From Dr. King in 1968, on his Day in 2025, and also marking the return to power of hate and greed that led to this online space eight years ago. I must confess, my friends, the road ahead will not always be smooth. There will still be rocky places of frustration and meandering points of […]

I’m gon’ see it throughThere’s no one, there’s no one like youLong as I’m standing, we can never losе (Uh)I’ma always, always fight for youI’ma always, always fight for you 2

Happiness is when you really feel good about somebody

Today I walked down the street I use to wanderYeah, shook my head and made myself a betThere was all these things that I don’t think I remember

And this old world, is a new worldAnd a bold world for me, yeah-yeah

Here’s a man from Alabam “Hamm’rin Henry” is his name. Mister Aaron, “King of Slam,” nailing down his all time fame

But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated. In this truth, in this faith we trust for while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us. This is the era of just redemption. We feared it at its inception. We did not feel prepared to […]

Feelin’ great because the light’s on meCelebrating the things that everyone told meWould never happen but God has put his hands on meAnd ain’t a man alive could ever take it from meWorking with what I got I gotta keep onTaking care of myself I wanna live longAin’t never ashamed what life did to me

Where’re the eyes, the eyes with the will to seeWhere’re the hearts that run over with mercyWhere’s the love that has not forsaken meWhere’s the work that’ll set my hands, my soul freeWhere’s the spirit that’ll reign over meWhere’s the promise from sea to shining seaWhere’s the promise from sea to shining seaWherever this flag […]

They can’t understand why he the manI’m singin’ ’bout a kingThey don’t like itWhen I decide to mike itWait I’m waitin’ for the dateFor the man who demands respect‘Cause he was great see’monI’m on the one missionTo get a politicianTo honor or he’s a gonnerBy the time I get to Arizona

Well the road rolls out like a welcome matTo a better place than the one we’re atAnd I ain’t got no kinda planBut I’ve had all of this town I can stand

When you walk through a stormHold your head up highAnd don’t be afraid of the dark

If you’re lost and alone, or you’re sinking like a stoneCarry onMay your path be the sound of your feet upon the groundCarry on

This is good, this is realIt’s how it’s supposed to feelRight here and nowBoth feet planted on the groundI’ve been praying for a breakthroughAs long as everything stays the sameI avoided the cureBut it found me anyway

Out in the backyard, earth in our teethWhistling songs that we learned in our sleepI heard the sound of a ghost in the nightScraped up dirt and monsoon skies

When life is difficult, your stress response wants you to be surrounded by people who care about you.

I heard this life is just a play with no rehearsal

So gather with your retrograde relations at the tableNursing hangovers with hatefulness and fearRemember who needs to get out and see the worldPlay the long game, muster up some cheer‘Cause if they believe that nothing really mattersAll that winning might end sooner than they thinkWe might not have democracy or freedom anymoreBut resistance will be […]

Get runningStart pumping your bunions, I’m coming

I got this feelin’ something can changeBut if I do nothing then things remain sameSo I stimulate the brain on what they got to sayAnd read between the lines to figure the best wayChoose your side if you’re gonna ride, make your claimTake nothing short of the truthState your name for the record so they […]

Georgia can you hear me callin’Oh I’ll be home in just a whileAnd if I had to I’d be crawlin’Just to share another mornin’ smile

These are the new memoriesWe are the new memories

The things we wished forThe things we dreamed ofWe thought they would just appear and our lives would startBut nothing starts without youSo why don’t we become the stories we’ve always wanted?

Loving kindness for all beingsFrom the One beyond the starsThrough the darkness into lightWe behold the gift of peace

Everybody needs a changeA chance to check out the newBut you’re the only one to seeThe changes you take yourself through But don’t you worry ’bout a thingDon’t you worry ’bout a thing, pretty mama‘Cause I’ll be standing in the wingsWhen you check it out

I used to think that this was my townWhat a stupid thing to thinkI hear you’re fighting off a breakdownI myself am on the brinkI used to want to be a real manI don’t know what that even meansNow I just want you in my arms againAnd we can search each other’s dreams I know […]

She says I wanna do right but not right now

With my eyes to the southAnd my brain up in spaceWith my nervous looks aroundI’m a step out a sync

I’ve got excitement spilling right over my tongueWe’re in a new place you had to bring me alongHey, I’ve got it good, got it real goodSomewhere where I can belong

My neice Leila is in this video, and I love the song. Her sister helped me pick out the tags, and was sad to see that “unity” wasn’t among them. The song title translates to, “We died,” in the sense of “this killed me.”

I got new rules, I count ’em I got new rules, I count ’em I gotta tell them to myself I got new rules, I count ’em I gotta tell them to myself

Sometimes I see the half and not the wholeSometimes I see the face and not the soulSometimes I think this place has no partFor anyone who ever had a heart

O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheerOur spirits by Thine advent here

This, this is Christ the KingWhom shepherds guard and angels singHaste, haste to bring Him laudThe Babe, the Son of Mary

The sky is clearing and the night has cried enoughThe sun he comes the world so often upRejoice, rejoice, we have no choice but to carry on

Maybe someday we’ll saddle up againAnd I know I’ll always miss my horsiest friend

Santa, we’ve been so goodWe washed the dishes and done what we shouldMade up the beds and scrubbed off our toes-ysWe used a hankie when we blowed our nose-ys

Here we are as in olden daysHappy golden days of yoreFaithfull friends who are dear to usGather near to us once more

This time of year is preciousPlease, can we make it to Christmas?

