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World Power

by Charles Otis

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1.
Age of Discovery 03:20
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Age of Discovery Living in an age of Discovery We're walking the blade of a knife Not realizing where we're meant to be We're slicing ourselves with that knife We're living in an age of Discovery Living in an age In the glaring light of our reality Something snaps in our minds The thinking kind seek truth within While the nonbelievers lay and die Living in an age of Discovery Living in an age Living in an age of Discovery Living in an age Who would have thought that we would come to this Our land of plenty full hatefulness Whe the right hand fans flames that burn the left His numbers count out in dirty lies Both sides end up blinded in the end picking up the pieces of there lives. Living in an age of Discovery Who would have thought that we would come to this Living in an age Living in an age of Discovery Our land of plenty full hatefulness Living in an age Our land of plenty full hatefulness
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Human 04:13
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HUMAN The sun burns down upon the field The farmer runs his hands along the stalks and pulls in turn a bounty for the world His aching bones the badge to all that's HUMAN Do what THEY want to make a way Do what THEY want to pay that bill Bend over backward for your child and don't get a damn thing in return In heavy air a woman shades her eyes she looks for holes to reach the other side while at her hand her children wait beside age 3 and 5 the goal is in her sight Do what THEY want to pay the rent what THEY want to pay those bills Bend over backwards your whole damn and don't get a damn thing in return Do what they want to pay the rent Do what they want to pay that bill Bend over backward for your child and don't get a damn thing in return Every time a whistle blows, they fold their hands and pray for something more Wide awake on the concrete floors, they're dreaming of the things they'd kill them for Do what THEY want to pay the rent what THEY want to pay those bills Bend over backwards your whole damn and don't get a damn thing in return Do what they want to pay the rent Do what they want to pay that bill Bend over backward for your child and don't get a damn thing in return
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World Power 04:45
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World Power Every time we go to take a breath, every time we go to make a move Seems we're building someone else's big bank book talk a lot about corporate dread, talk a lot about 2 percent 98.6 is where the rest of us dive in The road to the land of milk and honey Is paved with bloody enchiladas the songs of the founding fathers won't be silenced anymore Take it up - lite it up World Power we say it for the living and we say it for the dead RED BLACK WHITE YELLOW World Power won't be quiet now Take it up - lite it up World Power We're meant to be here giving, not living here in dread RED BLACK WHITE YELLOW World Power DON'T YOU DARE BACK DOWN Think a lot about all your friends, think a lot about where they stand Every tick a click a step away from true falsehood bureaucratic gub'ment man, threatening to bind our hands not gonna happen we the people stand together today This handful of billionaires is tearing apart the fabric of society Our red white and blue is safe in the pockets of corporate oligarchy Take it up - lite it up World Power we say it for the living and we say it for the dead RED BLACK WHITE YELLOW World Power won't be quiet now Take it up - lite it up World Power We're meant to be here giving, not living here in dread RED BLACK WHITE YELLOW World Power DON'T YOU DARE BACK DOWN We're gonna see a peaceful uprising No civil unrest to dark the day We're gonna walk in the light of our love Dr King will rock today. Take it up - lite it up World Power we say it for the living and we say it for the dead RED BLACK WHITE YELLOW World Power won't be quiet now Take it up - lite it up World Power We're meant to be here giving, not living here in dread RED BLACK WHITE YELLOW World Power DON'T YOU DARE BACK DOWN
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Bodycam 04:11
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Bodycam No turn signal, beer on our breath I won't be home tonight I guess you stupid fool, you've really messed I just wanted to go and dance Well, maybe if we go fast I can make a get away to break the light fantastic He stopped me on shoulder before I even explain The bodycam has captured my last breath This lonely girl, head in her hand a needle dangles from a vein a gun, a call to 911 and when they come the deed be done Well maybe if she rushed them they could help it go away to help her on her journey and daddy at the screen-door involuntary movement the bodycam has captured her last dance (musical interlude) The names stack high, the reasons stun epidemics count more than one Systemic hate, it wields the guns and when we wake no one will come. It's written on your doorstep It's printed on your forehead Your silence is complacence Now everybody stand up, turn your phones toward them the Bodycam will capture our last stand
