Made it out the City

by Luke Kohen

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Luke Kohen’s debut single “Made it out the city” Re-introduces his artistry to the world after leaving behind his old identity as fok-hop artist & singer songwriter ALOKA.

Re-emerging with this genre Shifting release; Luke fully unleashes his storytelling & lyrical adept-hood as an MC, while sprinkling teasers of his gifts as a heartfelt singer, in this classic hip-hop style song.

“Made it out the city” reveals Luke’s “victorious return” to music and on the other side of many trials in his life, illuminating the contemporary landscape of the world while eloquently touching on his personal journey.

“Made it out the city” as a theme speaks directly to an evolutionary impulse so many people are feeling right now, to begin to leave behind an old version of their lives, of themselves or the systems we may have been raised in towards something more benevolent. Luke touches on these collective themes while welcoming the listener into a direct experience of what an empowered narrative can sound like on the other side of great challenges.

“Made it out the city” will also be the intro track of Luke’s debut album — a unique blend of hip-hop, Neo-soul, world, spoken-word & future-folk; coming in spring 2021. This new single is the perfect song to give listeners a powerful experience of who this deep, positive, and poignant heartist is — while bopping your head & getting chicken skin along the way.

lyrics

Verse 1

Cause for celebration

Even with the betrayals
Pitfalls and farewells

All is well
All was love betting on itself

Now I’m All in on me
Double up on WE

That we got the energy
To speak to it

To live free

Like chapters in a SAGA
This that new Book

I & the universe
on the same page

It Took long enough

We were shook long enough
Trying hide the shine of our spark,
until too much darkness built up in the world
Got us playing our part

Can’t just stand bye
We got opportunities
To collide
Like super-conductors

Quantum equations
Tesla sciences confided
inside these Mayan timelines

We gon’make it

Chorus :
Done Made it out the City

Verse 2

Bob said it
But what was atomic then
Has become astronomic now
Catatonic now
Apathetic crowds
Yet Pivotal shifts like tectonic plates
& global chess games
They play With
So I stay on that Perminent Holiday sh*t
I’m Not feeding the fear
False light or old systems

Social media got em proficient
progress & regression
free speech & repression
people online
expressing a lot of aggression
For tensions pent up
still stressing over adolescent men

These so called leaders

I see old flavors with
new styles of oppression

But I can honestly express (man)
I got no regrets left

Except that I waited this long to give this to myself

Chorus :
“ Done made it out the city “
“ Done made it out the city”

Verse 3

They got the collective chasing its tail
But I ain’t wagging
Or hopping on bandwagons

I’m clapping at how smart life is
That I even get a small part to play
in the shifting of ages

Why they waging war
We making peace

We raised in streets
in way too deep
but breached

Like whales

Blessed to find the silence
And the great outdoors
exit tunnels like 5 boroughs
I’m sky Turo
Had to become
my own hero
No one else would do it for me
Been showing up the whole time with a strong grind
& a plan B
Make moves for the family

Through trials, milestones & initiations
Medicine path
opened eyes wide to creation
but this music shapes me
The poetry overtakes me
A lot of time spent trying to escape me

& None of this came free
This songs about victory
Over all they tried to take from me
the return to my ministry & inner divinity

Chorus
“ Done made it out the city “
“ Done made it out the city”

Bridge / Verse 4

Peoples before profits
that’s just prophecy
I AM a man that learned to love himself
That’s just honesty
(From there) we’re able to love
Another
That’s how it’s supposed to be
So here we go
From coast to coast we sing
Toasting to life’s many blessings
And hard lessons
Peers receptive to confessions
We raise the bar
While we press our edges

Go forth & attest to it
Let your walk set a precedent

“ Done made it out the city “
“ Done made it out the city..
and found myself home "

credits

released December 18, 2020
All Lyrics written and performed by Luke Kohen
Beat by TRecksBeats
Mixing & Recording by Raio Rob Weber
Mastering by Audible Oddities

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Luke Kohen Bali, Indonesia

Luke Kohen is a heartist, MC, singer songwriter, and poet with a heart on fire for unity and creative solutions for our rapidly changing world.

His contemporary sound blends worlds, showcasing his unique ability to both rap & sing. With sounds ranging in classic hip-hop, Neo-soul, trap, & future folk; to diverse collaborations with other artists & producers in varying genres ... more