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I’ve got my hands on the plow
I’ve got this sweat on my brow
And if you could see me now, you’d say
There’s a man with a dream
I got these boots on my feet
I’ve got this dirt on my skin
And I’ll work until I win
I’m a man with a dream
I’m a man with a dream
Working hard, digging in
I’m a man, flesh and bone
Work the land then I go on home
And it’s a long row to hoe
For the seed I’ve gotta sow
I got a long way to go
I’m a man with a dream
I’m a man with a dream
Working hard, digging in
I’m a man, flesh and bone
Work the land then I go on home
And I’ll answer the call
And I’ll rise with the dawn
Gonna work until I fall
I’m a man with a dream
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The Other Side
03:55
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Lying in a creek bed under a Comanche moon
Watching out for headlights going to make the crossing soon
I’ve got a prayer on my breath and a thousand dollars in my jeans
All of my saving to be paid to El Coyote
On the Other Side
On the Other Side
On the Other Side
There’s a better life waiting for me
Somewhere on the Other Side
Its a wide swift river, mi amigo, better learn to swim
Gotta run fast on the highway or you’re gonna get hit
Keep your ass down or your bound to get a bullet in it
You don’t want to wind up another dead Mexican
On the Other Side
On the Other Side
On the Other Side
There’s a better life waiting for me
Somewhere on the Other Side
I’ll was dishes in your restaurants
I’ll tar rooftops in your blazing sun
I’ll pick oranges and wash your cars
I’ll sell water on your boulevards
I’ll take any job you don’t want
I’ll work hard at your…discarded dream
El Coyote took all of my money and he left me here
Lying face down with a vigilante standing near
He’s got a homemade badge and a rifle and he smells like beer
He says ‘Welcome to America, now you’re gonna disappear
To the Other Side
To the Other Side
To the Other Side
Mother forgive me
I’m coming to the Other Side
On the Other Side
On the Other Side
On the Other Side
There’s a better life waiting for me
Somewhere on the Other Side
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Price of Redemption
04:03
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Billys been living at the old motel
By the Army/Navy and the Taco Bell
Billy’s been sober going on three years
But on a day like this one he could use a beer
So he pulls his shirt and his sneakers on
And he walks down the road in the blazing sun
When the bell on the door of the Quik Mart rings
Billy says a prayer, “God, give me strength”
He walks by the coolers filled with ice cold beer
Walks to the coffee pots way back in the rear
Eight packs of sugar and he fills it to the rim
Spend one dollar twenty five
The Price of Redemption
Billy sits in his room with the TV on
Five long hours till the work day starts
Picking up class rooms pushing a broom
He’s got the night time shift at the local school
He’s got a set of keys that open every door
Takes out the garbage, cleans the toilets, and waxes the floors
He works a forty hour week for minimum
Seven dollars fifty cents…
The Price of Redemption
Sometimes he wonders ‘Where did I go wrong?’
The night things shattered still cut him to the bone
The things I did, all my sins when I was drunk
Man, I wish I never ever touched a drop
Billie had a wife but she went away
Still can’t remember her name some days
But they have a daughter and she’s nine years old
She has his eyes and she’s got his should
First of the month on the dot he pays the rent
Picks up extra work anyplace he cans
Buys just what he needs and the rest goes to the kid
He’d buy her anything she wants
Thats the Price of Redemption
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The Algorithm Blues
02:32
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My algorithm tells me all the latest news
My algorithm tells me where to buy new shoes
My algorithm tells me my political views
I’ve got them Algorithm Blues
My algorithm tells me when it’s time for me to spend
My algorithm tells me when I need new friends
My algorithm tells me all the where’s the what the when’s
I’ve got them Algorithm Blues
I got them Algorithm Blues when my phone listens to me
And sends me advertisements for the things I don’t need
I got the blues for algorithms and the way that they spy
It’s like a little man inside my phone that reads my mind
My algorithm tells me the company I should keep
My algorithm even watches over me when I sleep
My algorithm knows about the secrets that I keep
I’ve got them Algorithm Blues
The algorithms cause division between me and you
When we get different information masquerading as truth
I got the blues for algorithms and the seeds that they’ve sown
It’s like a recipe for enmity inside our phones…
I got a friend in Pennsylvania, got an aunt in Tennessee
We all got algorithms that make sure we can’t agree
Sometimes I think these algorithms aim to kill democracy
I’ve got those Algorithm Blues
I’ve got those Algorithm Blues
I got dystopian depression
Social media obsession
I got them Algorithm Blues…
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Pastures of Pipelines
05:53
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Well we wake in the dark with our ears to the ground
From across the black water comes a rumbling sound
Make way, make way, they say, for the brave engineers
Come to lay down a pipe line on a fresh trail of tears
They’ve brought their machines to dig up this ground
Drills and bulldozers and cranes all around
Their choppers fly low blowing dust in our eyes
And there’s men there with rifles and dogs on the lines
And they say…
‘Move along, Tonto, get the fuck out of here
Go run along like a good Indian’
The heart off this bedrock the heart of this soil
Will be Pastures of pipelines flowing with oil
Pastures of pipelines flowing with oil
Pastures of pipelines flowing with oil
This land is the land where the ancestors lay
Deep in the heart of Uci Maka
The rain carries tears when their shovel split bones
This land is their skin, this land is their home
And they say…
‘Move over Injun, there’s no way to stop us
You want your water but we need our profits
The heart off this bedrock the heart of this soil
Will be Pastures of pipelines flowing with oil
Pastures of pipelines flowing with oil
Pastures of pipelines flowing with oil
Your handshakes a falsehood, your eyes cannot hide
They reveal the darkness and the greed that’s inside
Every word that you’ve spoken all revealed to be lies
Every promise you’ve broken, every treaty you’ve signed
So go ahead, devil, get the fuck out of here
We’ll stand where we and we’ll fight without fear
The heart of this bedrock the blood of this soil
Like the blood that mingles with the blood of us all
The blood that mingles with the blood of us all
The blood that mingles with the blood of us all
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Babyface
02:14
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Babyface, Babyface, what’d you do?