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Push and Pull 04:14
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Push and Pull Barefoot on the wreckage, waiting on a wave to knock me down King lightening in the stormheads moving in the distance What a lovely sight I hear a sound and a prayer and move into.. Hands pulling me up - pushing me down away from that penicle moment of trust and in just an instant I'm falling backward into the light Forgiveness is a state of being that's left to those who walk between and knowing is a way we deal with things it's all you'll ever need to take a breath - and say a prayer - walk into Hands pulling me up - pushing me down away from that penicle moment of trust and in just an instant I'm falling backward into the light These eyes as big as the sea and unbroken words that ring of a love and a hate we can see The wind racing by - the ground rushing up to put me to rest with the people I love - the people I love Then comes the day when you turn in your hand to cash in the deads and the good things you've had St Peter waiting at the Pearly Gates, he looks at you and says "Son? This is the Push and Pull of it" Hands pulling me up - pushing me down away from that penicle moment of trust and in just an instant I'm falling backward into the light These eyes as big as the sea and unbroken words that ring of a love and a hate we can see The wind racing by - the ground rushing up to put me to rest with the people I love - the people I love
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Miracles 05:59
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Miracles Isn't it funny, when you look at them We wonder who they'll be be good or bad? One cries - one frowns on the other Is it tentative or base? Who really cares? "Don't worry they're just playing" (we excuse) but the fault lies here In our homes there is no mistake Miracles Miracles and you can play when you learn to fight Adolescence burns like a cattle brand For those not loved They will fight for what they own Sometimes love flees in a flutter Sometimes sets afire We cherish it - offer it - let it go Indifference and ignorance walk hand in hand but who's responsible to pick them up It's you and I Miracles Miracles Miracles Miracles and you can play when you learn to fight Give thanks for the things you have hold strong when you're feeling sad Hang true to the ones you love and don't be moved by no hateful shrug Ooooooo it's a miracle (fade)
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Why wait? 04:31
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Why wait? Winter is near and the autumn leaves are coming down Mercury's in retrograde and the little seed in me regrets that stress again When do we get to "breaking out"? Where's the "ring and golden crown"? Disaster's just a word and everybody thinks they've heard it It doesn't mean a thing unless you've tried to take a loan out The things we worry about just end up being silly bullshit Count your blessings and your gifts and you'll have made a fortune Take a trip inside your head now Close your eyes and try to see now We get just one break at living - to make our mark in time Every birth begins with dying - so, why wait now you try Everybody waits a lifetime for that perfect dreamboat Everybody wants to win that handy million dollars In actuality, there's nothing really set in stone Except some hieroglyphs 5000 years ago Take a trip inside your head now Close your eyes and try to see how Pictures form and worlds collide now Every time you take a breath WOW! We get just one break in this world - to make our mark in time Every birth connects with dying - so, why wait now you try? If heaven helps the week and weary? Why do so many still cry? A pleading word can not be answered - until the privileged provide Take a trip inside your head now Close your eyes and try to see how Pictures form and worlds collide now Every time you take a breath WOW! Winter is near.......
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Not Everything Deserves an Explanation 05:24
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Not Everything Deserves an Explanation Prints press into the sand, faded by the water's hand Seeds drift along the wind go down down down down Faces up toward the sky, wonder what the who and why? Obstlces, they move aside, there's love inside you Not everything deserves an explanation. Smack talking stand up guy, automatic at his side brought to tears when mother's cry "there's love inside you" Lady in a MAGA hat, says "she knows just where she's at" She's covered up in Jesus blood, I hope he finds you Not everything deserves an X What is happening? What is happenning? What is happening? What is happening? I think it's time to knuckle up, admit the world has had enough of everyone and everything.... I think the time has come where we, can live together happily No other thoughts belived, MOTHER won't concede Think it's time to ,wake me up? Stop talkin' 'bout yer pickup truck Everything that you put out comes back to haunt Look into your childrens eyes cuz they're the on's that can not lie Go falsify your chosen savior, he's what defines you Not everything deserves an X What is happening? What is happenning? I think it's time to knuckle up, admit the world has had enough of everyone and everything.... I think the time has come for us, to climb aboard this magic bus Show some dignity and save humanity For everyone and anything Not everything deserves an explanation (vamp adlib out)
