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History
06:42
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I wanna give thanks to my Grandmother who stood in the soup lines as a black woman in Texas and watched our world change. She lived to see a black president. She told me that we all have history so let's leave a good history behind when we go
Yeah we all got history mmmm yeah
Aho
Yeah we all got history mmmm yeah
Aho
And life’s a mystery heya to all of us ya know
Yeah life’s a mystery heya to all of us ya know
Creator let me walk in a good way
Thanks for everyday
I see happiness, happiness
And suffering everywhere I go and I don’t know much, i don’t know much
But i know this
Ya gotta find the joy in the pain, find the beauty in the rain, yeah find the beauty in the rain
Find the beauty in the rain
Cause we all got history mmm yeah
aho
Yeah we all got history mmm yeah
aho
And life’s a mystery heya to all of us ya know
To all of us ya know
Yeah we all got history
We all been wronged by somebody
But there’s light in the dark, there’s light in the dark if you can look at the stars
It’s who you are, (just look up)
So stop comparing your scars and just be, be who you are
(be who you are)
Just be who you are
(be who you are)
Just be who you are
Just be
Cause we all got history
Aho
Yeah we all got history mmm yeah
Aho
And life’s a mystery to all of us you know
To all of us ya know
So i’m singing use me in a good way
Give me a song worth singing again and again
Use me in a good way
Giving thanks for everyday
Giving thanks for everyday
Yeah we all got history
Aho
Yeah we all got history
Aho
And life's a mystery heya
To all of us ya know
So leave a trail of smiles in your wake wherever you go
Be like the gentle falling of the snow
And let people know
That you are light and you are love
We are all gifts from above
So go now share your light and share your love
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2. |
Choose Love
05:46
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Capo
Yeah I been a rich man and I been a poor man and
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
cause I been a rich man and I been a poor man and
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose it every time
So i move through the season my stance never changing
I’m holding the light, you know the light of radiant love
No longer shouting “do you see me” cause I know Creator does
Yeah i can feel it in the love of this magnificent creation and the patience it must have taken to place the stars
Yeah i can see it in the intelligence of giving plants the ability to transmute energy; Splitting atoms using photos. I look at my human family like can we not be morons?
Cause we’re defacing sacred ground. I’m standing up a warrior calling it rape now
Thinking somehow we can emulate the stars with the scars we call city lights.
Thinking somehow we can emulate the stars with the scars we call city lights.
I’m in a fight with this reasoning, I think global intelligence needs some seasoning
So I came here to wake ‘em up, shake ‘em up, bake ‘em up and help ‘em rise
Open your eyes, Open your eyes, Open your eyes
cause I been a rich man and I been a poor man and
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
yeah
I been a rich man and I been a poor man and
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
See I wonder how we forgot to love the earth and the richness of her dirt
it seems like we got too busy looking up her skirt for all the gold we might find
and I think it's time we learn to love her body, protect her body
instead of Frack up and inject her body
yeah I think it's time we learned a little bit of love so Gaia let it rain down, you know the love
Just a little bit of love
I said I wonder how we forgot to love the earth and the richness of her dirt
it seems like we got too busy looking up her skirt for all the gold we might find
and I think it's time we learn to love her body, protect her body
instead of Frack up and inject her body
I think it's time we learned a little bit of love so Gaia let it rain down, you know the love
Rain it down, rain it down
Just a little bit of love
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
You know I choose love when I've dug myself into a hole so deep, it takes the whole trib to get me out and I ain't got nobody to blame for that whole but myself
I love you self but we be doing stupid shit self and it's time to do better now
Yeah it’s time to do better.
So come on
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love nah na na na Choose it every time
I choose love
I choose love
Yeah I’ve been a rich man and I’ve been a poor man and I choose love, I choose love nah na na na I choose it every time.
In the impossible situations. I choose love.
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3. |
In Lifetimes Before
03:18
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I play my body, like a drum
I play my body, like a drum
This is ancient,(this is ancient), this is pure, this is pure and I’m sure
You know I’m sure, I’ve loved you in lifetimes before
La nnn daa
Be my island, I’ll be your sea
Shelter you, while you shelter me
Like the waves caress the sand
I’ll use my hands to play your body, like a drum
Like a drum
So pardon me miss but do you mind if I use you?
No negative connotation but like a muse use you, cause you ease my lyrical hesitation
Having patience, i’m having fantasies about making melodies dance with your harmonies
Let’s write a symphony on these sheets, yeah I think you’re quite neat no coincidence
That we happened to meet
La nnn daa
This is ancient,(this is ancient),
This is pure, (this is pure)
This is ancient,(this is ancient),
This is pure, (this is pure)
And i’m sure, you know i’m sure
I’ve loved you in lifetimes before
La nnn daa
So play my body like a drum
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4. |
Piano Peace
04:10
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Constellations
04:23
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Do you look at constellations and when was the last time? When was the last time?
Do you look at constellations and when was the last time? When was the last time?
Would you rather have you reasons, or a simple rhyme? or a simple rhyme?
Would you rather spend your time (spend your time) making memories or have your time bought chasing somebody else's dream? Do you know what I mean? Do you know what I mean?
