Monday, December 14, 2015

Blueprints for a Revolution.


Love
The Beat Goes On
Nobody's Knockin'
Utopia
Hero
Soldiers Song
America
Precious Bride
Rainbow Over Zion
Big Top
Joe Blue Collar
Tyranny
Hand in Hand

Love
Love, Love, Love
It makes the world go round
What we all need now is
Love, Love, Love.
U got 2 fall if U want 2 fly
If U really want 2 live then U got 2 die
So leggo Ur ego
Cmon here we go
Lay ur pride down.
In lui of a eulogy
Lets get together and find a way 2 b free
When we dance 2 da rhythm & da melody
We can turn this world around.
It aint about U and it aint about me
We’re all 1 river on da way 2 da sea
Lets flow together & move 2 da beat
We can turn it upside-down.
It aint about the singer its about the song
U don’t have 2 know da words 2 sing it all day long
When U feel da back-beat
Jump 2 ur feet
Let it all come out
Chorus
Perfect Love doesn’t need any laws
It drives away fear and breaks down all our walls
No tribe or nation
No segregation
Resistance is futile 2 this celebration.
Darkness cant exist in the presence of light
Theres no need 2 struggle
There’s no need 2 fight
Let Ur light shine
Don’t resist just exist
Darkness will flee without raising a fist.
If its gonna work we got 2 get on board
1 soul 1 body 1 mind & 1 accord
Unplug from the machine
Smoke a little green
Cmon into da flow.
Talkn bout a real live community
Where love is the only authority
Not 2 be confused w this society
Talkn bout a different kind of energy.
Chorus
Don’t listen 2 da media man
Don’t buy what he’s selln u got 2 understand
He’s been telln U lies, U’ve already been told
1 bite of his apple and he’ll take control.
Poison 4 da minds of da masses
Cmon everybody, get off your asses
Throw a brick thru ur TV screen
Tune in2 Ur soul and unplug from da machine.
Stop throwin stones of fear and pride
In the direction of the reflection of the darkness inside
Open ur eyes and take a look @ ur self
B4 U cast judgement on some-body else.
Lose the illusions created by ur pride
Peel back the layers 2 find what’s deep inside
Open ur eyes and lose the disguise
Recognize that we are One.
Chorus
Truth always has more than 1 side
If it doesn’t set u free its just another lie
It always makes u sing
U can’t mistake the ring
Its in tune w ur soul.
Find a way 2 let it all out
Make a joyful noise
Sometimes u got 2 scream and shout
Yell it from the rooftops Love is what its all about
Oh, yea-yea-yea
Chorus
Some things are worth reapeating, so one more verse and I’ll stop preachn, its not about u, not about me, leggo ur ego & flow 2 da sea.
The Beat Goes On.
Momma always told me…listen 2 da song
When u get da blues just turn ur radio on
Drown out the static…theres confusion all around
Dance 2 da rythym son, Listen 2 da sound
The beat goes on and on
And the world turns round
Can u feel da rythym?
Can u feel da sound?
The man on da corner aint got any shoes
I listen 2 him singin…He don’t ever sing da blues
His songs r his children…Born of joy and strife
He sings about salvation…And everlasting life
He say da Holy Spirit…Whispers in his ear
Love is the answer… that will drive away our fear.
He say god is all around us…Speakn everyday,
we got 2 learn 2 listen…We got 2 learn 2 pray.
Chorus.
All of the planets revolve around 1 sun
All of the seven seas are one
All of the people, we got 2 be free
All of the rivers flow into the same sea.
Chorus
Love revolution…revolution 4 ur soul.

Nobody’s Knockn.
I met Jesus @ a karaeoke bar last night…singin “By-Bye Ms. American Pie”
He said the music aint never gonna die…then he bought me a beer.
I was half-lit talkn bout a revolution, and he was telln me bout the mental institution
He broke out the night b4…dug his way out w a soup-spoon thru the floor.
He said this generation is in such a mess…cuz the prophets got lost in the wilderness
And were replaced w television evangelists… and nobody’s knockn on da door.
Nobody’s knockn on da door anymore
We’ve all forgotten what we’re searching for
But we’re searching just the same…
We’ve all been caught in the wheels of this game
Pannin for gold and searchin for fame…
Sub-urban yuppies and homeless hippies
Prophets and preachers runnin round in their skippy’s
Donning the garb of self-righteous enlightenment
Pious cliché’s already been spent
On the mass production of movies, cd’s and books
Where stars are created with images and looks
Shallow minds, you know the kine
Self-proclaimed prophets that lay claim 2 find
Some secret way 2 get in the back door
They’ll push U down 2 da floor
W slick hands and a greasy countenance
Peddling their teachings 4 dollars and cents.
Fear! Red Terror Alert!
Trust daddy Sam and u’ll never get hurt
just give up ur rights and pay ur dues
watch CNN and FOX news.
Chorus.
Are we prophets crying in the wilderness?
Or are we lost children, screaming in the woods?
Are we victors raiding the plunder, or thieves fightn over da goods?
We’ve turned our history 2 fables…Our identities 2 labels
The theif breaks in and steals while the bandits raid outside.
We’ve turned our parables 2 riddles…turned our laws 2 dots and tiddles
The theif breaks in and steals while the bandits raid outside.
Is ‘god’ really on our side? …or is in god we trust a lie?
…that we print on the back of what we really do confide?
Chorus.