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3rd Planet 03:45
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3rd Planet Who are we? Where have we come from? Why are we special? Why should we live? We're taking our place in this line of disasters This big muddy ball has been home for an age The helix twists around, a roulette wheel selecting what to save We'd best be careful now, come the hammer down to start another age.. Inside of our brains, is the power to reason shared only by some that we've hunted away You'd think we would know, we should stop our destruction Soon before we know, it gets taken away We've kicked this world around, ignored the signs that mother tried to make A great light in the night, will crush us out and burn away her pain I ask.....Who are we? Where have we come from? Why are we special? Why should we live? We're taking our place in this line of disasters This big pretty ball that's been home for an age The helix twists around, a roulette wheel selecting what to save We'd best be careful now, come the hammer down to start another age.. We've kicked this world around, ignored the signs that mother tried to make A great light in the night, will crush us out and burn away her pain
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Insecurity 04:37
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Insecurity Jaime came out a sweetheart-ed love bug Never showed a drop of hateful vengeance for anyone I mean anyone now Mama tried to keep him close there beside her but daddy wouldn't have it, he won't grow up now big and strong, we don't want weak want strong... in the blink of an eye Jaime's all of 9 standing between daddy and mama's face is bleedin' cuz he sang real high to daddy her blood is justified Ain't no boy of mine gonna fly around Like some circus freak in a RaRa gown ain't gonna happen, he'll die before that happens Three words could make a difference you're too much of a man to say Kind hearts and real compassion far too much for your insecurities 29 and his life's real fine, gonna make a trip home to show his special guy His momma's on board and real proud but daddy's been drinkin' and he's 'bout to howl Don't know how many times I've said this boy Don't give a god damn about you sick little joy I've had it with your sissified life God release me from this burden of life Life times of deprecation Hate speech in singular demand Repeat in vicious cycles has no place but in security Three words could make a difference you're too much of a man to say Kind hearts and real compassion far too much for your insecurities Jaime came out a sweetheart-ed love bug Never showed a drop of hateful vengeance for anyone I mean anyone Toxic masculinity walks in the shadows lives in the hearts of those beleaguered to carry on carry on, keep it strong Three words - mama's don't your babies grow up to hate Kind hearts - toxic and masculine don't equate A life time - now is the time and we can not wait We repeat - NOW IS THE TIME far too much for your insecurity NOW IS THE TIME
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The Mind Divisive 04:48
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The Mind Divisive I spend hour after day after week living in my head They think I'm crazy There's call after call after plea - they beg me Come back baby I have to close my door but please don't go away I gotta make sure you know I'm not going away If I count all of the time I've wasted Wondering 'How am I going to make it?" I could be rich and crazy It's not why I really do it - this is hard am I gonna get through it I think maybe It's time for closing doors but please don't float away I gotta make sure you know I am here to stay If you would read my mind - you would know I'm fine Sincerely me In this mind divisive hide survival guides I live and breath Just give me the torch and I'll set you free just show me the light and I'll let you see In the center of your mind is a small little light of peace that can set you free In the eye of a worm of a thought ideas come to be (guitar solo) If you would read my mind - you would know I'm fine Sincerely me In this mind devisive hide survival guides I live and breath just give me the torch and I'll set you free just show me the light and I'll let you see Mind's devices Mind's devices Mind's devices

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released November 3, 2020

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Charles Otis Gainesville, Florida

I'm a 60 year old musician, singer and songwriter residing in Gainesville, Florida. I've been at song crafting a very long time. I'm passionate about it. I think that memorable musical pieces can be like a short audio / film or story. I love mixing technology with traditional rock and exotic ethnic instrumentation. You'll find a little bit of everything in what I do.

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