You tore this country right in two
Spreading them lies and burying truth
Babyface, Babyface, shame on you…
Babyface, Babyface, look what you’ve done
The whole damn country come undone
Everyone divided and you can’t trust one
Babyface looking like he’s just begun
Babyface looking like a headlight deer
Telling shareholders what they want to hear
Senator committee says you gotta do better
But all he’s done is change his name to Meta
Babyface, Babyface, what about the kids?
You know damn well what the research said
But when the money rolls in I guess it’s hard to resist
Even when it puts them kids at risk
Dirty corporation, dirty politicians
Babyface selling his dirty algorithms
You can change your name, you can change your look
But you can’t wipe the shame off your dirty Facebook
Babyface Babyface it’s our fault too
Can’t put all the blame right on you
But we got problems that you just can’t mend
So maybe it’s better if we’re just not friends
Babyface gonna teach the world a lesson
Never trust a billionaire who looks pubescent
If you don’t want your privacy sold down the river
Better think twice before you post cat pictures
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Own It
02:59
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Don’t tell me that that’s not you
Don’t tell me there’s nothing else you could do
You cast your ballot, you made your choice
You let that man give you your voice
This hateful hand you’re showing
It’s your time now
Own it
Racist is as racist does
You hateful shameful mysogynists
Your time has come, you think it’s good
You cowards can finally take off your hoods
I can see you gloating
It’s your time now
Own it
You chose your side of history
You cast your curse over centuries
A devils pact, a cowards glee
You’re the curse and scourge of humanity
You only think with your own white skin
Dumb and proud as pigs in shit
But the time will come, the tide will turn
There’ll be no place to hide, nowhere to run
They’ll be atonement
It’s your time now
Own it
You’re a fascist and you know it
It’s your time
It’s your time, now
Own it
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8. |
He Said, Yes Sir
03:16
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He said ‘yes, sir’
He said ‘no, sir’
He said ‘I can just walk home, sir’
If you let me
Just let me go home…
I’m a husband
I’m a father
Was the birthday of my daughter
Won’t you let me
Just let me go home?
He said ‘I’ve got a sister lives right up the road
I can go there, it’s no trouble at all…
Just grab my things and lock my car
I’ll be no trouble, Officer
Won’t you let me, just let me go home…’
I was hungry
I was tired
Just drove in from Carolina
Won’t you let me
Just let me go home?
Yes, you’re right, sir
I was drinking
And I guess you found me drinking
Won’t you let me
Just let me go home?
We both know how this story ends
I’ll be polite, but you’re not my friend
Once you take me down to the ground
There’ a good chance that I’ll never get up
Never see my babies again
Never tell them Daddy loves them
Never get to see them grow
But
You’re just doing your job, I know
Won’t you let me
Just let me go home…?
He said ‘yes, sir’
He said ‘no, sir’
He said ‘I can just walk home, sir’
If you let me
Just let me go home…
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9. |
Flint
05:01
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Water Water
Give me water
My throats burning
Water Water
Good clean water
Not this poison
In my blood
In my veins
In my home
In my drain
In my throat
In my bones
In my skin
Water Water
My son, my daughter’s
Bloodstreams full of it
No one’s listening
Somebody lies
Somebody talks
Someone denies
Then somebody walks
And it’s always the same
None take the blame
They just walk
They just walk
They just walk walk away
While my headaches get worse
My hands always sweat
There’s hair in my drain
And I can’t catch my breath
While my babies, my babies
My children they cough
Cough up their life
Mouth full of blood
No one’s listening…
What kind of monster that worships the dollar
Would poison the water they drink
These sons and these daughters
Their skin different colors
They pay the original sin
In Flint
Water Water
Give me water
My throats burning…
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The Sowers Prayer
02:46
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It'll all end up in tears
Hand to heart through all your years
So make a vow that while you're here
That you'll always stand for love
Love's the dirt and love's the seed
Love's the only god you need
Love can teach the blind to see
So stand for love
Love's a stance and love defies
Love's a dance and love's a fight
Love is standing for what's right
So stand for love
Stand for love
So plant your seed and watch it grow
For what you reap is what you sow
And what you put into this world
Make sure it always stands for love
May it always stand for love
May it always stand for love
Stand for love
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