Mavis Staples - "Godspeed" @antirecords

Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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"Godspeed" by @mavisstaples from the album 'Sad And Beautiful World', out now
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Written by Frank Ocean
Produced by Brad Cook
Engineered & mixed by Brad Cook and Paul Voran
Mastering by Tim Smiley

Lead Vox - Mavis Staples
Outro Poem - Kara Jackson
Drum Programming - Matt McCaughan
Drums - Matt McCaughan
Piano - Phil Cook
Synth - Brad Cook
Electric Guitar - Nathan Stocker
Acoustic Guitar - Nathan Stocker
EVI Bass Synth - Will Miller
Saxes - Matt Douglas
Trumpets - Will Miller, Trever Hagen
Horn Arrangement - Brad Cook

Lyrics

I will always love you
How I do
Let go of a prayer for you
Just a sweet word
The table is prepared for you

Wishing you godspeed, glory
There will be mountains you won't move

Still, I'll always be there for you
How I do
I let go of my claim on you, it's a free world
You look down on where you came from sometimes
But you'll have this place to call home, always
Always
Always

This love will keep us through blinding of the eyes
Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind
This love will keep us through blinding of the eyes
Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind
This love will keep us through blinding of the eyes
Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind

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