Someday I’m gonna give up all the buttons and thingsI’ll punch that time clock till it can’t ringBurn up my necktie and set myself freeCause no’one’s gonna fold, bend or mutilate me

The real truth about it is no one gets it rightThe real truth about it is we’re all supposed to try

Life doesn’t always give us answersSome dots they won’t connect until the years go by

We were only just saying just the other dayHow it’s really amazing how the days just seem to slip awayAnd it’s right before my very own eyesOh there’s some things that we’ll never, we’ll never know

Up every morning just to keep a job (up!)I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob (up!)Sounds of the city pounding in my brain (up!)While another day goes down the drain (up!)

The blind will see, the deaf will hearThe dead will live again

Kangaroo and chipmonkChipmonk and kangarooBallyhoo and bedbugsBedbugs and ballyhoo

There are places I remember all my life though some have changedSome forever not for better some are lost and some remainAll these places have their moments with people and friends I still can recallSome are dead and some are living but in my life I loved them all

Ah, if we never meet againIf goodbyes remain unspokenI won’t glorify our pastBut our bond remains unbrokenIf we never meet againWell there’s one thingThat I’ll never forgetIt’s the beauty of a friendshipThat’s not over yet

Christmas time is here

Well to solve all my problemsTo get out of drugsI’d, I’d had enough of thatI’d had the collegeI’d had the earning the moneyAnd the material tripI just decided I was gonnaFind a new way of lifeAnd so I took off on my bicycle

Oh, my love, when will you knowIf we can meet under the mistletoe

“Comfort, comfort now my people;tell of peace!”” so says our God.Comfort those who sit in darknessmourning under sorrow’s load.To God’s people now proclaimthat God’s pardon waits for them!Tell them that their war is over;God will reign in peace forever!

Everything I’ve ever doneEverything I’ve ever seenEverything I’ve lost or wonEverything I’ve ever dreamedHas brought me here

If you fall apartThen I’m falling behind you

Remember when our songs were just like prayers

The tears we’ve carried through the years will changeAnd man that’s just enough

Peace within Me, Peace surrounding Me, Peace from Me, By thy Grace let there be peace

All he asks from me is the food to give him strengthAll he ever needs is love and that he knows he’ll get

Laugh with me, buddyJest with me, buddyLet’s don’t let her get the best of me, buddyDon’t ever let me start feeling lonely

Dreams are nothing more than wishesAnd a wish’s just a dreamYou wish to come true, woah-oh

Thank you, friendsWouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for youI’m so gratefulFor all the things you helped me doAll the ladies and gentlemenWho made this all so probable

You keep me humble, keep me focused everydayYou know how to put a smile on my face

I’ll tip my hat to the new constitutionTake a bow for the new revolutionSmile and grin at the change all aroundPick up my guitar and playJust like yesterdayThen I’ll get on my knees and prayWe don’t get fooled again, no, no

It’s gone, it’s just goneWell, it’s gone

Running too fast to stop and listenIt’s time to step out on faith, I’ve gotta show my faithIt’s been illusive for so long but freedom is mine todayI’ve gotta step out on faith it’s time to show my faithProcrastination had me down but look what I have found,

Letting your breath be your anchor of awareness,so that each time your awareness goes somewhere else,just gently coming back to breath without judgment or any upset, if you can do that…just saying, oh, my attention’s gone somewhere else, just coming back to breath……and noticing the tendency to have an opinion about things……about liking the way […]

I am strength for all the despairingHealing for the ones who dwell in shameAll the blind will see, the lame will all run freeAnd all will know My name Do not be afraid, I am with youI have called you each by nameCome and follow MeI will bring you homeI love you and you are […]

Wait, let me turn off the hateThough it’s hard to spread harmony when his policies are for harmPeople of color is not a blemish on the face of white AmericaBut his story breeds hysteriaWhich means wisdom being pulled out of the root of the White HouseSort of like a toothBut do understand, we have cysts […]

Will you join in our crusade?Who will be strong and stand with me?Beyond the barricadeIs there a world you long to see?Then join in the fightThat will give you the right to be free

Feed the babiesWho don’t have enough to eatShoe the childrenWith no shoes on their feetHouse the peopleLivin’ in the streetOh, oh, there’s a solution

So now you’re mad, denying the truthAnd it’s getting in the wisdom in the back of your toothYa need ta spit it out, in a telephone boothWhile ya call everyone that you know, and ask ’em

allowing things to be just as they are, beyond tendencies of the mind to want things to be a certain way, beyond liking and disliking, seeing ourselves as complete and whole, right here, right now, just exactly as we are, noticing and experiencing the fullness of life, allowing ourselves to be present with whatever presents […]

One thing I think you should knowI ain’t gonna miss you when you goBeen down so longI’ve been tossed around enough

Sunday papers, don’t ask no questionsSunday papers, don’t get no liesSunday papers, don’t raise objectionsSunday papers, ain’t got no eyes

Give me some news I can use, let me smile for a whileFor the madness has taken it’s tollGive me some news I can use, just a break for the sakeOf my mind which is losing controlFrom Washington today, called a senator to sayThat our future has been cancelled ’cause we’re brokeWe called the white […]

Now the boy’s grown and moved out on his ownWhen Uncle Sam comes alongA foreign affair, but our young men were thereAnd luck had his number drawnIt wasn’t that long till our hero was goneHe gave to a friend what he learned from the cross

In a society that profits from your self-doubt, liking yourself is a rebellious act.