These are the questions, questions I ask myself, when I ain’t being questioned by nobody else,
By nobody else
And it seems to me (it seems to me) my life seems to be
And it seems to me (it seems to me) my life seems to be a grenade pulled pin switching hands, I’m switching lanes. A boy becoming a man gotta change my ways, I change my ways. I gotta change my ways.
So i look at constellations like more of the time, like more of the time
And i never let nobody buy my time, sorry suckers cause it’s all mine
Cause i only got one life, gotta treat it right
Sing loud, sing loud, sing loud but stay humble, stay humble
Sing loud but stay humble, stay humble
Sing loud but stay humble, stay humble
Yeah, yeah
Na na na ah
Sing loud, sing loud come on
but stay humble, stay humble
Yeah, yeah
Na na na ah
You know i heard Malcom X say if you want something you had better make some noise
So i’m making noise in a good way for the next 7 generations
For the brother and the sisters and the non-binary in picture that has gotten kinda scary that we’re calling life.
Yeah I only got one life, only got one life, gotta treat it right, treat it right
Sing loud, sing loud, but stay humble, stay humble
Sing loud for the next 7 generations but stay humble
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6. |
Life is an Ocean
03:03
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Life is an ocean set into motion, we are all floating hoping we don't sink, hoping we don’t sink
Me said
Life is an ocean set into motion, we are all floating hoping we don't sink
Hoping we don’t sink, me said
Life is an ocean set into motion, we are all floating hoping we don't sink
Hoping we don’t sink
So tell me what you think you know
I dare you to let it go
Ahhh put it in the ether, oh great teacher
get lost in the flow, let Creator take control
let Creator take control
let Creator take control
cause
Life is an ocean set into motion, we are all floating hoping we don't sink
Me said
Life is an ocean set into motion, we are all floating hoping we don't sink
Hoping we don’t sink,
I said I don't know much, But I know that hope and boats to float
so you got to have a little hope, to keep your boat afloat
So whatever Gods you pray to just keep da faith
Yeah keep your faith
Whatever God you believe in just keep ya faith, just keep da faith
Yeah just keep ya faith, just keep da faith
cause
Life is an ocean set into motion, we are all floating hoping we don't sink
hoping we don't sink
Me said
Life is an ocean set into motion, we are all floating hoping we don't sink
hoping we don't sink
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7. |
Kali Ma Summer
03:22
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I seen the sunshine on a sunny day, I'm not talking about the eclipse I'm talking about the brother we all miss.
never thought it would end like this. So I Reminisce on promises made friends until we’re old and gray. I never thought it would end this way. You know I wish you would’ve heard me say.
If you don’t have the faith I’ll have it for you .
When you don’t have the faith I’ll have it for you .
If you don’t have the faith I’ll have it for you .
When you don’t have the faith I’ll have it for you .
It’s been a Kali Ma Summer I fucked around and let the tide of grief take me under and now I wonder how Imma make it back but do you hear that? That sound? That’s my tribe calling out now. Do you hear that sound? Like thunder and rain on a desert plain it’s a miracle, ethereal, something spiritual yeah I hear ‘em say.
If you don’t have the faith I’ll have it for you .
When you don’t have the faith I’ll have it for you .
If you don’t have the faith I’ll have it for you .
When you don’t have the faith I’ll have it for you .
So you may see me struggle to stand but, i’ll be God-dang before you see me fall
Cause I’m gonna stand up like a mountain, Mauna Kea stand tall
For that sacred water, sacred daughter
For that sacred land, sacred man
For that sacred water, sacred daughter
For that sacred land, sacred man
I’ll make a stand, let’s make a stand
I’ll make a stand, let’s make a stand
Let’s make a stand
I’ll make a stand
It’s time to make stand
It’s time to make stand
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8. |
Isthmus
03:09
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Embrace your fears and meet me here at the isthmus baby give me your trust yeah
I said
Embrace your fears and meet me here at the isthmus baby give me your trust yeah
Embrace your fears and meet me here at the isthmus baby give me your trust
And if you must then sail away, but I'm all docked up to stay
Said I'm all docked up to stay
Cuz we may Tack and jibe, get lost in the tide but you are the love of my life
I Know It Cuts Like a Knife cuz you've seen me sail head on into hurricanes
Just know I always come back change for the better
standing firm in the fact that we can make it through Stormy Weather together
Together yeah, together yeah, together yeah, together yeah,
So embrace your fears and meet me here at the isthmus baby give me your trust yeah
I said
Embrace your fears and meet me here at the isthmus baby give me your trust yeah
I've caught a mooring, I hope I see you in the morning when my feet hit the sand
understand I'm just a man doing the best I can
And As the situation grows clear, I know the change it starts with the man in the mirror
So i change my ways, gotta change my ways, and i hope you’ll stay as we change
So embrace your fears and meet me here at the isthmus baby give me your trust yeah
I said
Embrace your fears and meet me here at the isthmus baby give me your trust yeah
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Shea Freedom Aspen, Colorado
"In what lead singer and guitarist Shea Freedom is calling “folk-hop,” Freedom layers fast-paced rhymes and sung choruses over a folky base of acoustic instrumentation..." ~The Aspen Times
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