"Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you dont want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it"
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Sean Paul is talking less about inspiration than about leverage: talent is personal, but the moment it becomes music in public, it turns into a tool with consequences. The phrasing is bluntly practical. “Music is your own talent” frames artistry as something you possess, not something that possesses you, then immediately pivots to utility. A “tool” implies craft, strategy, and workmanlike purpose - music as a way to move crowds, build a career, and navigate systems that don’t care about your authenticity unless it sells.
The real pressure lands in the middle: “Even if you dont want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye.” That’s the modern celebrity contract stated without romance. You can refuse the title, but you can’t refuse the projection. Audiences, media, brands - they’ll draft you into symbolism anyway, especially in genres like dancehall and pop where image travels as fast as sound. The subtext is a warning to younger artists: your private self becomes part of the product, and pretending otherwise is how you get blindsided.
“Energy is there, you just have to use it” reads like studio talk, but it’s also a philosophy of performance and survival. He’s pointing at the invisible current that exists between artist and audience - hype, charisma, momentum, even controversy - and arguing it’s not mystical. It’s available. The professional move is learning to channel it instead of being dragged by it. In an era where virality can crown you overnight and punish you faster, that’s not just advice; it’s self-defense.
The real pressure lands in the middle: “Even if you dont want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye.” That’s the modern celebrity contract stated without romance. You can refuse the title, but you can’t refuse the projection. Audiences, media, brands - they’ll draft you into symbolism anyway, especially in genres like dancehall and pop where image travels as fast as sound. The subtext is a warning to younger artists: your private self becomes part of the product, and pretending otherwise is how you get blindsided.
“Energy is there, you just have to use it” reads like studio talk, but it’s also a philosophy of performance and survival. He’s pointing at the invisible current that exists between artist and audience - hype, charisma, momentum, even controversy - and arguing it’s not mystical. It’s available. The professional move is learning to channel it instead of being dragged by it. In an era where virality can crown you overnight and punish you faster, that’s not just advice; it’s self-defense.
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