Name: 19: Practice Patience
Duration: P00H02M35S
Description: Track 19 of a 21 song album written and recorded in 21 days during lockdown in South Africa because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

19: Practice Patience

from 21 Songs in 21 Days by Jon Shaban

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Track 19 of a 21 song album written and recorded in 21 days during lockdown in South Africa because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Hold your middle finger up and push it straight into the face of failure
You’ve been hoping that this time will come
Prepared to take the plunge when it arrives
Opportunity’s a rarity so grab it when you can and hold on tightly
It’ll probably kick and thrash around but it’s you that holds the upper hand in size

So take it from a mission man
Hold your chances when you can
I’ve tried to live the life I live by grabbing it with both my hands
Sometimes good things get away
But you’ll catch one on another day
Keep your wits about you
When the time is right, it’ll all fall into place
Practice patience

A safety net
A backup plan
A bad excuse to wait around for decades
It’s really not worth doing if it doesn’t cause a fair amount of fear
And there’s not much else within a man that causes an amount of fear like failure
So let the wind carry your caution and the focus and commitment will appear

Take it from a mission man
Hold your chances when you can
I’ve tried to live the life I live by grabbing it with both my hands
Sometimes good things get away
But you’ll catch one on another day
Keep your wits about you
When the time is right, it’ll all fall into place
Practice patience

credits

from 21 Songs in 21 Days, track released April 14, 2020
Bass by Eric Wright
Additional vocals by Adel Wright
Drums by Michael Canfield
Banjo and Tin Whistle by Ross Terblanche

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Jon Shaban Cape Town, South Africa

JON SHABAN IS A SINGER SONGWRITER BASED IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. SHORTLY AFTER QUITTING HIS JOB AND COMMITTING TO BEING A FULL-TIME ARTIST, JON LAUNCHED HIS FIRST ALBUM IN 2015 TITLED ‘FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE’ AND HAS SINCE TOURED RELENTLESSLY BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY WITH HIS SOLO MATERIAL AND HIS BAND, THE SHABS. ... more

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