost got from the cock pit fly over the moon with do do

Truly with the bride that's R in the July

Grace most given and the fort amazing

Wavelength made and it shall be done

Stand back and await the abundance come

Stand back and await the abundance come

Stand back and await the abundance come

[Chorus]

It may seem like there’s no respite

It may seem like there’s no respite

Stepping hard

Stepping hard

Got to keep stepping hard

Got to keep stepping hard

[Verse 3]

Let the heart beat beat

Perpetually

Inside that deep

Sweet lady

Let the heart beat beat

Perpetually

Inside that deep

Sweet lady

Let the heart beat beat

Perpetually

Inside that deep

Sweet lady

(It may seem like there’s no respite)

Let the heart beat beat

Perpetually

Inside that deep

Sweet lady

(It may seem like there’s no respite)

Let the heart beat beat

Perpetually

Inside that deep

Sweet lady

(It may seem like there’s no...)

Let the heart beat beat

Perpetually

Inside that deep

Sweet lady

Stepping hard

Stepping hard

Stepping hard

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