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You Can't Steal My Joy

by Ezra Collective

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take-me-back A big smile when I listen to this Favorite track: Red Whine.
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hverheijaccount Smooth is the sound, sweet is the music playing round. This is a jazz-fusion gem! Favorite track: Reason in Disguise feat. Jorja Smith.
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frankwurst One of the new bands that made me want to dive into the contemporary jazz scene. Thank you so much!
Not radical as other stuff, but their key rythmic is magic. A good balance between moreclassic jazz and trends from nowadays. Favorite track: You Can't Steal My Joy.
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Open Secrets I saw Ezra Collective play in New York -- one of the last shows I attended before things locked down. As the album title suggests, this is joyous, riotously fun music that never fails to elevate my spirits, even in trying times. Favorite track: People Saved.
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freejazzy Cool Runnings & Rhythms. Favorite track: Reason in Disguise feat. Jorja Smith.
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lI0 What a soulful mood ! Loving all the album's vibes the Collective introduced here. Thanks a lot guys ! Favorite track: Reason in Disguise feat. Jorja Smith.
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Why You Mad? 02:46
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Red Whine 04:26
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Hold hands with your brother Find strength in your mother Closed eyes to be weary Dark skies thinking bout You You Youuuuu They think of youuuuuu They miss you they want some kind of answer There's always a reason in disguise Wish it was all just some kind of lie There's always a reason in disguise And I never know why you would do through it all Something kind of odd has happened here Saw you once but now you've disappeared Why'd you go Why'd you say that You wouldn't cry for you me I got enough tears for two Twoooo Tears for youuuuu They miss you they want some kind of answer There's always a reason in disguise Wish it was all just some kind of lie There's always a reason in disguise And I never know why you would do through it all Well let me tell you now There's always a reason in disguise Wish it was all just some kind of lie There's always a reason in disguise And I never know why you would do through it all
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One-one-one Two -Two -Two-Two Two -Two You can find me where the city meets the skyline Knocking back the whiskey like it's white wine Says she's finished work, and so I bide time Until I take her guard off and put it down beside mine. It's fine, we watch the world go by. Saw the whole world thorugh my girl's own eyes And they were pale like the photosize Coz everybody talks the truth no she knows those guys, but who? Really, nothing of concern see the city's on fire watch the bridges as they burn I disappear now I'm wishing she'd return at the same time wishing I could learn all this paper that I earned the first bird gets the worm the second mouse gets the cheese trust and I been sat down doing this with ease too much ps someone take it for me please. Can't get up Spine won't let up Lump in my neck ain't got time for a check up I'm fed up But what am I to do? I'm worried bout you My Mind won't let up Spine won't let up lump in my neck ain't got time for a check up I'm fed up, yo but what am I to do? If I'm worried bout you? I didn't write a second verse So, I'll kick a free I'm all about being me LC ripping mics in the place to be Ezra Collective we do this so frequently It's me on the flipping mic Yeah I said it right I say it twice if I do this like every night Shouts to Jorja Met on the stage grab a water now I talk to mrs bout her daughter yeah I oughta switch up the flow a bit let me see if I can come a bit more legit In a boat no joke I don't smoke give a toke I don't do that coming with some new raps so who's that? LC on the bigger mic I might have said that twice But anyways let me getaway and come back kickin real raps yeah have that let up won't get up lump in my neck ain't got time for a check up I'm fed up ah but what am I to do? I'm worried bout you Im saying that my mind won't let up spine won't let up lump in my neck aint got time for a check up I'm fed up but what am I to do? If I'm worried bout you? Yo I wrote another 15 or 16 I never worry - keep my - clean I seen drugs ruin lives of the pristine from the brown all the way down to the stiff green the streets are mean but my mother ain't and every late night yeah my mum would wait and when I staggered home, drunk in a dumberstate say it straight she'd fix me a plate stuff it in my face I'd never run around the bits with the bangers really but still the bangers in the bits either fan or fear me coz if I talk about my feelings and them man are near me chuck in some raps then a dapps they can see it clearly coz its insside of them I grab the paper and I ride the pen livin this life I ain't tryna end So I can kick it for a foe never mind a friend Waiting for feelings like can rhyme again Ah can't get up Mind won't let up lump in my neck ain't got time for a check up I'm fed up But what am I to do? I'm worried bout you Yo I'm saying that my mind won't let up spine won't get up lump in my neck ain't got time for a check up I'm fed up But what Am I to do? Im worried bout you I Can't get up Won't Let up In my neck ain't got time for a check up And yeah I'm fed up yo but what am I to do? If I been worried bout you? I been sayin that my mind won't let up Spine won't get up Lump in my neck Ain't got time for a check up I'm fed up But what am I to do? If I been worried bout you? you you you If I been worried bout you I sing it now One one one Two Two Two
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Ezra Collective
‘You Can’t Steal My Joy’ (Enter The Jungle)