Utopia
Im a Utopian from Utopia tryn 2 find my way home
I’ve been everywhere, headn 2 nowhere and im just passn thru
Im a stranger on the side of the road, are you goin my way I gotta wayz 2 go
Im headn 2 da promised land

I’ve heard some people talk about redemption
They say there’s mansions in the sky 4 U and me
I just want 2 b free oh-oh yea x2

I’ve been searchn and I been wanderin tryn to find my way home
Stuck in Babylon tryn 2 get myself free
Ima stranger on the side of the road
Are U goin my way I gotta wayz 2 go
Im headn 2 da promised land
Chorus
Truth is Love and Love will set us free
It doesn’t lord above it lives inside of you and me
                                                   Or Maybe we’re all living in a yellow submarine
But that’s what I believe in x2
Chorus

Hero
Step outside- your cage of doubt and fear
To this world confide- who you are and why you’re here
Don’t ask them-who you are meant 2 B
Their eyes are dim- they’re cryin cant U see?

What we need is a hero
Someone to stand and show the way
We are the chosen generation
Redefine the human race

Dispell the lies- The truth will set us free
Recognize- the light in you and me
Its shining bright-for all the world to see.
Chorus

Soldier’s Song
A soldier falls today. Who will sing his song?
His carriage waits beside the sea. Would you care 2 come along?
A child cries 2day. Who will dry her tears?
Who will sing a lullaby and wash away her fears?
Awaken from your slumber cuz its time to make your stand
Its time to make your stand
Time slips thru our fingers like tiny grains of sand
Tiny grains of sand
Come with me today into the morning mist
Place your hand in mine, upon my lips a kiss
Tears fall like rain to the sea from the sky
The carriage now awaits for tomorrow we may die.
I lift my hands up high as black cloud hides the sun
Tears falling from the sky they land on everyone.

Awaken from your slumber cuz its time to make amends
The flood is drowning us
…drowning us for our sins x2

America
I met a girl on the train ride home
Her name was America
She was from the land of glass towers that scraped the sky
She hadn’t seen the sun in quite some time
She looked out the window and then she turned away x2
America, America x2
She said she was writn a book about the human race
She asked me who I thought was winning
I thought for a moment she was only kidding
Then I saw the look in her eye
She said in this world theres only 2 kinds
Winners and losers and she asked me which was I
I thought for a moment she was only kidding
Then I saw the look in her eyes
America, America x2
I said well Im busted flat im broke and dry and homeless
Im just a number to you
Im a poet, Im a prophet and a singer
I’ll sing my songs for you
She looked me in the eye and then she turned away x2

Precious Bride
The red sea has been parted, the promised land awaits
The veil is torn asunder, look into your lover’s face
The garden of Eden, it has been restored
The gates of hell shall not prevail, walk thru the open door
Precious Bride remove your veil, you’re not a slave anymore
Im your husband not your Baal, spread your wings and soar
Precious Bride remove your veil
You’re not a slave anymore.

The towers of Babel have been knocked 2 the ground.
The remnant has been called forth, united by the sound
The temple has been destroyed, there’s not one stone left unturned
They rebuild it from the ruins but soon its gonna burn
Chorus
Why do you make a deal w the devil?
The price has already been paid x2
Come out of her my people.

