Over a smooth, jazzy hip-hop beat, André Jahnoi uses his laid-back but forceful flows to express the frustrations of desiring peace in a violent world. The video, shot in various locations across Jamaica, emphasises these contradictions with the artist depicted reposing by a tropical pool while threatening to raze downpressors to 'ash and rubble'. The track is bookended by quotes from Buju Banton and Peter Tosh, contextualising Jahnoi's braggadocious lyrics while signposting the influences and direction of the project that follows. 

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This is the first single from the forthcoming project AKOBEN, rolling out across 2024. An Akan adinkra symbol of vigilance and wariness, the word Akoben and it's associated imagery represents the war horn blown by Afrikan freedom fighters to signal danger or coming conflict. This EP channels those same energies, telling a story of struggle, resistance and hope aiming to inspire a generation of rebels to stand up and seize peace.