They say you’re a freak when we’re having funSay you must be high when we’re spreading loveBut we’re just living life and we never stopWe got the worldWe got the wo-wo-wo-wo-wo

And I must confess, my friends (Yes sir), that the road ahead will not always be smooth. (Yes) There will still be rocky places of frustration (Yes) and meandering points of bewilderment. There will be inevitable setbacks here and there. (Yes) And there will be those moments when the buoyancy of hope will be transformed […]

And though the odds say improbableWhat do they know

Other arms reach out to meOther eyes smile tenderlyStill in peaceful dreams I seeThe road leads back to you

You will always do your bestIf you learn to never say neverYou may be down, but you’re not out(That’s what “optimistic” is all about)Don’t give up and don’t give inAlthough it seems you never winYou will always pass the test

I know you’re tiredAnd you ain’t sleeping wellUninspiredAnd likely mad as hellBut wherever you areI hope the high road leads you home again

This is the day, your life will surely changeThis is the day, when things fall into place

Madness is what you demonstrateAnd that’s exactly how anger works and operatesMan, you gotta have love, this’ll set us straightTake control of your mind and meditateLet your soul gravitate to the love, y’all, y’all

There’s ups and down in this loveGot a lot to learn in this loveThrough the good and the bad, still got love

I was a joyous child, if ever I ever was a childMemories feel like dreams deferred, time looks like a circle

Because the only thing that really matters is how you see yourself

I said, all you fascists are bound to loseYou fascists are bound to loseYou fascists are bound to loseYou’re bound to lose, you fascistsAre bound to lose

I’m gonna tell you fascistsYou may be surprisedThe people in this worldAre getting organizedYou’re bound to loseYou fascists bound to lose

Race hatred cannot stop us, this one thing I knowPoll tax and Jim Crow and greed have got to goYou’re bound to loseYou fascists are bound to lose

Headlines are bleedin’ redWith the name of a man that I’ve never metCuffed on the street with a knee on his neckAnd tears spillin’ out of his eyesAre we heartless or are we numb?Changin’ the channel on the televisionAnd telling ourselves we’re not the onesAnd refusing to apologize

So many prayers but where’s the prayer for peace?My papa told me that we all must serve and feed?

I just love the flowers. I just loved my Mom, I just loved those pictures taken at the junior prom I just love those rainbows that come after a storm and years ago, I loved our grumpy milkman who was named Norm.

YesterdayLove was such an easy game to playNow I need a place to hide awayOh, I believe in yesterday

Give the word a chance to sayThat the word is just the wayIt’s the word I’m thinking ofAnd the only word is love

Blackbird singing in the dead of nightTake these broken wings and learn to flyAll your lifeYou were only waiting for this moment to ariseYou were only waiting for this moment to ariseYou were only waiting for this moment to arise

When I was younger, so much younger than todayI never needed anybody’s help in any wayBut now these days are gone, I’m not so self assured (but now these days are gone)(And now I find) now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors

Autumn can’t come until Summer is deadCame for a party, a bummer insteadThis isn’t happy or art in the parkPart of it’s dark, part of it’s missin’The artery’s pinchin’ and splittin’ apartI need a doctor to look at this chartI need to ask who took me apartI need more fingers to pick up the piecesI […]

It’s eating health foodAnd making smoothies out of kelp cubesYou know what I mean, that shit sound nasty but I’mI’m doing that shit in 2020

These times are hard for everybodyI read the paper I see the newsSomething will give and make it betterWe’re gonna work it out not gonna lose

It’s bigger than black and whiteIt’s a problem with the whole way of lifeIt can’t change overnight (nah)But we gotta start somewhereMight as well gon’ ‘head start hereWe done had a hell of a yearI’ma make it count while I’m here

PrayerProtestPeace

Come dance with the west wind and touch on the mountain topsSail over the canyons and up to the starsAnd reach for the heavens and hope for the futureAnd all that we can be and not what we are

With all your sorrow, sing a song of jubilance

I stood up to the mountain, told the mountain say my name

So bring it on, bring it on, bring it on, bring it on nowBring it on, bring it on, bring it onBring it on, bring it on, bring it on nowSing it on, sing it on, sing it on, sing it on now

I get up and nothin’ gets me downYou got it tough, I’ve seen the toughest aroundAnd I know, baby, just how you feelYou got to roll with the punches and get to what’s real

‘Cause I am barely breathingAnd I can’t find the airI don’t know who I’m kiddingImagining you careAnd I could stand here waitingA fool for another dayI don’t suppose it’s worth the priceAnd worth the price, the price that I would pay

Man to man (man to man), hand to hand (hand to hand)One on one (one on one), friend to friend (friend to friend)Are you man enough to soften up? (soften up)Are you tough enough to open up? (brave enough, open up)Man to manYou gotta let me in

We have to be the revolution

It’ll cost you, but not enough to bring you downThat’s been my lesson, ever since you drove me roundBe a fighter, like the elders who have cried“Oh mercy, we will not satisfied, ’til we are freeTo howl at the moon, one and all

Right now you aredown and out andfeeling really crappy

Shall I rewrite or reviseMy October symphony?Or as an indicationChange the dedicationFrom revolution to revelation?

