The disaster that became a Drum and Bass track

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March 2023. My Facebook account was hijacked, replaced with the name ”Lily Collins” and then shut down with no way to appeal. No warnings, no security alerts. Two-factor authentication – useless. Probably because it happened in the middle of the night when I was asleep.

I fought for weeks with this, with only dead ends.

Then, my partner said:
”Go for a walk. It’ll help”.

Usually, it should’ve been spring. But nature has jumped back to hard winter. But I went out. The cold air bit my face as I walked through streets. I wasn’t walking to get somewhere – I was walking to escape frustration, helplessness, and the lack of control. Step by step, something shifted. Walking became routine. Routine became habit. But at some point, this wasn’t enough. So, I started running. And this time – I didn’t quit. Instead, I started to run, with Drum & Bass playing in my headphones, to get into the right tempo.

Two years after the setback, I turned the journey into a Drum & Bass track. The storm, the chaos, the struggle – it’s all here. This track isn’t just about running; it’s about survival, even though it was never a matter of life and death. Pushing forward when every fiber of your being screams to stop. Battling the personal crisis, the exhaustion it brought while I was also sick, the breathlessness as I ran – in both the physical world and in life itself.

The disaster that tried to break me became the fire that pushed me forward.

Below, there’s some lyrics to the track…

Run Inna Fi Storm

[VERSE 1]Lakkah sloth, mi move like ghost,
Neva too fast, but a so life goes.
One foot limp, di odda one gone,
Push thru di breeze, mi still ah hold on.

[VERSE 2]Mi drag mi foot, mi nah rush none,
Cyaan run race, cah di race nah done.
Mind so chill, mi cyaan tek stress,
Mi tek one step, then mi tek one rest.

[CHORUS]Mi move slow, but mi still deh yah,
Laziness deep, but mi nah disappear.
Step by step, mi tek mi time,
Nah watch no clock, cah di pace a mine.

[VERSE 3]Mi set small goal fi keep mi sane,
Di next road sign, dat a next campaign.
Soon get steep, mi know it rough,
Time move slow, but mi nah in no race.

[VERSE 4]Mi fight fi breath, mi chest feel tight,
Cold air cut like a blade in di night.
Lung dem weak, but mi still push on,
Pain in mi back, but mi cyaan stay long.

[CHORUS]Mi move slow, but mi still deh yah,
Laziness deep, but mi nah disappear.
Step by step, mi tek mi time,
Nah watch no clock, cah di pace a mine.

[BRIDGE]Mi sip likkle water, den mi walk again,
Tired real bad, but mi push thru pain.
Foot dem hurt, but di bassline call,
Mi feel di riddim, mi cyaan stand tall.

[CHORUS]Mi move slow, but mi still deh yah,
Laziness deep, but mi nah disappear.
Step by step, mi tek mi time,
Nah watch no clock, cah di pace a mine.

[VERSE 5]Snow ah fall, but mi push thru storm,
Cold breeze bite, but mi body stay warm.
Try fi outrun di stress, but it stick like glue,
Mi deh yah pon road, cah mi got ting fi do.

[VERSE 6]Mi run likkle bit, but mi nah go far,
Up di hill, down di bridge, cross di tar.
Pass thru tunnel, under railway track,
Home soon deh yah, mi cyaan turn back.

[VERSE 7]Stretch out di foot, stretch out di hand,
Every muscle need fi feel di expand.
One last move, before mi done,
Cah mi know seh rest soon come.

[OUTRO]Breath come calm, mi deh yah still,
Body feel light, but mi mind stay trill.
Journey rough, but mi make it through,
Now mi cool, like di morning dew.

[EXTRA CHORUS]Mi move slow, but mi still deh yah,
Laziness deep, but mi nah disappear.
Step by step, mi tek mi time,
Nah watch no clock, cah di pace a mine.