Last time people began to come together, they drafted the men for a needless war (https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War) effectively robbing the joy being birthed in their hearts.
Will the people allow it again?
Look over yonder What do you see? The sun is a-rising Most definitely
A new day is coming (ooh, ooh) People are changing Ain’t it beautiful? (Ooh, ooh) Crystal blue persuasion
Better get ready to see the light Love, love is the answer (ooh, ooh) And that’s all right
So don’t you give up now (ooh, ooh) So easy to find Just look to your soul (your soul) And open your mind
Crystal blue persuasion, hmm, hmm It’s a new vibration Crystal blue persuasion Crystal Blue persuasion
Maybe tomorrow When he looks down On every green field (ooh, ooh) And every town All of his children And every nation There’ll be peace and good brotherhood
Crystal blue persuasion, yeah Crystal blue persuasion, aah-aah Crystal blue persuasion, aah-aah (Crystal blue persuasion, aah-aah)
Take back your feet, take back your hands. Take back your words, take back your lands. Take back your heart, take back your pride. Don’t got to run, don’t got to hide. Revolution.
So tell me family now what do you think Watch it all go down the great big sink. Watch how the scum it rises to the top. Don’t you wonder when it’s all gonna stop? Sometimes I wonder how we do sleep, Serving the dodgy companies we keep. All kicking and scrounging for the very first place Dictionary definition of a rat race. Pay off those losers we elect to lead, Stealing from the mouths that we’re meant to feed. Enslaving the very clothes upon my back, I feel the sting but I hear no crack, no crack, I’m saying
Running through the fire, running through the flame, Running through the hatred, pushing through the blame, Running through the hopelessness and shame, Revolution already underway.
Big Heavy Pirates man digging those holes, Messing with something that they can’t control. Tresspassing lands where they don’t belong, All I hear is screaming where there once were songs. I got my brothers there fighting those wars, Fighting over scraps and scraping their souls. Under a blanket of a fire and pride That can’t keep us warm for the cold inside, Inside, I’m saying
Running through the fire, running through the flame, Running through the hatred, pushing through the blame, Running through the hopelessness and shame, Revolution already underway.
So tell me when you think we’re gonna rise? Wake from this slumber wipe the tears from our eyes? Yes from this nightmare yes I must now wake, Open my fist my destiny I take! Good people sick and tired of being pushed around, We call them kings but I see no crown. Tell me when you think we’ll just stand up, Say enough is enough is enough, enough I’m saying
Running through the fire, running through the flame, Running through the hatred, pushing through the blame, Running through the hopelessness and shame, Revolution already underway.
Take back your feet, take back your hands. Take back your words, take back your lands. Take back your heart, take back your pride. Don’t got to run, don’t got to hide. Revolution.
Power, power, into my world, yeah Into my world There’s this power that pulls us closer Deeper in love There’s this power that pulls us like magic And may the force that be with us forever Be right here to guide us Your sensitivity is very sensitive to mine Come into my world Welcome to my world Come into my world Welcome to my world To rhythms of visions We dance to the touch of… In front of each echo Alongside the rainbow there’s magic Into my world There’s this power that pulls us closer Deeper in love There’s this power that pulls us like magic And may the force that be with us forever Be right here to guide us Your sensitivity is very sensitive to mine Come into my world Welcome to my world Come into my world Welcome to my world Come into my world Come into my world Come into my world Welcome to my world Welcome to my world It’s a lovely one Welcome to my world…
They told him, “Don’t you ever come around here” “Don’t wanna see your face, you better disappear” The fire’s in their eyes and their words are really clear So beat it, just beat it
You better run, you better do what you can Don’t wanna see no blood, don’t be a macho man You wanna be tough, better do what you can So beat it, but you wanna be bad
Just beat it (beat it), beat it (beat it) No one wants to be defeated Showin’ how funky and strong is your fight It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right Just beat it (beat it) Just beat it (beat it) Just beat it (beat it) Just beat it (beat it, uh)
They’re out to get you, better leave while you can Don’t wanna be a boy, you wanna be a man You wanna stay alive, better do what you can So beat it, just beat it
You have to show them that you’re really not scared You’re playin’ with your life, this ain’t no truth or dare They’ll kick you, then they’ll beat you Then they’ll tell you it’s fair So beat it, but you wanna be bad
Just beat it (beat it), beat it (beat it) No one wants to be defeated Showin’ how funky and strong is your fight It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right
Just beat it (beat it), beat it (beat it) No one wants to be defeated Showin’ how funky and strong is your fight It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right Just beat it (beat it, beat it, beat it) Beat it (beat it, beat it)
Beat it (beat it, beat it) Beat it (beat it, beat it)
Beat it (beat it, beat it)
Beat it (beat it), beat it (beat it) No one wants to be defeated Showin’ how funky and strong is your fight It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right (who’s right)
Just beat it (beat it), beat it (beat it) No one wants to be defeated (no one) Showin’ how funky and strong is your fight It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right
Just beat it (beat it), beat it (beat it) No one wants to be defeated (oh, no) Showin’ how funky and strong is your fight It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right
Just beat it (beat it), beat it (beat it) No one wants to be defeated Showin’ how funky and strong is your fight It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right
Chorus: I am my mother’s savage daughter, the one who runs barefoot cursing sharp stones. I am my mother’s savage daughter, I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice.
My mother’s child is a savage, She looks for her omens in the colors of stones, In the faces of cats, in the fall of feathers, In the dancing of fire and the curve of old bones.
(Chorus)
My mother’s child dances in darkness, She sings heathen songs by the light of the moon, And watches the stars and renames the planets, And dreams she can reach them with a song and a broom.
(Chorus)
My mother’s child curses too loud and too often, My mother’s child laughs too hard and too long, And howls at the moon and sleeps in ditches, And clumsily raises her voice in this song.
(Chorus)
Now we all are brought forth out of darkness and water, Brought into this world through blood and through pain, And deep in our bones, the old songs are wakening, So sing them with voices of thunder and rain.
(Chorus x3) We are our mother’s savage daughters, The ones who run barefoot cursing sharp stones. We are our mother’s savage daughters, We will not cut our hair, We will not lower our voice
“Savage Daughter” is a cover recorded by Sarah Hester Ross of “I Am My Mothers Savage Daughter” written by Karen L Unrein/Wyndreth Berginsdottir c. 1990
A story told of long ago Before they knew they were powerful Materials ruled the world They sang sad songs, of how they suffered With narrow eyes, and twice sold lies A victim’s view, from inside a cube My Love
Then all at once, but one by one They heard the call, a simple song saying “When would you like to leave it all behind? You can quit all your sorrow, lose track of time And jump in, surrender, wash it all away Jump in, remember This is our game My Love”
And now the tables have turned, and the scales evened And the illusions are breaking at the seams And the patterns, and problems, and prisons of the past Will be pushed under the table, never meant to Last And we grow in numbers, day by day A familiar smile upon your face My Love
Then all at once, but one by one They heard the call of a simple song Saying, “When would you like to leave it all behind? You can quit all your sorrow, lose track of time and jump in … surrender.
Jump in, surrender, wash it all away Jump in, remember This is our game My Love
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