Arooze
Shine On Humboldt
“Wake up to a brand-new morning,
The sunlight’s kissing the sky.
Every dream that we’ve been holding
Is waiting for us to try.
From the mountains down to the ocean,
From the city of Eureka to the small-town streets,
We’re stronger when we stand together,
With love in everything we meet.”
Arooze Humboldt County
“I stop and think, what a great place to be
I go for walks where the ocean meets the redwood tree
Love the feeling of the sunshine on me
Oh what a great place to be
Living in Humboldt county “
Arooze: Drift Away
Voices inside been colliding and biting,
Mind in a riot, defy it, igniting.
Pressure been rising, surviving’s a science,
Love me or hate me, it’s fuel for defiance.
I see the fear they disguise in their speech,
Smile on the surface while pain underneath.
I been the villain, the hero, the beast —
Bleeding from battles that never find peace.
Carry that weight like a Titan in chains,
Mind full of static, it’s frying my brain.
Silence is violent, it echoes the strain,
Tinnitus screaming — I’m numb to the pain.
Every scar that I carve is a sermon I’ve written,
Every loss that I took is a lesson I’m living.
Don’t need your pity, don’t need your religion,
I stand in my storm with a soldier’s precision.
Breath on my chest, still I fight for existence,
Pain in my art — that’s divine persistence.
Break every limit, I rewrite resistance,
I’m living proof that the broken are gifted.
Yeah
I go by Arooze
Rain on the glass, let the past for the new
Humboldt air when the stress comes through
Roll another up, find a better view
If you don’t know the name, it’s Arooze
Rhythm of the redwood, drums in the pine
Medicine in my chest when I’m losing my mind
Colors on my hoodie, but I move in the blues
If you feel this way, that’s Arooze, that’s Arooze
Disappear on a hill where the clouds sit low
I been talkin’ to my conscience like a late-night show
Every problem that I carry in this flannel coat
Either drowns in the rain or it leaves in the smoke
Colorful clothes, but the mood real gray
Still painting hope with the words I say
Still blowing smoke because that’s my way
Smiling thanks to Humboldt in my lungs all day.
I been up in the redwoods, heart on the speakers
Turn my pain into lessons, my lessons into features
Every scar that I write, every bruise that I use
That’s a line, that’s a verse, that’s Arooze, that’s Arooze
I had spent so much time prioritizing my relationship, my son and work that I forgot what it’s like to prioritize myself. I have lost 10lbs in the last 3 weeks from battling depression after my 8 year relationship ended. It’s time to lock in and become unrecognizable in 6 months.
