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Listen
03:54
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mmmmm da da dap
mmmmm da da dap
Why you gotta interrupt
when i’m done talking
I need you to keep it shut
this aint’ up for discussion
mmmmm da da dap
Yeah I’m pouring out my heart
Cause I want you to see it
I know you’re picking me apart
But you ain’t gotta speak it
Why don’t you listen (Listen, Listen)
Why won’t you listen (Listen, Listen)
Why don’t you listen (Listen, Listen)
Hmmmm
Yeah I know you wanna help
But you’re deaf to the Mission
Even when you see the hand I’m dealt
You pretend it’s my decision
Don’t try and say that our struggles the same
don’t lie and tell me you’re ready for change
mmm mmm mmmm
Why don’t you listen (Listen, Listen)
Why won’t you listen (Listen, Listen)
Why don’t you listen (Listen, Listen)
Hmmmm
l’m standing right in front of you
Trying to tell you my truth
The only thing I ask of you
Is listen
Mmm mmm mmm
Mmmm mmmm mmm
Why don’t you listen (Listen, Listen)
Why won’t you listen (Listen, Listen)
Why don’t you listen (Listen, Listen)
Hmmmm
Mmmm mmm mmmm
Mmmm mmm mmmm
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2. |
Fear
03:42
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I can’t move
I can’t sleep
holding me down
now i can’t breathe
pain in my chest
doubting my thoughts
in and out of luck
and lost in the dark
Don’t call it crazy
don’t call it insane
Don’t call it being cautious
when you know the way
don’t call it being foolish
when you know the game
know the game
better call it by its name
you better call it by its name
You call me out
Come in my house
pressures brewing
and fill me with doubts
think you got me on my knees
no you don’t
think you’ll take this all away
no you won’t
Don’t call it crazy
don’t call it insane
Don’t call it being cautious
when you know the way
don’t call it being foolish
when you know the game
know the game
its always a struggle
its always a strain
don’t fall victim
you gotta call it by its name
oh it’ll terrorize
make you believe its lies
don’t be a victim
call it by its name x4
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3. |
Too Much
03:49
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Too Much
sleeping on a subway waiting for your luck to change
second guessing the choices that you made
how ya gonna keep on keepin on
when you feel beaten down and your money’s all gone
how do you keep on keeping on
Said its just too much
(hold on your luck is bout to change)
Just too much
(you’ve got more bend before you’ll break)
i said is just too much
all the signs are telling me that I’m running out of time
I’m trying to tell you that this wait is too much
Too Much Too Much
It’s Just too much
There’s only so much that one poor soul can do
Only so many times you can play to an empty room
how ya gonna keep on keepin on
when you feel beaten down and your money’s all gone
how do you keep on keeping on keeping on
Said its just too much
(hold on your luck is bout to change)
Just too much
(you’ve got more bend before you’ll break)
i said is just too much
all of the signs are telling me that I’m running out of time
I’m trying to tell you that this wait is too much
2 bars
oh when it gets harder
hold on just a little longer
just before the dawn
you know it gets darker…darker
Oooo
Chorus
Chorus (no ooooh)
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4. |
We The People
03:38
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We the people
Always sitting below equal
They stripped our power away
Put on new faces
no more races left where we go
yet we’re determined to stay
They say one nation
but we’re all divisible
drained us empty
made our faces criminal
the rise is so slow
death’s the only freedom we know
and then they call out our name
and then they call out our name
It’s our right to be right
stand guard of our life
We had the key all along
We belong belong
It’s our right to be right
stand guard of our life
We built this land brick from bone
We belong belong
We turned and toiled
left our blood-soaked in the soil
they left our bodies to burn
Treated our nation
like the cells of their plantations
but what did We earn
They say one nation
but we’re all divisible
drained us empty
made our faces criminal
It’s our right to be right
stand guard of our life
We had the key all along
We belong belong
It’s our right to be right
stand guard of our life
We built this land brick from bone
We belong belong
It’s our right to be right
stand guard of our life
We had the key all along
We belong belong
It’s our right to be right
stand guard of our life
We built this land brick from bone
We belong belong
Hold On
Hold On
Hold On
It’s our right to be right
stand guard of our life
We had the key all along
We belong belong
It’s our right to be right
stand guard of our life
We built this land brick from bone
We belong belong
It’s our right to be right
stand guard of our life
We had the key all along
We belong belong
It’s our right to be right
stand guard of our life
We built this land brick from bone
We belong belong
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5. |
Fallen People
04:02
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We could blame religion, we could blame it on the president
