Give Yourself a Break

from Sun Without the Heat by Leyla McCalla

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Give yourself a break
Of what you’re going through
Give yourself a break
Before you’re gone

Give yourself a break
Of what you’re going through
You’re gonna have to be wrong
It’s gonna have to feel wrong?

Sometimes I forget
I was only a child
I thought I always had to know
Everything, everything, everything,
Everything
All the things that you learn as you grow.

So give yourself a break
Of what you’re going through
Give yourself a break before you’re gone
Give yourself a break of what you’re going through
You’re gonna have to be wrong

Sometimes I forget
What it means to be a child
I thought I always had to know
Everything, everything, everything,
Everything
All the things that you learn as you grow.

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from Sun Without the Heat, released April 12, 2024

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Leyla McCalla New Orleans, Louisiana

Leyla McCalla finds inspiration from her past and present. Whether it is her Haitian heritage or her adopted home of New Orleans, she — a bilingual multi-instrumentalist and alumna of Grammy award-winning African-American string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops — has risen to produce a distinctive sound that reflects the union of her roots and experience. ... more

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