Let’s bungle in the jungleWell, that’s all right by meI’m a tiger when I want loveBut I’m a snake if we disagree

Trump has got to go!

They can’t take nothing from usThat we ain’t ready to giveWell, how can we talk about the price of gasWhen they’re stealin’ our brothers and sisters rights to live?

My life is open widethe more you live, the less you will die

And we’ll put on our finest sweatpants and we’ll microwave pad ThaiFor the first time doing nothingCould rеally save some livesSo comе on, all you AmericansI know you can be lazy if you try

You love Black Panther but not Fred HamptonWord to the Howards and the Aggies and the HamptonsThey book us, won’t book us, I’m BookerT. Washington, George killed, for twentyThink about it (Think), that’s two thousand penniesThe value of black life the cost of goin’ to Wendy’sFor a four-quarter burger, ended in murderFight for Breonna and […]

Hands dirtyMind cleanA different visionWith a new dreamWe kicking out the old regime

Who is this man in our house?Who is this man?Better get him outWe’ve got a problemHe’s gotta goHe don’t leaveCan’t live here no moreIf we wanna save our homeWe need to get him out

“If we wouldn’t stand for it, why would we expect another group of Americans to stand for it? Why would we stand silent, or worse, get in the way of it being rectified?”

It’s the worst that it’s been since the last time it happenedIt’s happening again right in front of our eyesThere’s updated footage, wild speculationTall tales and hearsay and absolute lies

Sing us a song of the century That’s louder than bombs and eternity The era of static and contraband That’s leading us into the promised land Tell us a story that’s by candlelight Waging a war and losing the fight

You are writing for a future age, when you hope the court with see things as you do.

Ruthie laid down the law at ACLU She fought for women’s rights at Harvard Law Review (Columbia too!) Justice was served at VMI Justice was served at SSI Justice was served with Lilly and Duren Justice is served and Ruthie’s still burning

Now I have someone,She has seen me changing,And it gets harder as you get older,Farther away as you get closer.

I know we’re growing older,Can you imagine what that will bring?It’s all a mystery to me now,Except this one thing:It’ll be half as hard, and twice as good.

Will you show me love as we get olderAnd I’m falling at your feetAfter thirty years of service and one to fit our needShow me love as we grow colderLet our love provide the heat

You know the things that I am afraid ofI’m not afraid to tellAnd if we ever leave a legacyIt’s that we loved each other well‘Cause I’ve seen the shadows of so many peopleTrying on the treasures of youthBut a road that fancy and fast endsEnds in a fatal crashAnd I’m glad we got offTo tell […]

Secure yourself to heaven.Hold on tight, the night has comeFasten up your earthly burdens,You have just begun.

Doesn’t take a genius to realizeThat sometimes life is hardIt’s gonna take timeBut you’ll just have to waitYou’re gonna be fine

Everybody all over the worldCome together

You took all our hope awayWe try to keep it down but we’re all damned to say

Times of worry canGet the best of usAnd I understandHow you could lose your trustLet me show you thatHere is where you belong

Before you took a breathBefore sin ever confessedBefore hate was a word, and life found deathBefore you took a breath I was loving you

I don’t want to be lostI don’t want to be forgottenI’ve got reason to believe

Lock the gates, Goofy, take my handAnd lead me through the World of Self

This mess we’re inAnd ohh (the city sunset over me)Ohh (the city sunset over me)

It’s part not giving inAnd part trusting your friendsYou do it all againBut you don’t stop trying

Deliver your brother from violence and greedFor the mountains, lay down for your faith like a seedA morning is coming of silver and lightThere’ll be color and language and nobody wanting to fightWhat a glorious sight!

So I look out my window and pray every nightI thank God for my friends but they ain’t tightLooks like I’m losing hope cause I climb this mountain without ropeBut I know I’m the captain of my boat so I steadily sail and hope not to float

Yeah, my blood’s so mad, feels like coagulatin’,I’m sittin’ here, just contemplatin’,I can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation,Handful of Senators don’t pass legislation,And marches alone can’t bring integration,When human respect is disintegratin’,This whole crazy world is just too frustratin’,And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,Ah, you don’t believe […]

What does it take to feel this alive?Every day we’re gonna tryWhat does it take to feel this alive?Chase down our fears ’til they’re forced to hideWhat does it take to feel this alive?Every day we’re gonna try

We stand in solidarityWe’re weary but we’re ready

Picture a wave in the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it’s there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It’s a wave. And then it crashes in the shore and it’s gone. But the water is still there. […]

The dumbest magnets hold togetherThere are more questions than answersForever give in, believe for better

Fuck Donald Trump

Hold onto loveHold onto loveHold onto loveWe’ve had enough”Now justice!”“Now justice!”“Now justice!”“Now justice!”