We could blame the way that we were raised, or we could blame it on the government
We can be angry at each other, always pointing fingers
We can use every excuse it’s so easy to do in the heat of it
Sisters and Brothers when we come together (oooooooooo)
We’re fallen people, livin’ in a fallen world
We’re fallen people, people who hurt
Who hurt
Who hurt
We’ve all had that moment, we’ve all fallen a little short
Isn’t there somethin you wish you could take back something you're fighting for
Look down the street, theres someone in need
Guns and bombs are goin’ off, tell me whats it all for
Sisters and Brothers when we come together (Oooooooooo)
We’re fallen people, livin’ in a fallen world
We’re fallen people, people who hurt
Who hurt
Who hurt
Judging at the first look
When you haven’t read the whole book
The only place to start, is to love from where we are
We’re fallen people, livin’ in a fallen world
We’re fallen people, people who hurt
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6. |
My Own Grave
04:47
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7. |
Try
02:36
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weather’s always changing
its sunny then its raining
Daylight’s always fading
the stars are moving through the sky
People all around you
they only tell you what they want to
never know what all they’re going through
and we’re all just passing by
we all got our reasons to be afraid
its easy to give up and hide away
Gonna Try try try to be alive
in a world thats ever spinning, do my best to keep on living
Gonna try try try to be alive
on ground thats ever shifting, I will fight to be forgiving
Yesterdays problems
Today we already forgot ‘em
They’ll be back coming tomorrow
and we’ll be surprised again
At the end of every season
We’ll fall down on our knees and
Start praying there’s a reason
Blowing somewhere in the wind
I know I fail myself from time to time
I will not surrender I’m gonna
Gonna Try try try to be alive
in a world thats ever spinning, do my best to keep on living
Gonna try try try to be alive
on ground thats ever shifting, I will fight to be forgiving
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8. |
Worried Mind
02:43
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9. |
Marching On
04:03
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Many the miles that I have traveled
So much pain I had to rise above
So many dreams have come unraveled
Still waiting for my love
I hear a distant Hallelujah
singing a change is gonna come
I can still find a song in this old guitar
I can still see a light in that dying star
I hear that jubilee choir and its singing into the dawn
Keep on Marching, child
Keep on Marching on
The road it may be long, but keep on marching on
Many the men who have fallen
by the hand of a mighty few
But we can hear their voices calling
children we’ve passed the flame on to you
I hear a distant Hallelujah
singing We shall not be moved
I can still find a song in this old guitar
I can still see a light in that dying star
I hear that jubilee choir and its singing into the dawn
Keep on Marching, child
Keep on Marching on
The road it may be long, but keep on marching on
I can still find a song in this old guitar
I can still see a light in that dying star
I hear that jubilee choir and its singing into the dawn
Keep on Marching, child
Keep on Marching on
The road it may be long, but keep on marching on
I hear a distant Hallelujah
singing We shall Overcome
I can still find a song in this old guitar
I can still see a light in that dying star
I hear that jubilee choir and its singing into the dawn
Keep on Marching, child
Keep on Marching on
The road it may be long, but keep on marching on
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10. |
More In Common
04:42
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You’ve got your reasons
and I’ve got mine
Ain’t no agreeing
but I’m on your side
I can’t hear your heart
over the screaming crowd
We’ve said awful things
But Still choosing you now
We got more in common
We got more in common
No matter what you think,
where you been who you are
we got more In common
Than what tears us apart
second chances they don’t come every day
their like sun in Seattle and February rain
so lets build up these bridges
and tear down these walls
Let’s give love when we need it and be ready to receive it
Cause love is binding us all
We got more in common
We got more in common
No matter what you think
Where you been who you are
we got more in common
Than what tears us apart
take my hand we’ll rise together
through the fire you are my brother
the more we seek the more we find it
more in common 3x
We got more in common
We got more in common
No matter what you think
Where you been who you are
we got more in common
Than what tears us apart
Na na na. Na na na na naaah 3x
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Kyshona Nashville, Tennessee
Kyshona has mixed her love of story telling with the sound of her musical roots. Soulful, spiritual, at times guttural, Kyshona delivers an open honesty through her voice and lyrics. Her desire when she is performing is to connect with and take the audience on an emotional, soul stirring, musical journey. Her goal is to move a crowd. ... more
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