Jersey's symphony Lyrics

Night falls over my beautiful city like star lights

Memories of our old tribes, like the lanappe tribe

Music playing symphonic in the back alleys

By the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Bringing great vibes

The K-made music festival is held every year

At the Mid-Atlantic Center for Arts

Love my city, appreciate my culture

A black Colombian raised in a time of turmoil

Finding the beauty amidst the chaos

Jazz playing in the background

Industries of all new are bringing us back

To the early 20th century

Piano keys being stroked

Music by the pianist James P. Johnson

You can just feel the vibe in the air

Like lost in Translation

The sound of the saxophone teleports us

To another dimension

So much culture forgotten by time

Now it's my time to unearth forgotten gems

Like the Congress Hall where John Phillips

Also will perform

On the lawn of such a historic place

Like the K-made hotel

Can we take a moment in taking the culture

We aren't lost, we just got conditioned to forget

The beauties in the sound of the precious jazz

Historic places all around us

Like the Institute of Jazz

Studies in Newark

Which houses the largest library of jazz

And anything jazz related

Tears falls out of my eyes

Thinking of all that's taken for granted

Please give it up to our wonderful city

Filled with so much wonder

And yet it keeps giving more

Now back to my city

Union City

Which was originally inhabited

By the Muncie-speaking branch

Of the Lenape tribe

Native Americans

Who were encouraged by Henry Hunson

Hence the name of Hudson County

The first Cuban migrated in the 1940s

But Germans, Russians, and Greeks

And all sort of migrants were roaming already

My city was formed in 1925 to be exact

The first two waves of migrants

First came the Germans

Then my Spanish-speaking comrades

Loved my city

Growing up was a challenge

Being a migrant from Colombia

In the late 90s

Education was key

So I immersed myself in the culture

Incorporated myself

And became part of the environment

While some still held their old roots

I embraced my African heritage

Was never thought to back down

There was no one person

To make me frown upon my dark brown

I was taught to cherish every second

Because they're lost in the blink of an eye

I'd tear up thinking of all the sleepless nights

My mom was waiting out for me

To make my way back

But the streets had a grip on me

Like a lifestyle

My city's seen my ups and my downs

Seen the skyline from boulevard east

To reveal the wonders of New York City

Felt like a brave new world

Just opened up to such a brilliant young mind

Not knowing it would be more than a decade

Before I could realize

What I was longing for

When trials and tribulations

Were to be endured

But it's a brave new world

And endless possibilities

My goal is to inspire the next me

And I get lost on the way

To true awakening

My revelations

Transform a whole nation

I'm just beginning a new wave of re-education

My city has given me so much

And we have taken it for granted

I dedicate this symphony for nurturing

And see me through the dark into the light

Feels like every time we try to do right

Someone's trying to dim our light

I pray that everything you all wish on me

My lord multiplies

I give you blessings from the bottom of my heart

I've been broken and discarded

But never have I forgotten

That my mind is the garden in my heart

And my lord has made it his harvest

I hope all that you desire

Can be accomplished in this lifetime

Always keep a lifeline

And never close doors

You never know when that bridge you burn

Will be the last safe place to come across

Never take anything for granted

Karma comes and goes

And you never know when it's your time to go

Never shut your heart or close your eyes

Instead strive to inspire

Like my long lost love for jazz

Like my long lost love for jazz