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Small Amount
04:09
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Just a very small amount
Sometimes that’s all you can get out
Fear and doubt
Will hold you down
Just a very small amount
Sometimes that much can help you out
One thing at a time
Got to keep asking why
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2. |
No Way
02:02
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There’s no shame in being wrong
As long as you learn
Is there no way to know how to know it
Until you fuck up
?
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3. |
Slow It Down
04:17
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So many times
I wanted to tell you things
Like how I’ve been hurting
Like how I’ve been crying
But I slowed it down
Wait ‘til I can see a little clearer
Wait ‘til I can breathe a little better
Gotta remember the bigger picture
Slow it down
(We grow so, so, slow…)
I think, think I gotta heal
I been trying all this time just to figure it out
I think I, think I learned some real
Bad habits with you in how I treated myself
Still we grow…
So many times
I wanted to tell you I’d been crying
Wanted to tell you I’ve been trying
To climb out of this hole
That I found myself in again
But I slowed it down
Now I can see a little clearer
Now I can breathe a little better
And I can walk away if I have to
If anybody’s an asshole to me
Slow it down, slow it down.
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4. |
Unlearned
03:17
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It’s not one thing I figured out one day
Can’t let them tell you how to use your own brain
It’s taken time to get it all straight
But why would I think I’d be all straight?
Oh the things you don’t mean to learn
What a year it’s been
I’ve spent so many days
Doubting myself and feeling crazy
Realizing things one by one
Feeling things a hundred by one
Oh the things you don’t mean to learn
Now we’re moving through
in ways we never did foresee
And I know I can only do
what’s right for me
But I didn’t want to hurt anybody
I didn’t want to lose anybody
Oh the things you don’t mean to learn
Oh the things you try not to learn
They are things that can be
Unlearned
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5. |
Work To Do
06:04
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The warning signs have always been there
So why are we surprised at all?
Too easily denied
Now can we finally wake the fuck up?
My perspective has always been privileged
I’m grateful to those who’ve taught me to listen
We can’t afford to not take any action
So get up, we got work to do
We’ve got work to do
I’m calling out racist “jokes”
Now some coworkers think I’m a bitch (oh well)
Challenging sexist comments
And they said I’m too sensitive
I’m not gonna stop cuz I’m not the one who’s wrong
That shit has been acceptable for way too long
Another thing for white men to whine about
There’s no doubt, we got work to do
We’ve got work to do
I met with local progressives
In my conservative town
I showed them a list I made
Ten things I’m gonna work on now
One of them said it made her sad
Her problem was with Black Lives Matter
But if “All Lives” really mattered
Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner,
Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland…
(Michael Brown, Alton Sterling,
Philando Castile, Bettie Jones,
Michael Noel, Miguel Espinal,
Clinton Allen, John Crawford,
Oscar Grant, Walter Scott,
Charleena Lyles…)
Would still be alive
Their murders cannot be justified!
We’ve got work to do
I moved here when I was 14
From a country with its own history
Of violence, oppression, genocide
And hundreds of years it’s been denied
The First Nations deserve to know
Where did all their daughters go?
4,000 missing and murdered girls.
Trudeau, you’ve got work to do
We’ve got work to do
You’re worn out, overwhelmed
But I know that you’re not giving up
What the fuck is wrong with people?
And why is power so corrupt?
I heard a history teacher on the radio
She said we’re making progress
But it’s going too slow
We gotta get stronger, gotta organize
Even when it’s hitting us on all sides
So I’ll be there beside you
When it’s time to fight
It’s NOW!
We’ve got work to do
“The time has come it seems to me to recognize
That the framework,
The framework, in which we operate
Weighs on us too heavily to be borne
And is about to kill us.
It is time to ask very hard questions
And take very rude positions
At no matter what price.”
-James Baldwin, "The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity", 1963
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6. |
Even Though
02:36
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Even though you couldn’t see it
I still loved you
Even though the pain is real
I know I made the right move
Even though we never lied
We couldn't see the truth
Even though I still have bad days
They’re fewer and few
Even though the fear creeps up
I’m learning better tools
Even though it’s been rough
I think I’m getting through
Gonna be better soon
Even though…
Even though...
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7. |
Can't
04:25
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I know that I’ve been running
It’s hard to face the things that exhaust me
But know I have been trying
To face the things that exhaust me
Every small step feels like a leap
Every small taste feels like a feast
People got ideas about what I should be
And I just can’t
I don’t want to, I can’t
Don’t need to, I can’t
Don’t want to, I can’t
Don’t know how I can
I know that you’ve been trying
Like I’ve been trying for so long
It was easy to be silent
I know it hasn’t helped anyone
Every small step feels like a leap
Every small taste feels like a feast
People got ideas about what you should be
And you just can’t
You don’t want to, you can’t
Don’t need to, you can’t
Don’t want to, you can’t
Don’t know how you can
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8. |
Gotta See You
03:18
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I’m in LA, I’m in a car, it’s hot outside
What else is new? What can you do? Get a new job
But I gotta see you, I just gotta see you tonight
Yeah I gotta see you, I just gotta see you tonight
Now I'm not far, look at my phone...25 minutes away
No I'm not far, look at my phone...45 minutes away!
But I gotta see you, I just gotta see you tonight
Yeah I gotta see you, I just gotta see you tonight
I wonder why so many friends have moved so far away
I wonder why I’m still here, I’m on the freeway
Cuz I gotta see you, I just gotta see you tonight
Yeah I gotta see you, I just gotta see you tonight
And by the time, I’m there, it’s late
Too tired to know what to do or even say
So tired so next time I’ll take the Metro
So tired so, next time I’ll take you with me
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9. |
I Feel Love
05:09
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Ooooooh it’s so good
Ooooooh heaven knows
Ooooooh I feel love
I feel love
Ooooooh fallin’ free
Ooooooh you and me
Oooooh I feel love
I feel love
Ooooooh I see you
Ooooooh what you do
Ooooooh I feel love
I feel love
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10. |
Heavy Sighs
05:29
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So many heavy sighs...
It's only 8:00
Already so hot
As soon as the sun touches my skin
Feels like I’m gonna start sweating again...
What can I do?
I’m in love with you
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