Hold Up
Big Hug love-at-first-sight with J MESA: soul kissed by the sun, perfect dream to life: hold up, clean up my mind, maybe we're meeting for a reason, journey through the night till we find this thing called love.
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ISRC QZMEP2188964 (soundexchange)
Track fifteen on Big Hug, co-written and performed with J MESA (Taylor James / Babidi), the second Big Hug collab with him after I See the Moment (I See the Monument on Bandcamp). Same orbit as Masks and Monsters and later Prisoner (2024).
It opens classic and willingly deluded, I knew you were the one simply by the way you move, then won’t you tell me if I’m wrong cause I don’t wanna be right. The hook turns that rush into a brake: the title hold up is both the flirt (your body keep on saying hold up) and the self-check (I gotta clean up my mind), attraction running faster than readiness, destiny and hesitation in the same line. The back half makes the move anyway, a journey until we find this thing called love, and asks for trust to share a perfect life.
Lighter than I See the Moment’s media dread, the LP’s romantic register just before the title track. J MESA carries the Babidi lineage from the cartoon-era collabs into post-pandemic approachable pop.
Written by Luke Francis Walton and J MESA (Taylor James / Babidi). Performed by Scoobert Doobert with J MESA. Mixed by Luke Francis Walton. Mastered by Riley Knapp.
Lyrics
When I first laid My eyes on you I knew you were the one Simply by the way you move Your soul kissed by the sun I feel on top of the world Won't you tell me If I'm wrong Cause I don't wanna be right The way you make me feel Is like my perfect dream to life I seen the light And I don't want to fight it I just can't hide it But baby would you Hold up You're looking kinda pretty And your body keep on saying Hold up I gotta clean up my mind Oh won't ya Hold up I got a feeling that we're meeting for a reason So hold up You gotta hold up Now that I've made a move You think we can get out and run Journey through the night until we find This thing called love Gonna trust in my whole spirit Telling me things like You don't have to worry So could you ever trust me And share a perfect life I seen the light And I don't want to fight it I just can't hide it But baby would you Hold up You're looking kinda pretty And your body keep on saying Hold up I gotta clean up my mind Oh won't ya Hold up I got a feeling that we're meeting for a reason So hold up You gotta hold up