Disparate Youth

The Disparate Youth Songfacts reports that the song originated with a beat sent to Santigold by producer Ricky Blaze. It reminded her of a boat trip that she'd taken with John Hill and Diplo, whom she worked with on her debut album, Santogold.

Don’t look ahead there’s stormy weather Another road block in our way But if we go, we go together Our hands are tied here if we stay Oh, we said our dreams will carry us And if they don’t fly we will run Now we push right past to find out How to win what they all lost Oh-ah, Oh-ah We know now we want more Oh-ah, Oh-ah A life worth fighting for Oh-ah, Oh-ah We know that we want more Oh-ah, Oh-ah A life worth fighting for So let them say we can’t do better Lay out the rules that we can’t break They want to sit and watch it wither Their legacy’s too hard to take Oh, we said our dreams will carry us And if they don’t fly we will run Now we push right past to find out How to win what they all lost Oh-ah, Oh-ah We know now we want more Oh-ah, Oh-ah A life worth fighting for Oh-ah, Oh-ah We know that we want more Oh-ah, Oh-ah A life worth fighting for In their heads, hedging their bets, in their Eyes it shows When the beacon breaks, what then You ask they don’t know Oh tell me that I turn my back, well the Odds all stand beneath me And they all said I was misled, but now The odds all stand beneath me Oh-ah, Oh-ah They’re frozen to the core Oh-ah, Oh-ah A life worth fighting for Oh, we said our dreams will carry us And if they don’t fly we will run Now we push right past to find out How to win what they all lost Oh-ah, Oh-ah We know now we want more Oh-ah, Oh-ah A life worth fighting for Oh-ah, Oh-ah We know that we want more Oh-ah, Oh-ah A life worth fighting for We hear that rumble Don’t hear what you say Now here we come Can’t throw nothing in our way Ay-yo