Droop Lion Begs The World To “Let The Children Dance”

Rastafarian firebrand singer Droop Lion is using his latest single ‘Let the Children Dance’ to drive home his belief that “parents must parent again”.

“The youths need guidance and time to grow into themselves, but they are under the constant bombardment of violence, moral pollutants, emotional and physical trauma, so I wanted to speak to all these things. Parents need to start parenting again, give the children a chance to dance and they will be happy again,” he said, as he explained the inspiration for the song.

Droop Lion, whose real name is Andrew Brown, believes an effort must be made to give children guidelines, provide them with suitable role models, and protect them from the radioactive exposure to the ills of the world.

The easy availability and prevalence of information on sex, rape, violence, murder, slashings, stabbings, gropings, marauders on social media, on TV, on the radio, in movies and magazines. These factors have combined to catapult today’s children into premature adulthood, Droop Lion believes and he maintains that the role of parents has never been more important than it is now.

“I am fighting for the freedom and happiness of children. We want them to live as children, and not be exposed to the ways of the adult world too early. They know too much, they’ve lived too much, parents need to step up,” Droop Lion said.

“They know too much. They’ve lived too much. They’re only 6 or 8 or 12 or 14 and they have adult worries.”

Droop Lion recognizes that political and economic stability are sometimes out of the purview of individual parents, but they cannot abdicate their responsibilities.

“It is difficult to be young today, to understand how pressured kids are by the world. People today don’t understand what happiness is, youths in Gaza, North Lebanon, Israel, even in certain areas of Jamaica have been robbed of their childhood,” Droop Lion said.

The song was released via the Born Music label on all digital platforms on October 15th. Already, music critics have been hailing it as “a true masterpiece” because of the infectious and airy world music beat, savvy lyrics and booming drums. Visuals were also released for the project, with shots of Droop Lion’s community of Waterhouse and other areas of Kingston.

“The feedback has been great, the song is getting airplay in Nigeria, Brazil and on Kiss FM in England. The video is also doing well in the European markets,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Free People Entertainment recording artiste will continue his exciting musical journey as he traverses Europe in 2025 to push his new album, ‘As Is’, making stops along the way in countries including the UK, France, Germany, Finland, Spain and Italy.

Droop is known for the singles such as Screaming and Freeway, which was inspired by the 2010 Tivoli Gardens incursion.