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Afrobeats · Gen Z · 95 BPM

Locked In

Music & Lyrics by James Sinclair

The Story Behind the Song

This is a song about the moment you decide. The scroll stops, the noise fades, and you finally hear the quiet — the one that sounds like home. It's for everyone who ever felt the pull of the wrong direction and chose their own road anyway. No cap: the light was always yours. You just had to aim it.

Lyrics

Woke up different today
No cap, this the era

I used to scroll till my eyes went red
Chasing the noise, losing my head
Heard the quiet, it sounded like home
Now I walk my own road, never alone
Aura different now, they ask what changed
I just smile, say I locked in the flame

We locked in, we locked in
No cap, we glowing up
We locked in, we locked in
This our era, we rising up
We locked in, we locked in
Watch us shine, watch us show up

They said keep it lowkey, don't dream too loud
I said bet — watch me paint the clouds
Every doubt I fed, now it's fuel for the fire
Every step I take, getting higher and higher
Twin, this the glow up, it ain't luck
It's the work, it's the faith, it's the guts

We locked in, we locked in
No cap, we glowing up
We locked in, we locked in
This our era, we rising up
We locked in, we locked in
Watch us shine, watch us show up

And if you feel it, say it
If you see it, claim it
The light was always yours
You just had to aim it

We locked in, we locked in
No cap, we glowing up
We locked in, we locked in
This our era, we rising up
We locked in, we locked in
Watch us shine, watch us show up

Yeah… we locked in
No cap
Forever locked in