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"Keep On Trying" written and composed by Moses Swaray has captured the hearts of the Liberian people from the President to Liberia's ex-child soldiers.

Swaray, at 19 years of age had an eventful life, an outcast himself having been born an albino in Montserrado County. At the age of 2 he escaped the war by travelling with his mother from Liberia to the Ivory Coast, he later changed his own name aged 6 from Musa to Moses, and was left for dead by a hit and run driver aged 15.

Moses was discovered when he won a musical talent hunt funded by the Liberian overnment and the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) called "A Star is Born" and was invited by the President to sing his song at Liberia's 161st Anniversary of Independence celebrations. There, he met UK based charity "His Church" and joined in part of their relief and development operations in Liberia, meeting some of the former street children who had fought as child soldiers in the Civil War.

Though living in abject poverty, without parents, homes, education and often without food, the ex-combatants were inspired by and learned Moses' song.

The video to "Keep on Trying" was filmed in a town on the outskirts of Liberia's capital and features the ex-child soldiers singing the backing vocals.

Copyright Moses Swaray 2008

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  • Love this song but i can't find it on my downloading program...

  • Hi coolcat266. What is your downloading program? Are you trying to download the video from youtube or are you looking for an audio file?

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  • Nice song, its great and i enjoy your messages in the song, it brings us hope and love once again, i appreciate your song a lot. keep on the hard work.

  • oh my God. may the Almighty bless u in all things. i love every thing about the song. an du are avery handsom young man. and to all the ex child sodiers,keep ur head up,i feel sorry that u all had to go through what u went through. much much LOVE to u all.

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  • the boy can rep for L I B we love you moses keep trying, he will be in raleigh nc sat nov 12 if u want to see him perfor live 162 pebble creek dr. 7pm

  • the boy can rep for L I B we love you moses keep trying, he will be in raleigh nc sat nov 12 if u want to see him perfor live 162 pebble creek dr. 7pm

  • i luv dis song but nig i hite de video pls try recording anotha one or just let it b audio only

  • @jaypro1234 Moses Swaray is currently in the US so if u 're in the US holla at 5083048231

  • oh my gosh!!!!!!this is amazing,thanks to you Moses for this inspiration,i nearly cry when i saw my country and de guys singing at de back,am so sorry dat u had to go through all this struggle,all am doing right now is studying hard to go back home and be of help to my country,i wana encourage my friends to do de same.love you so much liberia and i cant wait to be back home.much love from spain.

  • @maimak22 keep on tryin

  • kee on tryin ur tyme will always come

  • always keep on trying ur tyme will always come

  • this cool thank GOD for lib

  • wow Liberia got talent ! I am extremely happy to see Liberians move forward towards the future. This is an eye opener, that we will rise up and shine. We must keep on trying and our time will come. keep it up my brother and continue to produce your music with positive lyrics. With love from Australia

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