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Outsider Activist
02:24
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Outsider Activist: appropriating pain
You can feel the passion: sadness secondhand
This is not romantic: this is not in fashion
It’s never romantic: closer to the action
Not what’s on the cover of a….
Not what’s on the cover of a magazine
Not what’s in the lines, you gotta read between
Not what’s on the cover of a magazine
There are pieces of the problem that you haven’t seen
Rally sycophantic: bring your secondhand sadness
Walking on your eggshells: in the right direction
Put your meaning into motion: a method to the madness
To a common ground beneath: our sediment assumptions
Not what’s on the cover of a….
Not what’s on the cover of a magazine
Not what’s in the lines, you gotta read between
Not what’s on the cover of a magazine
There are pieces of the problem that you haven’t seen
(repeat)
People are not concepts (x4)
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2. |
Put A Price On It
03:52
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Miss Lady Liberty
03:20
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Don’t get roped in, to selling hate in pretty packages
Don’t let it begin, the neglect of what’s been happening.
This society deems you as clean, sugar and cream, the complexion of the American Dream
Birthright as “Not Guilty” for things you have done
but this society is makin’ him drop to his knees, shots fired (hands up), in the street
For things he hasn’t done: for things he’s never done in his life
So tell me: When did justice become about, shifting the blame around?
Don’t give me that, don’t give me that, no
Letting lost children scream and shout, while they figure the world out
From one disaster to another
Miss Lady Liberty, set us free now.
Please listen in, we’re pleading for a better day
These songs that we sing, they tell the truth of all our pain
This society’s makin’ her call the police every time she bears her knees
Making her feel like an apology ‘cause she’s a woman
This society’s makin’ true love a felony, laws based on their belief that we’re not human…
We are human - Miss Lady Liberty, set us free now
When did freedom become about, shifting the fear around?
Don’t give me that, don’t give me that, no
Letting lost children scream and shout, while we figure the world out
From one disaster to another
(x2) “So tell me…”
Miss Lady Liberty, set us free now.
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4. |
Common Heartbeat
03:23
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5. |
Connotations
04:49
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6. |
Corruption
03:36
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I don’t care if you need me;
You won’t care when I’m gone.
All I am to you is
A body for you to rely upon.
Go on make all your money,
Claim we choose our fate,
But listen up: the lower classes
Won’t be yours to manipulate.
All my people,
It’s a call to action.
In every decade, leaders
Are breaking and cutting us down.
Struggling mothers,
They don’t hear your plead,
But you belong here.
You’ve a right to everything
You and your children need.
Bad businessman, politician,
Your reign of Earth is dwindling.
Hey businessman, you don’t give back,
So now we’ll throw down the king.
x2
You’re about as sweet as salt,
But still, you’re successful.
You can’t see how they’re dying
And you don’t blink an eye.
Cause you’ve learned your calculations,
Equations of every kind,
But when you hear a crying violin,
That death won’t cross your mind.
All my people,
It’s a call for justice.
No more bedding made of
Cardboard and paper bags.
No more tear stains,
Blood stains on the ground.
Look down from your marble mansion,
Desperation doesn’t make a sound.
Bad businessman, politician,
Your reign of Earth is dwindling.
Hey businessman, you don’t give back,
So now we’ll throw down the king.
x2
Bad businessman, politician,
Your reign of Earth is dwindling.
Hey businessman, you don’t give back,
So now we’ll throw down the king.
x2
Bad businessman, politician
Making money off of prison
Hey businessman, you don’t give back
Off the gunfire towards us children
Bad businessman, politician
Off tobacco and low wages
Hey businessman, you don’t give back
Don’t try to change the conversation
Of the people
By the people
For the people
So now we’ll throw down the king.
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7. |
Show Up
03:00
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8. |
32 Flavors
03:49
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SoundCheck Vermont
A band of select high school musicians creating + performing music to fight for social justice. The students work with music educators, prominent singer-songwriters and anti-racist educators to develop original material that tackles racism, injustice and hate. The band regularly performs and facilitates workshops at VT high schools using music as a catalyst to spark dialogue, action + awareness. ... more
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