there is a strange insecurity that comes with making art independently.... at some point you start wondering whether being unseen means you are actually bad, or whether nobody has really had the chance to see what you make.
 
i write the songs, record them, produce them, make the videos and somehow fit all of that around a normal work week. then i look at artists surrounded by labels, teams, budgets and entire machines built to make their work visible.... and comparing myself to that can feel a little absurd.
 
"seek lasting relevance" came from wanting something more permanent than views or a few seconds of attention. i want these songs to mean something to somebody, even years later. maybe that sounds arrogant, maybe it is just the very normal hope that something you poured so much of yourself into doesn’t simply disappear.
 
and underneath the ambition there is also a simpler reason for doing it.... maybe somebody hears one of these songs and feels a little less alone. if that happens, maybe relevance does not have to mean fame at all.
 
released on july 31, 2025, "seek lasting relevance" became the second song of the "2024, life" audiovisual story.
 
songwriting by CANTIBEALL®
produced and mixed by CANTIBEALL®
mastered by CANTIBEALL®
 
2. seek lasting relevance 🔭
 
don’t say i’m ‘just bad’
you compare me to those
who had a great label
and now are just so grand
 
am i arrogant?
a dreamer unnoticed?
if i want my songs to seek
lasting relevance
 
my songs are my feelings, my emotions, my soul
am i scared no one cares, or am i scared of payrolls?
work-week grind, wanting to break modern chains
egocentric minds will ask what they will attain
by listening to my voice
if i’m not a white boy
 
don’t say i’m ‘just bad’
you compare me to those
who had a great label
and now are just so grand
 
am i arrogant?
a dreamer unnoticed?
if i want my songs to seek
lasting relevance
 
my songs are my feelings, my emotions, my soul
am i scared no one cares, or am i scared of payrolls?
40-hour grind, wanting to break modern chains
i wanna just live and write songs to my made-up fans
that would listen to my voice
though i’m not a white boy
 
don’t say i’m ‘just bad’
you compare me to those
who had a great label
and now are just so grand
 
am i arrogant?
a dreamer unnoticed?
if i want my songs to seek
lasting relevance
 
and i pour my heart into melodies that i've sewn
so someone out there feels less alone
am i chasing dreams that come and go?
seeking relevance, through every tear
singing, hoping, despite all my fear
seeking relevance, through every tear
seeking relevance, despite all my fear
 
don’t say i’m ‘just bad’
you compare me to those
who had a great label
and now are just so grand
 
am i arrogant?
a dreamer unnoticed?
if i want my songs to seek
lasting relevance
 
🎙 🧠 ⛓
 
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