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Empire
03:55
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So many ways to be and do
We follow what we think is true
We fail, we learn, we grow we change
Our natural rights remain the same
So give me my autonomy
To choose
Who I want to be
If I need to learn,
You need to teach
But maybe you could learn from me.
Empire,
Using all the ways and means to gain power
I wonder what it would be like
If we all did what's right
And honored the light
Inside
Your impulse to consolidate
Is making life so second rate
When others' voice we suffocate
We die when we cannot create
So get this monkey off my back
Consumerism it's like crack
Manipulation is their tool
Assuming that we are all fools
(chorus)
Your fragile ego wants to see
Other people like machines
Reduced to doing what you bid
Only servants of your id
I'm honoring my inner spark
I won't leave others in the dark
The day will come the tide will surge
A global culture will emerge
From every heart and every soul
There is no centralized control
It starts when we respect ourselves
And then connect to someone else
(chorus)
Be sincere, be sincere and love
Be sincere and love
This life so precious
Leaves me breathless
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2. |
Two Sticks
03:20
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I touched the third rail and I didn’t die
I can’t handle gossip coz my nerves are fried Do you think that my culture can survive? Sweet baby I promise it’s going to thrive
two sticks it ain’t no trick
say whatcha mean
oh she said it, she said it!
To tell you the truth I’m enjoying this say whatcha mean
oh she said it, she said it!
It hasn’t bent yet so it is breaking
You can give reparation or it can be taken Thought I was finished well you were mistaken you only got dry bones while I got bacon
I had enough of this ignorance
I’m flipping you out with my provenance
you’re gonna get down with it like a disco dance get dirty on the floor till you split your pants
Get your booty on the floor and shake it back and forth taste your liberation like an epicure
Illumination so yummy you just want some more! Move your body for a life that you do adore
It can be a hard life living in the city
at the end of the day make your teeth feel gritty But the people that you love like Hello Kitty gonna make all your problems go itty bitty
two sticks make a sound like you’re starting from zero stack up what you got and it starts to grow
Don’t pay attention to the status quo
harmony above and harmony below
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3. |
Escalate
03:27
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Escalate Love
Love can up
One up
Escalate love
A feeling so deep, cool and sweet
Earth under our bare feet
Not a cloud as far
As the eye can see
Did you know, did you know, did you know, did you know
It goes further
It gets better
I'ma show you how
To play the game
One up
Improve your love
One up
What do you love?
Ooo escalate
Take me to a higher place
ooo escalate
Take me to a higher place
Who can be sweeter
Who can be deeper
Who can be purer
I'm a show you how
how to play the game
bring all your game to love
to peace
to joy
to heart
to who and what you love
Ooo escalate
Take me to a higher place
ooo escalate
Take me to a higher place
Show me, show me, show me
We could spend our whole lives
Waking up to something more
Amazed we wander through the temple of many doors
2x
Take me to a better place
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Tightrope
04:01
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Someday the maps will have no lines
This dying system was built on lies
To them, telling the truth is an act of defiance
So I defy
I defy
Walking on a tightrope
Hands in the earth
Where we come from
And where we return
Night and day, sun and moon
You and me have nothing to prove
Wind and water, earth and sky
We don't even have to try
They'll take the truth out of your hands
Tell you your soul is an empty can
Tell you that love is a worthless toy
Tell you possessions will bring you joy
but it won't bring you joy
won't bring you joy
(chorus)
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5. |
That's Who You Are
04:44
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Oh, little two legs
Wandering free
Over the wild prairie
When you're at home
Where will you be?
Where is your sanctuary?
Navigator
Under the stars
You are at home wherever you are
Tail of the mermaid
Salt of the wave
Tell me where your soul feels safe
Mass consumer
Who are you?
Lost your sense
Of what is true
Asphalt road
That you walk down
Living crushed within the crowd
Smaller than a grain of sand and yet
The soul that dwells within your heart
Is greater than the earth and sky
It holds the sun, the stars, the lighning
It's who you are
The soul
It's who you are
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6. |
After The Rain
04:57
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There was water on the stones
It was like reflections on a still pond of the forest of Bali
I realized again that if any one of us is unhappy or upset or angry
It affects all of us
Our bodies are a standing wave of electromagnetic energy
Now, we raise our standards.
Now, we drop the gem of self respect into the pond
And watch the ripples carry out.
The trees felt me. They were delighted by the new plan, and rippled in joy with me.
They promised to pass the message on.
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Malian California
I honor my own inner spark when I stand with all people all over the world who are struggling for human rights and civil rights.
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