This is the new album of Mon Rovîa, released this year. I think it’s very beautiful and unique. Especially considering where his words and music come from, I think it’s worth listening to. As I think it’s one thing if somebody sings about love, hope, and such during hard times when they are coming from a comparatively comfortable and safe life, doing commercial music, and another if it’s someone coming from heavy hardship.

Mon Rovîa in 2025 on secret road:

“I’m Mon, born in Mon Rovia, Liberia. My life can be summed up by being born into a civil war, escaping the life of a child soldier, rescued by the hands of missionaries. Spent a lot of my developmental years living in a variety of places with a number of life experiences. And then layered on top of all of this is the assimilation I felt being a trans-racially adopted refugee. My music in a nutshell is a culmination of these experiences blended with the empathy I feel for the experiences with others. The mission of my music is to heal with others - with every nation and tongue, in due time.”

Excerpt of lyrics from the song Heavy Foot, which is included in the album, but was also released as a single mid-2025.

Do you see the man on the screen

Just a puppet but you never see the strings

Calling it a war n not a genocide

Telling us it isn’t what it seems

Man that’s a different kind of greed

Love me now

Hold me down

And the government

Staying on heavy foot

And they tried to keep us all down

Love me now

Hold me down

And the government

Staying on heavy foot

And they tried to keep us all down

No they never gonna keep us all down