Everybody knows that the boat is leakingEverybody knows that the captain liedEverybody got this broken feelingLike their father or their dog just died

On my own path, in my own world like Disney’sI feel the fuckin system fail just like kidneysUp-steps the one who upsets all carriages‘Cause it’s imperative we change the narrative

right now i need youfor my sadness has come again

Hear us and hastenHigh are our voicesOffering welcome, and keening our joy

We all know sometimes life’s hates and troublesCan make you wish you were born in another time and spaceBut you can bet your life times that and twice its doubleThat God knew exactly where he wanted you to be placedSo make sure when you say you’re in it but not of itYou’re not helping to […]

O say does that star-spangled banner yet waveO’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

I’m not worried about usAnd I’ve never beenWe know how the story ends

Spirits above and behind meFaces gone black, eyes burnin’ brightMay their precious blood forever bind meLord as I stand before your fiery light

This time, I know I’m fightingThis time, I know I’m (Back in my body)This time, I know I’m fightingThis time, I know I’m (Back in my body)

Baseball is not just a sportIt’s the verbal, mental, physical, spiritualEmotional level that we are onIt’s about time that all you devils was gone

They tell us from the time we’re youngTo hide the things that we don’t like about ourselvesInside ourselves.I know I’m not the only one who spent so long attempting to be someone else.Well I’m over it.

Planets spinning through spaceThe smile upon your faceWelcome to the human race

Cuando te critiquen, tú solo diSoy yo

We can climb a mountainTo the top of the worldWe’ve got the powerWe’ve got the powerTo take us anywhere we wanna go

Yet she’s only as rich as the poorest of her poor Only as free as the padlocked prison door Only as strong as our love for this land Only as tall as we stand

You need git up, git out and git somethingHow will you make it if you never even tryYou need to git up, git out and git something‘Cause you and I got to do for you and I

And the reason I love that story is, isn’t that the making of a little scientist? The curiosity; asking questions; not getting the right answer; deciding to find out for yourself; making a mistake; not giving up; learning patience. And a different mother — “How dare you go off without telling us; don’t you dare […]

Ah, he just can’t loseHe’s all over the newsBattin’ sweet baby bluesIt’s the American wayTo hell with the truthHe’s suckin’ up to the dudeHe’s an American stoogeAnd maybe he likes it that way

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite songYou go ahead, let your hair downSapphire and faded jeansI hope you get your dreamsJust go ahead, let your hair downYou’re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow

Everyone counts in the U. S. of A.Everyone counts in their own special way

Hey, pull that mask up! Stop! Sanitize!

My mission is to keep the light in your eyes ablaze

Lots of those friendly peopleThey’re showing me ways to goBut I never want to lose their inspiration

I ain’t gonna worry my life any more

I looked very handsome.

I made it through the rainI kept my world protectedI made it through the rainI kept my point of viewI made it through the rainAnd found myself respectedBy the others whoGot rained on tooAnd made it through

I thought we moved on from the darker daysDid the words of the King disappear in the airLike a butterfly?Somebody should hand you a felony‘Cause you stole from meMy chance to be

Oh my, time heals all but you outta time now (now)Judge gotta watch us from the clock tower (true)Lil’ tear gas cleared the whole place outI’l be back with the hazmat for the next roundWe was tryin’ to protest, then the fires broke outLook out for the secret agents, they be planted in the crowdSaid, […]

The summer’s sweet lamentIs in your heart

I’m sick and tired of hearing things fromUptight short sided narrow minded hypocritesAll I want is the truth, just give me some truthI’ve had enough of reading thingsBy neurotic psychotic pigheaded politiciansAll I want is the truth, just give me some truth

And so in conscience I chose to avoid thoseConsumed by ambitions of earthly dominionBut even this act, the omission of factJust delighted the lords of opinion

Just go on girl, and let it loose, let it looseBe that way if you want toOr why not do what millions doAnd just say everything’s the truthEverything’s the truth

All my life I triedTo find the time to make believeBut now as certain as the seasonsI know real life will get in betweenIf I never get to decide my realityAt least I see how it could be

If you say it wasn’t racialWhen they shot him in his tracksWell I guess that means that you ain’t blackIt means that you ain’t blackI mean Barack Obama wonAnd you can choose where to eatBut you don’t see too many white kidsLying bleeding on the street

What will our brothers be singing? What will our, what will our brothers be singing?

It’s been a long dark nightAnd I’ve been a waiting for the morningIt’s been a long hard fightBut I can see a brand new day a dawning

Time to end the prayingListen what they’re saying

There ain’t no room for the hopeless sinnerWhom would hurt all mankind, just to save his own, believe me nowHave pity on those whose chances grow thinnerFor there is no hiding place, against the kingdom’s throne

So black mothers tell their daughters fuck the master and they tell their sons they can’t runMama raise the girls independent, and she raise her boys out of fearThese days black women representing the struggle that these black boys trying to clearMan, we have so much work to do

Prayers to George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery (Yeah)How the fuck is it that so many cops are dirty? (Huh?)Stop, man, please, officer, I’m sorryBut I can’t breathe when I got you on top of meYour goddamn knee’s on my carotid artery (Fuck)

You’re used to looking around to seeHow everybody else is doing itNow it seems like we’re all losing itYou read the paper, it’s all bad news in itThe train’s off the tracks, boat’s capsizedDon’t know the left from rightAnd you think, how am I gonna do this?

I said good luck, good luck, good luckThese are tough timesBut we’ll get byGood luck

Must be Carolina reminding us of how we ought to be

“And so when we found the cure, and were allowed to go outside; we all preferred the world we found to the one we’d left behind.”

