Afrorganic Soul
🌿 Resources When More Is Needed Beyond the Music Music can create space to breathe, reflect, and begin a healing journey. But sometimes, healing asks for more. 🥁 Yaya Diallo — The Healing Drum A deeper exploration of rhythm, spirituality, and healing. The Healing Drum: African Ceremonial and Ritual Music (1994) CD Destiny Recordings ISBN 0-89281-505-1, ISBN 978-0-89281-505-0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaya_Diallo 🤝 Counseling & Mental Health Support — SAMHSA Professional resources when you need someone to help you work through what you're carrying. https://www.samhsa.gov/find-support 🧭 FindTreatment.gov Find mental-health and behavioral-health treatment resources. https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/locators 💙 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Immediate support if you're experiencing emotional distress or a crisis. https://988lifeline.org/ The music can open the door. You don't have to walk through it alone. Faith. Rhythm. Reflection. Support. ==================================== AFRORGANIC SOUL [Intro — warm hand drums, soft soulful vocal] Oh-oh, let it breathe Oh-oh, let it heal Feel the rhythm Feel what's real [Verse 1] Drum in my heart Beat in my soul Carrying stories Making me whole Yaya spoke of The Healing Drum Spirit and rhythm Moving as one [Pre-Chorus] I pray when I'm hurting I breathe when I'm afraid I reach for the light One step, one day [Chorus] AFRORGANIC SOUL Let the drum carry me AFRORGANIC SOUL Let my spirit breathe Faith in my heart Peace in my mind Music can guide me One beat at a time AFRORGANIC SOUL Let the drum carry me Open the door Let me walk through free [Verse 2] Some wounds need rhythm Some wounds need words Some need a safe place Some need to be heard I don't have to hide it I don't have to pretend Sometimes counseling helps me Find my way again [Pre-Chorus] I pray when I'm hurting I breathe when I'm afraid I reach for the light One step, one day [Chorus] AFRORGANIC SOUL Let the drum carry me AFRORGANIC SOUL Let my spirit breathe Faith in my heart Peace in my mind Music can guide me One beat at a time AFRORGANIC SOUL Let the drum carry me Open the door Let me walk through free [Bridge — drums drop, call and response] Lead: Can the rhythm help? BGV: Let it help you breathe. Lead: Can faith make a way? Believe and receive. BGV: When the weight gets heavy Lead: Don't carry it alone. Lead: What if I need counseling? Background: That's a strength you've shown. [Final Chorus — full organic percussion] AFRORGANIC SOUL Let the drum carry me AFRORGANIC SOUL Let my spirit breathe Faith in my heart Peace in my mind Music can guide me One beat at a time AFRORGANIC SOUL Let the drum carry me Open the door Counseling can help me Find my way free [Outro — drums and layered vocals] Oh-oh, let it breathe Oh-oh, let it heal Faith, rhythm, counseling Keep me real [Drums fade]
