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Everything Is Art lyrics
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Intro
Classic 808s with the future in the keys Whole world scrolling while the hi-hats breathe Grandma, TikTok kids, all nod to the beat This a gallery you feel from your head to your feet
Verse 1
They told me art is only paintings in a frame Oil on a canvas with a long Italian name But I see murals on the train slide by at night Same colors jumping like the bass under the lights Visual art, sculpture, music in my phone Dance in the street, every body is a poem Words on a page, plus the glitches in your app Digital ideas turn the world into a map
Pre-chorus 1
Pick a medium, let your meaning take control Brush stroke, backflip, or a beat inside your soul From the mind to the air, that's the hardest part Turning what you feel to something they can touch as art
Chorus
Everything is art if it sparks your heart Canvas, code, or rhythm in the dark If you feel that shift when the world goes quiet That's your masterpiece, no need to justify
Verse 2
Some say it ain't art if it ain't in a museum Gold frame, soft light, velvet rope just to see 'em Others tag letters on a wall, that's confession Whole life written in a five-second expression Some call it art when it fits how they be feelin' Granddad loves jazz, says the trumpet is healin' Designer makes chairs that your grandma calls fine Functional beauty in the curve of every line
Bridge 1
Concept in the air, even ideas take shape Blank page, white cube, still your feelings escape If it moves you once, that's a frame of your life Art is just the language we use without a mic
Pre-chorus 2
Different lenses but the picture still the same From the sketch to the drip on a subway train From the book in your bag to the dance in the park Everybody got a way to bring out their spark
Chorus
Everything is art if it sparks your heart Canvas, code, or rhythm in the dark If you feel that shift when the world goes quiet That's your masterpiece, no need to justify
Verse 3
Sculpture in the square makes the whole block pause Kids climb up, cops laugh, bent rules, same laws Poem on a page got you questionin' your city One small stanza makes a crowded planet listen Digital collages turn the logic on tilt Glowing on a screen but it shake how you built Started as a need just to say "this is me" Now the whole globe hums in the same frequency
Bridge 2
It can soothe, it can sting, it can light up your fear Make you dance in the rain, make you wipe off a tear From the solo bedroom to the stadium roar One true vision can unlock a billion doors
Pre-chorus 3
So when the beat drop, let your story leave a mark Paint it, code it, move your body through the dark Every choice, every line, that's a piece of your chart Say it proud with the drums: everything is art
Chorus
Everything is art if it sparks your heart Canvas, code, or rhythm in the dark If you feel that shift when the world goes quiet That's your masterpiece, no need to justify
Outro
From the elders in the pews to the kids online Whole world curatin' how they frame their mind If it helped you feel seen in a world so hard That's a masterpiece moment, you just made art
Inside the recording
Classic 808s with the future in the keys Whole world scrolling while the hi-hats breathe
Pick a medium, let your meaning take control Brush stroke, backflip, or a beat inside your soul
From the elders in the pews to the kids online Whole world curatin' how they frame their mind
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