Who it is that you want me to be? I can’t beWho it is that you’re hoping to see? That ain’t meWe’re just inquisitive kids on a mystic fringeOn a mission to deliver us a happier reality

Leavin’ home ain’t easyBut may be the only way

Teachin kids what pops taught youAnd he’s a funky ass biggot tooFell short of the due respectDon’t speak when I slap ya in your red neckFuck all that bullshit you stuck onGet back on your mule and get the fuck onDon’t look back or I’ma hit yaTake that red neck bitch out with yaSpit on […]

Feels so goodWhen you’re doing all the things that you want to doGet the best out of life, treat yourself to something newKeep your head up highIn yourself, believe in you, believe in meHaving a really good time, I’m not complainingAnd I’m a still wear a smile if it’s rainingI got to enjoy myself regardlessI […]

All this you see due to a lack of human compassion, human affection.

Run, run, run, mama say come home before the streetlights doIce cream on my front porch in my new FUBU and my A1’s tooWatching my happy block my whole neighborhood hit the diddy bop

I’m proud and ashamedEvery fourth of JulyYou got to know the truthBefore you say that you got pride

I have loved you, I have grievedI’m ashamed to admit I no longer believeI have loved you, I receivedI have traded my lifeFor a picture of the scenery

Somebody crowd me with love.Somebody force me to care.Somebody let me come through,I’ll always be there,As frightened as you,To help us survive.

Sometimes it’s lonely, sometimes it’s only meAnd the shadows that fill this roomSometimes I’m falling, desperately callingHowling at the moon, ah-ooh, ah-ooh

When the sharpest words wanna cut me downI’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown ’em outI am brave, I am bruisedI am who I’m meant to be, this is meLook out ’cause here I comeAnd I’m marching on to the beat I drumI’m not scared to be seenI make no apologies, this is me

They told me put my hands up behind my headI think they got the wrong oneI’m sick and tired of runnin’ (Runnin’)I been searchin’ where the love went (Love went)I been lookin’ for a doveThen they told me if I move, they gon’ shoot me deadBut I think I’m ’bout to cut a rug (Cut […]

Oh you make me feel mighty realYou make me feel mighty real

Ooh, I feel love, I feel loveI feel love, I feel loveI feel love

Uh, and I know it’s just a fantasyI cordially invite you to ask why can’t it be?Now we can’t do nothing bout the pastBut we can do something about the future that we haveWe can make fast or we can make it lastEvery woman Queenin’ and every man a King an’When those color lines come […]

I mean, mine is clear, mine is very easy. My number one stereotype is just because I’m 6 foot two, 260 lbs doesn’t mean you should be afraid of me. I feel like when I walk into an elevator and there’s like four-five you know different other people in there, they’re, “Hmmm, let me see […]

Tell the ol’ boys in the white bread lobbyWhat they can and can’t do with their bodiesTemperatures are rising, cities are sinkin’(Ah, cut the shit, you know your city is sinkin’)Lies are truth and truth is fictionEverybody’s talkin’, who’s gonna listen?

Yes, we canLike a solar system thoughts surrounded by youYes, we canWon’t no another star up they say it ain’t trueYes, we canWe shine so bright they can’t ignore usYes, we canWho could be against us when you know who is for us?

Starting a war, screaming “Peace” at the same timeAll the corruption, injustice, the same crimesAlways a problem if we do or don’t fightAnd we die, we don’t have the same rightWhat is a gun to a man that surrenders?What’s it gonna take for someone to defend her?If we all agree that we’re equal as peopleThen why can’t we see […]

Better rock that vote or vote for hellReal generals now not some USFLNot a fuckin’ game, I dare not mention his nameOperation 45 yeah, it’s the same thingSounds like Berlin burnin’, same thingHistory’s a mystery if y’all ain’t learningEnd this clown show for real a state bozoNazi cult 45 Gestapo

Now sweet lil ol’ chocolate girlNow that you’re sleepin’ I feel braverI’ve got a confession to makeI’ll sneak it in while you’re dreamin’

We got rhythm (We got rhythm), we got pride (We got pride)We birth kings (We birth kings), we birth tribes (We birth tribes)Holy river (Holy river), holy tongue (Holy tongue)Speak the glory (Speak the glory), feel the love (Feel the love)

Oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom over meAnd before I’d be a slave I’ll be buried in my graveAnd go home to my Lord and be free

But if loving her is wrong And it’s not right to write this song Then I’m still not gonna stop And you can turn the damn thing off

Faith in this kind of God doesn’t produce cheerful optimism, I think it produces a gritty, defiant hope – a hope that God is still writing the story, and that despite the darkness, light still shines.

911 come fend for mebut 911 is right in front of me

Don’t go chasing waterfallsPlease stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used toI know that you’re gonna have it your way or nothing at allBut I think you’re moving too fast

The cost of revolution is 360 degreesUnderstand the cycle that never ends

We are an extraordinary peopleLiving an ordinary lifeOne extraordinary questionAre we gonna run or fight?

Check the facts, expose those catsWho pose as heroes and take advantage of blacksYour government’s gangster, so cut the crapA war going on so where y’all at?“Fight the Power” comes great responsibility‘F the Police’ but who’s stopping you from killing me?

But who’s to say that we can’t change and give one love, one love to everyone And who decides that its not the time, to give one love, one love to everyone

And every day on evening news they feed you fear for freeAnd you so numb you watch the cops choke out a man like meAnd ’til my voice goes from a shriek to whisper, “I can’t breathe”And you sit there in the house on couch and watch it on TV

You can fool some people sometimesBut you can’t fool all the people all the timeSo now we see the light (What you gonna do?)We gonna stand up for our rights! (Yeah, yeah, yeah!)

