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жанры: reggae, funk, hip-hop
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Rock the Nation
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Michael Franti & Spearhead
жанры: reggae, funk, hip-hop
альбомы: Stay Human
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We livin' in a mean time and an aggressive time A painful time, a time where cynicism rots the vine In a time where violence blocks the summer shineLifetimes, go by in a flash In search for love, in search for cash Everybody wanna be some fat tycoon Everybody wanna be on a tropic honeymoon Nobody wanna sing a little bit out of tune Or be the backbone of a rebel platoonIt's too soon to step out of line You might get laughed at, you might get fined But do you feel me when I say I feel pain everyday When I see the way my friends gotta slave And never get ahead of bills they gotta pay No way no waySome make a living doing killing Colombian penicillin Some are willing to play the villain, they just chillin' To pass the time, pass the information or pass the winePass the buck or pass the baton But you can't pass the police or the pentagon The I.R.S. or the upper echelon I think it's time to make a move on the contradictionBom-bom, rock the nation Take over television and radio station Bom-bom, the truth shall come Give the corporation some complicationBom-bom, rock the nation Take over television and radio station Bom-bom, the truth shall come Give the corporation some complicationThis is the dawning of our time, I say it one more time To emphasize the meaning of my rhyme To rise above all the dirt and grime Add the right spice at the right timeFuck the constitution Are we part of the solution or are we part of the pollution Sittin' by and wonderin' why Things ain't the way we like to find them to be, to beFor you and for me The people over there and the ones in between Check our habitation are we a peace lovin' nation Peace lovin' nationI have a reasonable doubt, I think I'll just spell it out There's no need to scream or to shout The N.R.A. just bought a man's soul Then he jumps up and shouts gun controlThe government says that killin's a sin Unless you kill a murderer with a lethal syringe So I ask again "Are we peace lover's then Peace lover's then?"Some of them slang guns when they six years old Some of them end up in some six foot hole This whole damn place seems to lost control So I raise my voice before I lose my soulBom-bom, rock the nation Take over television and radio station Bom-bom the truth shall come Give the corporation some complicationBom-bom, rock the nation Take over television and radio station Bom-bom the truth shall come Give the corporation some complicationRadio rock the micThis is the way I'll express my feelings Vibe revealed and revolved, spinnin' on a record, y'all Try to confiscate take what I communicate with It's ancient, gift of the lip steady creatingActivating passion vocal vibrations to the blind plus the seeing Human doesn't mean just being Be coming, don't believe it, just belife it Belongings or beloved, rehearse it or recite itWhile shining drop your guns and move your tongues Battle motivation in no time lyrics come Sometimes fun, others run their mouth or away My mind comes beaming like an early sunrayOne day we'll get the picture and all combine Less the talking 'bout mines is mine and become one mind Every piece of the puzzle has its place To build the piece of the puzzle called the human raceTaking it long enough we crush the formal journalistic Dyslexic critters talk backwards to rap words I'm sure raising my hands with questions and demands Statements and a plan with a map of the landBom-bom, rock the nation Take over television and radio station Bom-bom the truth shall come Give the corporation some complicationBom-bom, rock the nation Take over television and radio station Bom-bom the truth shall come Give the corporation some complication, y'all
Это интересно:Первоначально Майкл играл в группе «The Beatnigs». Тогда основным направлением его творчества был панк. Совмещая учебу в университете он вместе со своими друзьями-музыкантами давал концерты в местных клубах и андеграундных вечеринках. Уже тогда свежие идеи и замыслы этого неординарного музыканта были оценены по достоинству.В 1991 году у Франти родилась идея о создании группы «The Disposable... продолжение
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