Cruinniú na nÓg — Anthem for Ireland's Free Day of Creativity for Young People

Screen grabs from The Spark: https://youtu.be/njE3EknkkBY, produced for Ireland’s National Free Day of Creativity for Young People.

The song is an anthem for Cruinniú na nÓg (Gathering of Youth), which will hold hundreds of free creative events for children and teenagers across Ireland. The initiative started in 2018 and will this year be held on 15 June.
‘We got the energy’: Irish children’s rap video goes viral, by Rory Carroll. The Guardian, 20 May 2024. Video: The Spark, produced by Kabin Studio Crew & Lisdoonvarna Crew for Ireland's Free Day of Creativity for Young People, 2024.

LYRICS
Think you can stop what we do, I doubt it (Doubt it!)
We got the energy, we'll tell you all about it (Bout it!)
I searched for my spark and I found it (Found it!)
Everybody in the crowd start bouncing

Verse 1
Making bangers at a young age (Bangers!)
My pen setting fire to the page (Fire!)
I will show you how to rock that stage
Listen to this in the car you'll be getting road rage (🚗)

Listen up ‘cos what we do everyday is daycent (Daycent!)
Kabin Crew won’t stop on top of every playlist (Boom!)
If we see a dream you know we’re gonna chase it (Yeah!)
So get over any fear you have just face it (Go on kid!)

That’s my passion and I couldn't live without it (No!)
You can do it like we do it, don't doubt it (Go!)
Any obstacle we find a way around it
If you're proud of who you are and what you do, shout it!

Chorus
Think u can stop what we do i doubt it (Doubt it)
We got the energy we’ll tell ya all about it (Bout it)
I searched for my spark and i found it (Found it)
Everybody in the crowd start bouncin

Verse 2
Grooving through my town, people be like who are they? (Who?)
Moving to my music yeah that gets me through the day (woo!)
I create my own way feeling super slay (Slay)
Express my art that’s how i communicate
In my imagination, never feeling out of place (No!)
Blast off like a rocket up to outer space (Zoom!)
Living large reaching for the stars
Let them all know us kids are in charge! (That’s right!)
Feeling awesome anytime I rap (When I rap!)
Thoughts blossom when I'm on a track
Spittin bars top class full of energy no cap (No cap!)
Cruinniú na nÓg Rhyme Islands on the map (map!)


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