You say you mean good for meBut you don’t do itYou say you have a plan but you just don’t go through with itYou say you know the way to goAnd I should followBut all of your empty promisesLeave me hollow

High time we made a standAnd shook up the views of the common man

Understand you will not see me downBoth of my feet are on the ground

Let’s work togetherTo improve our way of lifeJoin voices in protestTo social injusticeA generation full of courageCome forth with mePeople of the world todayAre we looking for a better way of life

God ain’t put us on the Earth to get murdered, it’s murderGod ain’t put us on the Earth to get murdered, it’s murderDon’t point your weapons at me

Analyze my demise, I say I’m super anxiousRecognize I deprive this fear and then embrace itVandalizing these walls only if they could talkConversations don’t contemplate to my dark thoughts

He wants me right? He wants to fightThe scary oneSo deep in a hole, you cannot breathe

Stress, anxiety, fear (it’s time to push back)It shallows graves for losers

Morning light fills the room, I rise

I can’t moveFreedom, cut me looseSingin’, freedom! Freedom! Where are you?‘Cause I need freedom, tooI break chains all by myselfWon’t let my freedom rot in hellHey! I’ma keep running‘Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves

I still hear my brother crying — “I can’t breathe” Now I’m in the struggle singing — “I can’t leave” We calling out the violence of these racist police And WE ain’t gonna stop — til our people are free!

And I wonderWhether our days are numberedIf one is the same an anotherWhether we mistook the coloursFor the real thing

I’m alrightNobody worry ’bout meWhy you got to gimme a fight?Can’t you just let it be?

Get well soonPlease don’t go any higher

But I won’t regret cause you can grow flowers from where dirt used to be

Nobody gonna slow me down, oh noI got to keep on movin’

Ain’t nothin’ gonna break-a my strideNobody gonna slow me down, oh noI got to keep on movin’Ain’t nothin’ gonna break-a my strideI’m running and I won’t touch groundOh no, I got to keep on movin’

The problem isn’t that too many of us aim high and miss. The problem is that too many of us aim low and hit. 

And I’d hate to have somethingAs silly as yesterdayBe what chains me down

Be sitting up in my roomBack here thinking ’bout you

And I don’t understand why I sleep all dayAnd I start to complain that there’s no rainAnd all I can do is read a book to stay awakeAnd it rips my life away but it’s a great escape

Come on come on and meet the elementsMay I introduce you to our friends, the elements?Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shadeThey either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are

Oh, all about chemistry,Won’t you show me everything you know,Ah wonder what you do to me Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh.

And I may not be the man you want me toI can be myself, how ’bout you?

It’s strong and it’s sudden and it’s cruel sometimesBut it might just save your life

Number one, not born to run, about the gunI wasn’t licensed to have oneThe minute they see me, fear meI’m the epitome, of “public enemy”

Have to open your mind, use your vision and seeKeep your eyes on the prize so vigilantly

I’m gonna rock it up, I’m gonna rip it up,I’m gonna shake it up, gonna ball it up,I’m gonna rock it up, and ball tonight.

Before you came into my lifeI missed you so bad

You gotta stay home, so I wrote a song called Stay home

When you feel there’s no hope, don’t give up

Across this great old nationTell me what you gonna do?When there’s one law for the rulersAnd one law for the rules

It’s hard to live, still I think it’s the best bet

Oh, you want what you can’t haveBut you’ve got all the things you need”

I have made all the right mistakesSometimes it’s so hard to wait

I wanna run to feel again, to be no oneTo run under the stars of OrionAnd all my life I’ve been burdened by the dreams I’ve hadNow I wanna run

And if ever I return it will be in the springJust to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing.To see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing.

The front door slammed next to meWoke me up in my cryogenic chamberI said, ‘Where are we again? No idea?Well, that’s quite alright, I must be dreaming’

I’ve got to admit it’s getting better (Better)A little better all the time (It can’t get no worse)

Treating today as though it was the last, the final showGet to sixty and with no regretsIt may take a little time a lonely path, an uphill climbSuccess or failure will not alter it

This won’t go back to normal, if it ever wasIt’s been years of hoping, and I keep saying it because‘Cause I have to

Tried to climb my way out of this dark hole of doubtbut I’m not going anywhere

I forgot how it felt before the world locked down the streets

Plant a tree for your tomorrow

Even in a perfect world where everyone was equalI’d still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.

These are real thingsThese are real things

Light up, everybodyJoin us in this celebrationLight up and be happySweet, sweet sounds will fill the air

It’s really hard to hate anyoneWhen you know what they’ve lived through

The table were turnedNever knew I had such a lesson to learn.

Anytime you need a friendI will be hereYou’ll never be alone againSo don’t you fearEven if you’re miles awayI’m by your side

All of this was not for nothing

I’m not trying to run your life, I know you wanna do what’s rightGive your love now, to whoever you chooseHow can you lose, with the stuff you use now

I’ve been wanderin’ through this land just doin’ the best I canTryin’ to find what I was meant to doAnd the people that I see look as worried as can beAnd it looks like they are wonderin’ too

I have a face I cannot showI make the rules up as I goJust try and love me if you can

You rise every morningWondering what in the world will the world bring todayWill it bring you joy or will it take it awayAnd every step you take is guided byThe love of the light on the land and the blackbird’s cryYou will walk in good company

Little sister,Hù rùbeloved sisterHù rùDo you not pityHò hol ill leòMy grief tonightHù rù

And there’s a million things I haven’t doneBut just you wait, just you wait

we only get a few days, no one gets out of here anyways

In spite of ourselves we’ll end up a-sittin’ on a rainbowAgainst all odds, honey we’re the big door-prizeWe’re gonna spite our noses right off of our facesThere won’t be nothin’ but big ol’ hearts dancin’ in our eyes

In this life, long and hard though it may seem,Live it as you’d live a dream.

