Singer: Sid Sriram

Covering Frank Ocean’s We All Try

If you haven’t heard Frank Ocean’s We All Try… go listen to that.  It could be the charming keys in the background or the combination of light, happy chords.  Perhaps it’s the simplicity of the lyrics, which evoke a new outlook on life.  Or better yet, maybe it’s just the talented singer who is almost preaching in time.

At the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter what combination of things make this song work.  It’s feel good music and I can listen to it on repeat while reflecting on mostly good things. 

I think a truly impressive artist can use their songs to inspire an emotional response in the listener.  The best of entertainers mastered this skill early on. 

But this song?  Feels like…. hope. 

Hope - as a noun: The feeling that what is wanted can be had

                        or

                        that events will turn out for the best

Hope - as a verb: to look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence

                        or

                        to believe, desire, or trust

Words can’t express my boundless gratitude towards an artist who can inspire me to feel hopeful.  I struggle to think of a better gift. 

In the last year in particular, I have become far more optimistic than I have ever been in my life.  That’s not because in the last year, things have been going the way I wanted, but more so that I learned to let go of things that aren’t important.

I want to be a positive thinker, swelling with love.  And so, I shall.

Apart from religion, racism, sexism, or whatever else you can use to separate yourself from another, I believe in being human.  And I try to be a better person today than I was yesterday.  I try. 

Cause I just don’t believe we’re wicked
I know that we sin but I do believe we try
We all try, the girls try, the boys try
Women try, men try, you and I try, try, we all try