You Can’t Steal My Joy is an exuberant, defiant debut album that’s destined to cement Ezra Collective’s status as one of the UK’s most exciting groups.

The record features friends and fans, Loyle Carner, KOKOROKO and Jorja Smith, and is preceded by lead single and full-blown banger, Quest For Coin.

Ezra Collective are five young Londoners; bandleader Femi Koleoso (drums), his brother TJ Koleoso (bass), Joe Armon-Jones (keys), Dylan Jones (trumpet), and James Mollison (saxophone). The band’s incredible musicianship and spirited, inclusive approach to music - which draws on afrobeat, Latin, hip-hop, grime and more - has seen them break out beyond the thriving UK jazz scene.

Ezra Collective’s 2017 EP, Juan Pablo: The Philosopher, won ‘Best Jazz Album’ at Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards and the band picked up ‘Best UK Jazz Act’ and ‘Live Experience Of The Year’ at the 2018 Jazz FM Awards. They played Quincy Jones’ birthday party and recently completed a mosh-pit-filled and completely sold out UK tour before headlining Winter JazzFest in New York. Ezra Collective’s forthcoming gigs include All Point East, Lamar Tree and Green Man festivals and full headline tour of the UK culminating at The Roundhouse in London for November 2019.

"Growing up as young people in London has challenges but, rather than focus on all the negativity surrounding us, we’ve decided to focus on the positives”, explains Femi. “You can steal a lot of things from us - our ability to travel freely, our access to education, our right to a level playing field, even our ability to live life at its full potential - but as long as we don’t forget our core truth, You Can’t Steal Our Joy.”

Ezra Collective bring the fire on a stunning debut album // Crack
Thrilling and vital /// Q
A real coming of age /// MOJO
An urgent, free-wheeling bundle of fun /// NME
Ezra Collective have marked themselves out from the crowd with their genre-bridging prowess /// The Guardian
the sound of London in 2019 distilled and put down on record /// Clash At the heart of a bubbling scene without a point of entry for many, Ezra Collective stand with their arms wide open /// Loud & Quiet
British rave-jazz moves onwards and upwards /// The Observer
Potent, rebellious, and uplifting /// Dork
There is a lean exuberance to this band that demands a dancing response /// Rolling Stone
One of the liveliest groups to emerge from London’s jazz renaissance /// New York Times

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released April 26, 2019

Ezra Collective is
Femi Koleoso - drums
TJ Koleoso - bass
James Mollison - tenor saxophone
Joe Armon-Jones - keys
Dylan Jones - trumpet

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Ezra Collective London, UK

Ezra Collective’s new era, a venture in discovered maturity and raised stakes, will be defined by the anticipated second album.

'Where I’m Meant To Be' is a thumping celebration of life.

A natural product of years improvising together on-stage, the album will light up sweaty dance floors and soundtrack dinner parties in equal measure.
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