Try Everything
Shakira · Zootopia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
A cheerful, grace-filled anthem for getting back up after failure.
Where the words land
Signal: Edifying.
What do these signals mean?
- Edifying: Points the heart toward God, truth, hope, or love.
- Worth Weighing: Real good and real concern together. Test it before you take it in.
- Strained: Strains against Scripture: leans toward what could dull or mislead.
- At Odds: At odds with Scripture: celebrates what it warns against. Little here builds up.
Weighed against Scripture
“I keep falling down, I keep on hitting the ground”
“For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.”
The proverb's picture of the righteous falling seven times and rising again mirrors this song's refusal to stay down after failure.
“Nobody learns without gettin' it wrong”
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
James frames trials and testing as producing endurance and maturity, much like the song's view of mistakes as part of growth.
“Don't beat yourself up, no need to run so fast”
“As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.”
The Psalm's picture of God's compassion, remembering we are but dust, parallels the song's gentle call to extend grace to oneself.
The song as a whole
“Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Paul's encouragement not to grow weary in doing good matches the song's determined refusal to quit despite setbacks.
In short
This is a bright, encouraging pop anthem about resilience: falling, failing, and trying again without shame. It frames mistakes as part of growth rather than cause for despair, and extends real gentleness toward the listener who feels like they've come last. There's no overt faith language, but its posture of grace and perseverance aligns naturally with biblical wisdom about endurance and self-compassion.
What do these ratings mean?
- Lyrical content, what the words say on the surface. Clean: nothing coarse, sexual or violent. Mild: a trace of it, by allusion or a rare word. Strong: profanity, sex or violence in plain words. Explicit: graphic, or sin held up to admire.
- Spiritual posture, where the song's heart points. God-honoring: toward God, truth or hope. Searching: honestly reaching or wrestling toward truth, without arriving. Neutral: spiritually indifferent; neither reaches nor rejects. Dark: despairing, nihilistic, self-exalting or hostile to God.
- Apparent intent, what the song is for. Edifying: worship, encouragement, honest lament. Cathartic: letting grief, anger or longing out, told honestly. Ambiguous: hard to say what the song is for. Harmful: celebrates evil, mocks faith or draws toward sin.
Does this song's call to keep trying also leave room for relying on God's strength rather than just your own willpower?
An AI-assisted reading. It can misread a lyric, a metaphor or a song’s intent.
