CURRENT NEWS:
We are working on a new
virtual reality video for our
climate crisis single, Cry to
the Sky...soon come.
Power to the people, can we occupy
Power to the eco, can we drop the line
Power to the rest of us, make it better
Power to the people, occupy your mind!
1. The profit system has imposed on us a logic of endless growth while disrespecting Mother earth, by transforming nearly everything into commodities. Our economy has been systematically depleting resources and life forms as those few who are on the receiving end of concentrated wealth force the world down a path utterly in denial of the fact that what we call growth is mostly waste and it can no longer be taken for granted that the planet’s eco-systems can sustain future generations.
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2. Occupy! History has proven that real change will never come from the top, and now it’s clear that bail-outs and misguided “free market solutions” are like trying to put out a fire with more fire. Only a united movement, consisting of an awakened population, rooted completely outside of the establishment, powered by the force of quiet truth, soul force, will usher in a new reality where meaning is no longer determined by material gain and the monetary bottom line.
Naomi Klein (Capitalism vs. the Climate), Howard Zinn(A People’s History of the US), Fred Magdoff and John Bellamy Foster (What every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism), Noam Chomsky (Occupy), Richard Wolf (Democracy at Work - a Cure for Capitalism), Francis Moore Lappe (Eco Mind), Cornell West & Tavis Smiley (The Rich and the Rest of Us), Bill McKibben (The Global Warming Reader), Paul Gilding (The Great Disruption), Michael Moore (Capitalism, a Love Story), Amy Goodman (Democracy Now)
Yes Magazine, Adbusters Magazine, The Nation Magazine, Martin Luther King, Mohandas Ghandi, Fela Kuti, John Lennon , Bob Dylan and Bob Marley!
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3. People! The outcome of this transition we face can be a beautiful higher order existence! A socio-economic system that is democratic, egalitarian, and based on respect means that we will enjoy simpler, longer and happier lives. Living sustainably, in harmony with the laws of nature and free from the profit-only system, will lead to energy and food security on a planet with replenished biodiversity and much richer social and cultural interconnectedness.
The only solution is WORLD REVOLUTION.
Drop the Line (World Revolution)
(feat. the voice of Roger Steffens)
Iiiiiiii, must be free (ooh, oh oh oh)
Iiiiiiii, must be free (ooh, oh oh oh)
How can we be free
When it’s so hard to create who we wanna be
How can we be free
When we are chained to someone else's prosperity
What does it mean for you to be free?
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Cannot carry out our responsibility
To create our true identity
Under the heel of this economic slavery
Only some of us can really see
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How long will it take for you to be free?
I want real freedom
We can see through your misconception of it
Must be free, must be free, must be free, yeaa-ay
C’mon you just, you just kill our dreams
We carry the soul of alternative global thinking
And no longer will live…
under the heel of your economic slavery
Iiiiiiiiii, must be free, free, free, free…hey yea
Must Be Free
Dragonfly Taxi
Well, I’m looking for that Dragonfly Taxi, That Jimi rode back in ‘67
I bet she could turn on less than a dime, How about a nickel?
What do you think she took for a fare, Technicolor air?
Something about the trip back then, Really seemed to get you somewhere
Dragonfly Taxi – sky
Dragonfly please tell me why
Her wings are baby’s breath stained glass, And her seats will tell the truth of you
But this box you’ve been trying to think your way our of, Has poisoned the morning dew
Supersonic sound is how she gets around, Eyes crazy with bloodshot love
And the billboard on her trunk reads:, “Not for money, no way!!”
Lost on a street corner planet, You are miles from reality
Hail her, but she won’t pull over, Too long now you’ve made her cry your tears
She leaves a streak of green, purple, blue light, And last I heard
Though you might not think it’s right, She was dancing with the cotton candy clouds
Well, it took 30 years later, I found that sad lady
Buried under a cross, a flag, a dollar bill and a gun, Somewhere inside of me and you
Hang on if you can sweet darling, Cuz that burnin’ drag you feel every day
Let me say, “Ms. Dragonfly Taxi,” Man, she’s GOING to have her way!
The Material Shuffle
All you do is move your stuff from place to place
With your neighbors, try to keep the pace
What a disgrace, it’s a crazy chase
At the end of the day, a bunch of waste
MATERIAL SHUFFLE
Every day, well, you’re on the case
Running around in a crazy race
Can’t even make, first base
What do, play the bass
MATERIAL SHUFFLLLLLLLE
Yes we can
15 Minutes could save you 15% or more
Just do it. ha, I’m lovin’ it. A diamond is forever.
There are some that things money shouldn’t buy. And for everything else there’s….think different.
More, more, more!!
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You deserve a break today
Save money. Live better. Low prices, every day
Put a tiger in your tank (Fingerlicking good)
Can you hear me now
Like a rock, good to the last drop
But please don’t squeeze the….beef (I want my Wheaties)
IT’S A SHUFFLLLLLE
Like a good neighbor (m’m, m’m good)
We try harder
Discover. Ink. Sapphire. Slate. Freedom.