Rainbow Over Zion
How can we move forward if we’ve forgotten where we’ve been?
History has been re-written by the stroke of the devil’s pen

There’s a rainbow over Zion, and Babylon is falln down x2

They build castles and temples out of steel and stone and sand
They crucify our prophets, we gotta make our stand
Chorus
Scattered raindrops gather, let the river flow
Rip up all the asphalt, and let the green grass grow
Chorus
Children dance on broadway, no shoes on their feet
Dancing 2 da Rythym…Movin 2 da beat
Chorus

Big Top
Politics, Smolitiks, and the circus is in town
The republican convention called to order by a clown
Purple clad transvestites swing on a trapeze
As soldiers in fatigues are killn babies overseas
All this talk of peace on earth just seems like such a tease

But does it really matter anyway?
Its never really fun 2 have 2 say…
The big top’s comn down x3

Shimmering doubloons and empty promises of fame
It only costs ur heart and soul if you want 2 play the game
Pick a card assume the role as the prophesy is read
Shooting star falls from the sky and winds up in the devils bed
Chorus
The goldfish fill their bellies as the children laugh with glee
They’re throwin coins into the fountain
They’re so alive and free
If you have a line and hook you’ll have enough to pay the fee.
Chorus.
Tight rope walker drown out the sound of all the mass confusion comn from the ground
Eyez straight ahead, focus empty head, cuz the big top’s comn down.

Joe Blue-Collar
Here lies Joe Blue-Coller, he died of boredom for the sake of a dollar
He never had a life that he could call his own
Spent his dayz singn the workin mans blues
Sold his soul so he could buy his shoes
Broke his back tryn to pay off the loan

What a shame sucha tragedy
A victim of the corporate economy
A cog in the wheel of this society
Whatever happened 2 democracy?

We’re gathered here to bid Joe farewell
And pray to god his soul didn’t go to hell
Isn’t 40 years in the corporate world enough?
He fell off the corporate ladder
His wallet always thin as his bosses’ grew fatter
If he didn’t make heaven at least he got a 401K.
Chorus.
He had a rich uncle named uncle sam
He didn’t make the funeral cuz he didn’t give a damn
He always took his money no matter how broke he was
And he’d give it to a bum so he could get a buzz
The biggest chuck he took went 2 social security
Just last month he paid the note on some old man’s RV
Took more than a quarter out of every dollar he made
Even though joes dead uncle sam still gets paid.

Tyranny
They say have no other gods before me…don’t take my name in vain
If you step outside their lines they’ll label you insane
They’ll lock you up or take you out…they’ll screw you either way
If you’re gonna fight for freedom son you’re gonna have to pay

Be careful what you say…Be careful what you do
The all seeing eye has got its sights on you
Be careful what you do…Be careful what you say
Look what they did to Jesus, John Lennon, and JFK

You better go to work…support the economy
Pay all your taxes cuz you cant live here for free
Pledge your allegiance…to the red, white, and blue
If you don’t fall in line they’ll point the cannon right at you
Chorus
Keep marchin to their beat…don’t get out of line
Cuz if they think you’re one of them…You’ll be doin time
They’ll shoot you in the head…they’ll nail you to a cross
They’ll cut off all your toes if you run away from the boss
They call it democracy…behind the veil it’s tyranny
Chorus
They’ll call you a terrorist if you don’t support their cause.
They’ll invade your country and impose on you their laws
They’ll drop bombs on your village if you don’t bow down to your knees
They’ll pave over your fields and build their factories
They call it democracy…behind the veil is tyranny.

Hand in Hand
The sky is falling and all this acid rain… its eatin our crops and its eating our brains
The raidio-waves are driving our children insane
The shit’s bout to hit the fan.
There’s fluoride in the water and methane in the air…the ozone layer’s gotta big tear
They’re strippn all of the rain-forest bare
The shit’s bout to hit the fan.
Florida is sinkin just like the Titanic…hurricanes aren’t the only reason for panic
Tourists and snowbirds drownin in the Atlantic
The shit’s bout to hit the fan.

They say it’s the end of the world…but what I don’t understand
If the end is comin, why are we all runnin
Why don’t we walk hand in hand.

The world’s gonna end and we’re all gonna die, if something should happen to our oil supply
They keep pumpin and pumpin and the well’s runnin dry
The shit’s bout to hit the fan.
Our babies are starving cuz they’re raisn the rent
My social security’s already been spent
Im still payn interest on what I been lent
The shit’s bout to hit the fan
Chorus
The hippies are hiding out in the woods
sharing their weed and they're sharing their goods
leavin their suburban neighborhoods
cuz the shit's bout to hit the fan
the christians are singing and prayin in masses
hoping that Jesus will save their asses
teaching their children in sunday school classes
that the shit's bout to hit the fan
The ice-caps are sinkin the north pole’s gonna melt
Santa’s goin down with his sled and his elves
The mayan calander ended in 2012
The shit’s bout to hit the fan.
Chorus.

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