As a musician and songwriter, I am always curious to know the inspiration behind songs that resonate with me. I love to sit around a campfire with a group of unknown writers as we share our souls just as much as I enjoy attending writers rounds here in Nashville. From the small tiny coffee shop to large a stadium concert with a huge production like PINK (!!), it’s the connection that I seek. Why did the song come to life? What happened to create this 3 minute miracle- to tell this story in the form of a song?
My mom is the first person to say “tell me the story behind this song” when she hears my new material. I pull inspiration from real life situations that I’m living, conversations I’m having, or sometimes a lightning bolt hits me and I just know I must write the song!
Last month in the studio, I had a song called “Kick Ass Take Names” I was planning to cut. It was a party girl anthem and it just didn’t seem to fit into the same vein with the rest of my songs, so I decided to put it on the back burner. Ironically, at the same time, I started an online course with Mel Robbins called “The Power of You” where she announced a new endeavor with Audible- coaching people in business and life. And guess what!? the program is titled “Kick Ass with Mel Robbins.” Lightning bolt!
Listening to Mel’s program, it struck me that that it doesn’t matter who we are or where we come from, we all can get “stuck”. Sometimes it’s for a season, sometimes it seems like a lifetime! We can get stuck in the past, stuck in painful childhood circumstances, stuck in jobs we hate, stuck in relationships that aren’t healthy or just don’t work for us anymore, and the list goes on. Then we look for vices; things to pacify us, things to relieve stress, ways to avoid doing what we don’t feel like doing to climb out of that rut. We get stuck doing the wrong things to make us forget in the moment what we are avoiding and why we aren’t taking action to get to higher ground to start creating the life we want to live! Instead, we just wallow in the crap that runs around inside our heads all day long.
Inspired by Mel’s passion, my own inspiration struck and this new song “Kick Ass”, written with one of my favorite co-writers Mandy Brook, came to life! I love the driving beat of the melody and the message is very clear. “You’re everything you need to be, right here, right now…to change your life and chase your dreams.” It’s a song about breaking free, breaking down the things that are holding you back, and getting ready to kick it in life and take action! (To fully understand the meaning of 54321 in the chorus, check out Mel on YouTube or pick up her book “The 5 Second Rule.”)
If this song strikes a nerve or stirs something inside of you, that’s exactly what music is supposed to do! I like to listen to a song and read along with the words so I’m sharing the lyrics with you along with a video that we sent to Mel Robbins.
If you like this song and would want to download it on iTunes, give me a big thumbs up on YouTube or leave a note in the comments below!
A big thanks to Mel Robbins for inspiring me to write this. Now go Kick some Ass today! 😉
Candy
“Kick Ass”
Written by: C.Fernaux/M.Brooke ©
6/6/18
When your smoke break
Becomes an all day
Just another way
To hide in your head
Ya spinning your wheels
Yet you’re standing still
Think you can pop a pill
And hang by a thread
What’s stopping you from chasing your dreams
Are ya stuck on auto-pilot when you wanna
When you wanna break free
It’s time to light the world on fire
You’re the only one holding yourself back
No more excuses it’s now or never
54321 Kick Ass – Ha!
Always running late
Need to lose weight
Stuck in a constant state
Procrastinating
Maxed out your plastics
In debt up to the attic
The bills are stacking
Suffocating
Who’s stopping you from chasing your dreams
Are ya stuck on auto pilot when you wanna
When you wanna break free
Now it’s time to light the world on fire
You’re the only one holding yourself back
No more excuses it’s now or never
54321 Kick Ass – Hey
Bring on the fear
Let go of the doubt
You everything you need here right now
So- now’s the time to light the world on fire
You’re the only one holding yourself back
No more excuses it’s now or never
54321 Kick Ass
54321 Kick Ass
54321 and Kick Ass!