(Tastes great, less filling)
Betcha ya can’t eat just one
When it absolutely, positively, has to be there…gentlemen, this is (vodka)
THE SHUFFLE
Again and Again
You know I really really love you
And I’d really like to hold your hand
Again and again
And in the evening when the moon shines
And in the morning when the sun rises again
Again, again and again
Well some time ago
You came into my view
With your blue sky smile
And I knew...It was you-oo-oo
I spent years underground
Rumaging through the lost and found
Of my troubled heart
Couldn’t even paint a stroke of art...Aa, aah, ooo
I heard a song on the radio
Talking about some kind of Higher Love
Hidden deep in your soul
And in the heavens above...Think about it
Like a strong wind on a flame
I wanna share that higher plane
But you could not see me
I fear my search is in vain...Oh no the pain
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Oh baby I’m calling, I’m waiting for your reply
talk to me, talk to me now
I wanna cook you dinner, fix your bicycle
Walk with you side by side
walk with me, walk with me now
I’ll wait here in silence, But screaming tears inside
Please, please, please!
The kind of love I see
Is not just about you and me, oh no
A wild flower shows us how to be, in this world
wonderful world
And now my stroke of art
Has touched the singing heart
Can it be, yea...yes it can
And now I’m happy happy happy happy happy happy all the time.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that for me, its the hippest, and all around best reggae album I've heard since the great Bob records. Incredible arranging, humor, intelligent social consciousness, singing, vibe. It's a huge project that you took on, and you hit it out of the park!! Congrats, and it has my vote for reggae album of the decade. Not exaggerating.
- John Funkhouser
I am Liquid Shiva, Gathering dance steps of liberation
I am melting sunlight, Gathering devotion from eternity
I am breathing earthlight, Gathering wet soil from the core
And of course I want you to know, I’m a rainbow too
Who see’s me without pride or delusion
Shall be free from both joy and suffering
My brilliance. I love you
I am liquid moonlight, Gathering ripples by the sea
You are mind and body, Disciplined, poised and sure
Born to a path of sacred duty, You are lucid action
And of course I want you to know, that you’re a rainbow too
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I am liquid Shiva, Dancing upon the head of Maya
My profound words of freedom, Are feathers upon the breeze
Not even sweetest nectar, Could now take you away from me
And of course I want you to know, that I adore you so
Liquid Shiva
It was the color of her eyes (hoo, hoo)
And the sympathy in the way she sighs (hoo, hoo)
That made him realize (hoo, hoo)
What a magnificent prize (hoo, hoo)
Holding hands by candle light (hoo, hoo)
Making love through most of the night (hoo, hoo)
Enticing him with all of her might (hoo, hoo)
They were so tight, everything so right
Izza Killa, Izza Killa ye-a
Izza Killa, KILLA!
She’s so cool, teaches the right things in school (hoo, hoo)
He builds houses, wonders if they’ll be spouses (hoo, hoo)
Lovely sunny afternoons by his pool (hoo, hoo)
She thinks, hmmmm, are there any more bonuses (hoo, hoo)
Moonlit nights in Vermont (hoo, hoo)
Beachfront sunrises and a croissant (hoo, hoo)
Top down crusin’ by their High School haunt (hoo, hoo)
But there’s one more thing she wants, she wants
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It was the flavor of her lies (hoo, hoo)
And her pretty little disguise (hoo, hoo)
With all of his friends, he cut his ties (hoo, hoo)
What a deadly compromise (hoo, hoo)
Well, there’s a sucker born in every way (hoo, hoo)
And he said yup to the terms of her pre-nup (hoo, hoo)
Now, he lives in her Hotel California (hoo, hoo)
You can check in, but you can never leave
Izza Killa
Believing is Seeing, oh, oh
Believing is Seeing, oh, oh
Believing is Seeing, oh, oh, oh
You can consider this to be, our human-ifesto
Committed to let go, a liberation whack so
Come and say what yo
One, two, three what’s it gonna be
What’s it gonna
We all understand, this is not the way to be
Sell us as a brand, just a bump in history
Quick! Create, a living democracy
One, two, three what’s it gonna be
What’s it gonna
Ism, skism and Capitalism, none of this or that including absolutism
Can we learn to think like an eco system
We believe in possibil-ism
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This is our, strategy, like a battleship at sea
Our counter dominance measures.
Of real honest hope, we will never say nope
What’s it gonna be
What’s it gonna
The world religion of modern freakonomics
Survival of the meanest, heal them from within us
Quick! Create, another reality
One, two, three what’s it gonna be
What’s it, what’s it
Organic, Dynamic, don’t get into a panic
Such change’s bigger than the...Titanic
Can we learn to think like a co-op-a system
We believe in socialize-ism
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We live in a world, that doesn’t fit any more
G20, G money for the rich, it’s so sunny
Do we think it’s funny?! NO!
Money, money, money
One, two, three what’s it gonna be
What’s it gonna
To tell us that we’re broke, is the biggest damn joke
Financial coup d’etat, sippin’ oil blood latte
NO WAY! Create, today, a third way
One, two, three what’s it gonna be
What’s it gonna
Regenerative, creative, fair and contemplative
Can we live together as a free collective
Find us in the meadow of, endless immensity
Believe, in natural - ism
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Monopoly economy, how much is left for we?
Concentrated power, funneled to the top
They know not the hour. The taste is now, sour
We got to make it, STOP
What’s it gonna
Politics is poliTRICKS, look at what the money inflicts
Free today, but a fee tomorrow, create, an eco-mind-ology
One, two, three what’s it gonna be
What’s it gonna
What we gonna do, what we gonna do
Indeed that is the question for me and you
Something big upon us
The truth is among us
We believe, we believe, we believe,
We believe, we believe, we believe…..
Believing is seeing, Believing is seeing
Believing is seeing, Believing is seeing….
Believing is Seeing
All lyrics by Matt Jenson