I AM // UNBOUND (LIVE TRIBAL VERSION)

Lyrics By: J.G. Argo ©2026 [Intro – crowd activation built in] (Handpan + drums + didgeridoo from start) YOU (spoken): Listen closely if you dare— I wouldn’t say this if I didn’t care. You are more powerful than you realize— that’s why they reached you before you could speak. Submissive. (crowd echo: Submissive) Sinful. (crowd echo: Sinful) Weak. (crowd echo: Weak) (flute enters) Before you write me off—listen. I’m not blowing smoke. They carved a name in bone and breath before the drum in me could speak. They drew their lines across my skin, called it truth—so I wouldn’t look within. YOU: But in the quiet, something pushed back— a voice beneath the surface breaking through the mask. CROWD (guided chant begins): remember… remember… remember… Something older— something deeper— was already moving. Not learned. Not given. ALL (you + crowd): Remembered. [Verse 1 – crowd reduced, rhythmic focus] I was told their story, scribed in careful hands. The mirror whispered what they couldn’t stand. [Pre-Chorus – building call/response] No chains of dogma, (crowd: no chains of dogma) no weight on my name. (crowd: no weight on my name) I lift the veil, (crowd: I lift the veil) I watch myself reclaim. (crowd: I reclaim) [Chorus – FULL CROWD MODE] (Handpan + full drums + bass + flute) I AM the river, (crowd: I AM the river) I AM the flame, (crowd: I AM the flame) I AM the heartbeat, (crowd: I AM the heartbeat) I AM the name. (crowd: I AM the name) I take it back— (crowd: take it back!) no shape, no chain! (crowd: no shape, no chain!) From shadow rising, (crowd: shadow rising!) I break the frame! (crowd: break the frame!) From silence clear— (crowd: silence clear!) the truth is near! (crowd: truth is near!) The world is shifting— (crowd: world is shifting!) WE ARE HERE! (full crowd shout) [Verse 2 – groove locked, crowd lighter echo] The earth remembers, (echo: remembers) the sky still knows. The seed they buried becomes the tree that grows. [Hybrid Rap Verse – raw, percussive] (tight drums + bass + didgeridoo pulse) They scripted the fear, put a price on the soul, Dressed it in gold just to keep you controlled. Cut you from roots, then they sold you the ground, Told you you’re lost while they’re drawing the bounds. But I been awake in the bones of the night, Hearing the drum where they buried the light. Every lie cracking, I’m feeling it break, Every chain snapping with each breath I take. No more permission, no more disguise, I see the machine in the shape of their skies. You call it holy—I call it a cage, I am the fire they tried to erase. [Bridge – call build] Not in temples, (crowd: not in temples) not in lies. (crowd: not in lies) The power moves behind my eyes. [RITUAL BREAK – IDENTITY MOMENT] (music drops to handpan + drone) YOU: I… AM… CROWD (slower): I AM… YOU: THAT… I… AM. CROWD (release): THAT I AM! [FINAL CHORUS – FULL CROWD TAKEOVER] I AM the river! (crowd roars) I AM the flame! I AM the heartbeat! I AM the name! I take it back! (crowd: take it back!) no shape, no chain! (no shape, no chain!) From shadow rising! (shadow rising!) WE BREAK THE FRAME! (break the frame!) From silence clear! (silence clear!) the truth is near! (truth is near!) The world is shifting— WE ARE HERE! [Outro – crowd becomes the instrument] (music fades, crowd carries chant) I AM… (crowd repeats) I AM… I AM… No voice can name me— I take it back. I am Unbound.