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Ones & Zeros

from Trying to Get Free by Billy Wylder

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lyrics

our differences shine under neon spotlights
while the same dna has to hide away
living in a stream of fear and violence
keeps the power at the top and the people at bay
talking with the trolls, like the prophets of the fold
while we’re digging our holes, to bury our souls
attraction to distraction
24 hours, 8 days a week
you can’t feed the pack if the lion’s got the meat

can you see it
do you feel it

time marches on and the brains grow smaller
while the minds in our hands turn people into dollars
and the ones and zeros never adding up to much
now we’re dots on a line and we’re losing sense of touch
but the economy, the economy, will lead us to glory
it was written in the good book, some old bible story
I will make a great nation of your people
now it’s carved in the wood of the biggest steeple
it’s so unbelievable
yet it so conceivable
can you see it
do you feel it

there are stories, buried beneath our skin
it will take some digging before you will find em
on the long last path from where we began
find the footprints of our kin in the desert sand
mother Africa is where we came
our fire’s a spark from the very same flame
but it’s burning at the seams that bring us together
while we fight behind screens but nothing gets better
open your heart and you’re bound to see
we’ve been taught to divide individually
can you see it
do you feel it

24 hours, 8 days a week
you can’t feed the pack if the lion’s got the meat
can you see it
do you feel it

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from Trying to Get Free, released August 25, 2023

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"Music band" led by Avi Salloway (Bombino/Hey Mama). Music makers, activists, adventures.

"a sense of mystery and majesty" –No Depression

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