So that’s how I learned the lessonThat everyone’s aloneAnd your eyes must do some rainingIf you’re ever gonna growAnd when crying don’t helpYou can’t compose yourselfIt’s best to compose a poemAn honest verse of longingOr a simple song of hope

Reach outIt’s there for youTrust what you never knew

If you just call me (call me)If you need a friend (call me) call me uh huh(call me) if you need a friend (call me)If you ever need a friend (call me)Call me (call me) call me (call me) call me(Call me) call me (call me) if you need a friend(Call me) call me (call […]

He takes a step backHe’s under attackBut he knows that no one can touch him nowHe seems so at easeA strange inner peaceIs all that he’s feeling somehow

We’ve got the fucking internetso stay the fuck at home.

I heat upI cool downWhen something gets in my way I go round it.Don’t let life get me downGonna take life the way that I found it.

You don’t gotta go to workBut you gotta go to work

Lord, we don’t need another mountain,There are mountains and hillsides enough to climbThere are oceans and rivers enough to cross,Enough to last till the end of time.

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down

Don’t the hours grow shorter as the days go byYou never get to stop and open your eyesOne day you’re waiting for the sky to fallThe next you’re dazzled by the beauty of it all When you’re lovers in a dangerous timeLovers in a dangerous time These fragile bodies of touch and tasteThis vibrant skin, […]

(Who’s zoomin’ who?) take another look, tell me, baby (who’s zoomin’ who?)

root root root for the home teamif they don’t win its a shame

When the world is running downYou make the best of what’s still around

I’ve got a picture perfect planBut I can’t go in aloneAre we whole or just two halvesReaching out to the unknown?

This is just so unlike usCome back to horizontal ismsIf we could win just one small touchContact versus tele-miscommunications

This morning I woke up in a fortress of distortionI’m at war with my emotions, I’m at war with they enforcement

Through the yearsWhen everything went wrongTogether we were strong

Because I’m lying in bedJust like Brian Wilson didWell I am Lying in bedJust like Brian Wilson did, whoa And if you want to find meI’ll be out in the sandboxJust wondering where the hell all the love has goneI’m playing my guitar and buildingCastles in the sun, oh oh ohAnd singing “Fun, Fun, Fun”

So if you’re tired of the same old storyTurn some pagesI’ll be here when you are readyTo roll with the changesRoll with the changes

Beauty isn’t all about just nice loveliness, like. Beauty is about more rounded, substantial becoming. So I think beauty, in that sense, is about an emerging fullness, a greater sense of grace and elegance, a deeper sense of depth, and also a kind of homecoming for the enriched memory of your unfolding life.

Well that’s all in the past bitch cause now I got it beat

Hope it blowed eternalThere upon the promised landWill it wither now or will I feel my feet upon the sand?

Well, give me a heart full of tender mercyAnd arms I will open wide

Oh where’s our apple pie, my friends? Where’s our apple pie? We’ve walked and wheeled from the battlefield Now where’s our apple pie?

They say good things come to those who waitBut we’ve waited long enough

Inequality promises that it’s here to stayAlways trust the injustice ’cause it’s not goin’ awayInequality promises that it’s here to stayAlways trust the injustice ’cause it’s not goin’ away

I’m going to work and I’ll be back later I’m going to work, said I’ll be back later I’ve been workin’ like a man I’ve been workin’ all my life, yeah All my life, oh All my my life, yeah

We found love in a hopeless placeWe found love in a hopeless placeWe found love in a hopeless placeWe found love in a hopeless place

Don’t strayMy kind’s your kind

That kind of lux just ain’t for usWe crave a different kind of buzz

You’re in my wayEverydayYou’re in my way We get it dudeWe’ve already heard enough from youThe turning point is overdue

An’ I don’t really care if you think I’m strangeI ain’t gonna change

A gorgeous ode to feminismWell within our sightsBut this is pretty nuanced stuffAnd putting it all in one song was tough

All I’m sayin’s I’m not ready for any personPlace or thing to try and pull the reins in on me

Lookin’ in the rear view, swaggin’ goin’ swellLeavin’ boys behind ’cause it’s legal just to kill

My name is Aunt Sarah My name is Saffronia My name is Sweet Thing My name is Peaches

I know when you were little girlsYou dreamt of being in my worldDon’t forget it, don’t forget it

When you are next to meOh I come alive

Life ain’t so bad at all (live life off the wall)Live your life off the wall (live it off the wall)

Back in Philly we be out in the parkA place called the plateau is where everybody goesGuys out hunting and girls doing likewiseHonking at the honey in front of you with the light eyesShe turn around to see what you beeping atIt’s like the summer’s a natural afradesiacAnd with a pen and pad I compose […]

Money…have your ownFriends…just for funDrugs…don’t indulgeSex…with the right personWork…all your daysCrime…does not payLove…don’t applyLive…to live you must die