1. |
Consider This
01:35
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I used to walk
On my way to school
I’d walk across Hackney Downs
Singing Endlessly
I remember
How people lost their homes
Moved around caught between identities
Now Coffee shops £6 a cup attract a different crowd
A conscious act that soon impacts the council’s disavowal
If I ask you one thing
Will you, Consider This?
Does it feel abrupt?
When council flats becomes mixed income homes
Like their money and class will trickle down
Properties left empty while their owners are abroad
Mean, high rise flats
That no one here would ever dream to afford
I guess
Government Cuts mean no leisure for the poor
While the rhetoric from leadership tells us
We can have it all
If I ask you one thing,
Will you, Consider This?
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2. |
Old Soul
04:45
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Old Soul
She was nothing until she heard
Bless the child who’s soul it touched
With not a struggle in mind but longing for the city blues - the masquerade
Slowly becoming the foundations (of her life)
Cuz I was only 3 years old
When I fell in love with old soul
Too deep was the cry
Too sharp was the knife (Ooooh)
And I, fell in love with old soul
Listening with Otis on a vinyl record
I know his tone is - as rich as black coffee
But if we do the same in time, we'll be making our own paradise
If Troubles of world come over me
Cuz I was only 3 years old
When I fell in love with old soul
Too deep was the cry
Too sharp was the knife (Ooooh)
And I fell in love with old soul
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3. |
River
03:58
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Everyone it seems has found love
Ringing like a warning sign in my ears
On every platform but their stories are never enough
Just wait for me dear
Cuz screens they become a veil
Another game for the masquerade
The ever looming, all intrusive age
So I choose to visualise
The river has highs
-
Never bothered me before
Rejecting the voices clouding my head
But the fun is in the chase
Just move with the tide
And let gravity pull you along
Like a river
Like a river
We're distracted by our desires you see
When they're in the palm of our hands
We’re tryna to push towards nirvana but it seems
Instead we search for neverland
Instead we search for neverland
Instead we search for neverland
Cuz screens they become a veil
Another game for the masquerade
The ever looming, all intrusive age
So I choose to visualise
The river has highs
River
The river has highs
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4. |
Dorothy's Verses
04:00
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I wanna put my whole body in water
And let it wade
I wanna put my whole body in water
And let it wade
He was lucid poised with envy
Sweet as rum and sugar cane
Empty bottles left him bitter
She seemed to hold too much power with her
I wanna put my whole body in water
And let it wade
I wanna put my whole body in water
And let it wade
Muted mouths mean brutal lessons
Always stay beneath the soil
Her inner strength was her saviour
You're calling checkmate but the queen will conquer
Feel the water beneath me
Giving life to my wounds
Waves will align
All in due time
I wanna put my whole body in water
And let it wade x2
I wanna put my whole body in water
And let it wade x2
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5. |
These Times I'll Wait
01:31
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They say that we’re free then I turn on our news
And another sister's been taken too
They tell us we’re brave when we march in the streets
Not understanding we’re marching for our own humanity
So I say be quiet to the man who talks in my ear with the privilege but no initiative
I say be quiet to the voice won’t disappear but is unsettled when I don’t play the game
Be smart, our legacy will long outlast (us)
I cannot wait for the day
Take my breath away
These times I’ll wait
I cannot wait for the day
Take my breath away
These times I’ll wait
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