1. |
Back It Up Yall
03:33
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Girl
you gotta disrupt this pattern
Girl
stop what you’re doin
Stop!
You gotta disrupt this pattern
You make yourself a misery
of always wanting more than you can have
Oh you gotta put the sing
the singin swing in single
You gotta back it up yall
Girl
it’s time to let go
Girl
it’s time to choose battles you can win
It’s time to put the sing
and the swing back in your hips and
You make yourself a misery
of always wanting more than you can have
Oh you gotta disrupt a
pattern in your head
I’m telling you what to do right now
I want you to write it down
If you think you’re gonna forget
Oh I’m telling you, life is brief
Don’t make the same mistakes
all over again, you made
Honey, you don’t have time for this
Girl
are you listening?
Are you gonna remember this tomorrow
Or are you gonna do the same thing you’ve been doing?
Oh! Don’t you know you ain’t here forever?
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2. |
Obsolete Vernacular
03:58
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I’m involved in a ritual cleansing
of everything that has died in me
I’m gonna light a fire pit
to burn all of it
I’m not asking God
to forgive me
Cuz I don’t believe the lies anymore
About what will make my life complete
A house in the country
a savings account and a SEP IRA
and a life insurance policy
I’m not asking God
to forgive me
No one can touch me
when I am surfing
It feels like I’m flying
A superhuman liminality
I’m the most me
The most me that anyone could ever be
And I’m not gonna open another
life insurance policy
They can throw me in the ditch
with all the other sinners
No one can touch me
when I am surfing
It feels like I’m flying
Like I am liminality, I’m the most me
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3. |
Old School
03:56
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You’d better get ready
cuz I’m here
I’m waiting for you
I don’t wanna count the days
I wanna party in a crowded room, I
wanna be kickin it old school
feelin my body up against the music, movin
to the rhythm of the boom boom boom boom
I’ve almost forgotten what it feels like
my body
I’ve almost forgotten what it feels like
to be touched like that, the way you
I wanna party in a crowded room, I
wanna be kickin it old school
feelin my body up against the boom boom boom
old school in the boom boom boom
I’m sick of counting the days
& weeks & months of this
I’m sick of headlines saying “what fresh hell is this”
I want a stamp on my wrist that glows in the darkness
in real time
I wanna party in a crowded room, I
wanna party like it’s 1999
And dance with my body up against the boom boom boom
When we danced like that
with our hips to the right & left &
stick your arms in the air & shake your butt
like you just don’t care
Remember how we used
to get a stamp on our wrist that glowed in the darkness?
Feet to the right, hips to the left
Feet to the right, hips to the left
Feet to the right, hips to the left
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4. |
I Got This
03:27
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Your problem is
you mistake the letter
for the meaning
hiding inside it
The rules you use
to rein me in
chapter and verse I can
memorize and rehearse them
But I reserve the right
to not believe the hype
Whatever rules you claim exist
I got this
I got this
I got this
So make your claims
and break your promises
parade your greatest hits
to hangers-on and half-wits
You can lead me to your water
but you can’t make me drink
What I got is deep within
and no, you’re not allowed to meet it
I’ll show you something else instead
and this time I won’t be misled
Despite what you insist
I got this
I got this
I got this
I got this
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5. |
At the Wedding
04:30
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Life is brief and
full of sorrow
so let’s go out onto the balcony
and feel the breeze
and remember how we used to be so lonely
Looking out, see them dancing
Let’s pretend we’re young again
And have no doubt that she’ll be happy
Let’s forget the broken vows
the secrets and the alibis
As she spins, her hair is waving goodbye
The band is playing a final number
Before we have to go our ways
let’s feel the breeze
and listen to the music
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Fellwalker Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cynthia Hopkins & James Lavino bring you music from above the tree line.
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