This is a song about no matter how hard the circumstances are, it’s never too late to change your faith. Its kind of Fred Again/Bicep influenced on the musicality end. The first verse starts off with a build up of drums into Paros verse where he uses a lot of different references and world play while describing his downfall while on a hiatus from music. “I got the name Paro when my head was gone like I put my neck under a guillotine, moving suspiciously I can’t sugar coat it though cause that road life is bittersweet.”
The track continuously builds where Trom comes in on the chorus with a lovely tone to his vocals singing “my time is now for years I was broken, they shut me out but we kicked the door open”over some softer pads before it builds up again.
Paro comes back in on the second verse with “I was sleeping on the sofa in prospect hill, it’s ironic that address was how we actually lived”. On this verse Paro switch’s flows almost every 4 bars as the music continuously builds, then he hits a fast flow where he says “ I wrote bars on a broke Sony Ericsson, it’s mad cause they laughed when the scene was developing, but now the fans have done a 360 like a Ferris wheel, it’s been an uphill battle but we went and climbed Everest.”
It goes back into the chorus with Trom but this time there’s added backing vocals and a sample that comes in making this chorus the big one throughout the whole track as trom sings the chorus he layers “Not Too Late” through each line which really enhances the feeling of what the track is about.
It goes into a third verse/bridge where Trom sings “blame thrown, Tragedy gone, too a place a storm, in a household crying, my strength forms, from knuckles thrown, in a world of skin & bone” quite abstract lyrics but it suits the overall theme of the song.
The track finishes with a much softer touch to bring you down off the highs of the head nodding drums and soothe your ears with Trom’s silk tone as he sings the chorus one last time on the outro of the track.
Paro Pablo is a hip-hop artist from Finglas on the Northside of Dublin. After a couple of tours, sold out shows and major support slots such as : Aslan, Hoodie Allen and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, he decided to hang up the mic in 2014.
2019 he returned after a long hiatus, and in June 2019 he decided to record a feature on Rem3dys track “4Life” which also featured fellow Finglas narrator Dubzeno. The track was an instant hit on national radio with RTE 2FM playlisting the song.
In December he released his Debut EP “Never Known Love” which again was received well across national radio along with a sold out launch night.
In January 2020 Pablo dropped an 8 minute freestyle for 2fms “freestyle series “ with Dj Mo K which really showed his ability to rhyme.
Later in 2020 he released a collaboration EP with Coventry rap artist JR, “The Gospel Truth”Adding to his ever growing catalogue Paro has a set list for all occasions, from spoken word to garage/house & everything in between including production from “Belters Only” RobbieG on his tracks Sarah and Tell Me with Sarah getting 2FM “Track of the week”.
2021 was quiet due to covid butafter a few rescheduled shows he finally got to perform his own headline show, along with a special guest performance for Irish artist “JYellowL”and Love Islands star “Antigoni” for their single launch.
2022 Paro done Limerick festival and opened for viral rapper Jordan Mcann while releasing only 3 tracks. He linked up with Damien Dempsey who offered to bring him on his Irish tour in 2023 and he just came back from a very successful couple of weeks recently. Paro is an artist you will be hearing a lot more from as he gears up towards the release of his first Mixtape” Comfort In The Chaos” which is due for release on the 24th of November.
