1. |
when i was young
07:23
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when i was young
[verse 1]
When i was young,
they said, “don’t eat your foods
or learn your language.
You’re foreign now.”
Television taught me to curse
words from mother’s mouth.
[chorus]
When I was young
I didn’t have the words
to know myself.
When I was young
I didn’t have the words
to heal myself.
Mmm
[verse 2]
When I was young,
They said, “don’t question your elders,”
Livin’ in the land of the free
under a Catholic god
too afraid to speak
about the hate they sowed in me
when I was young.
[chorus]
When I was young
I didn’t have the words
to know myself.
When I was young
I didn’t have the words
to heal myself.
[verse 3]
Then I was older,
I finally understood
what it meant to be
surrounded by people
who look like me.
I cried, “please, don’t
be ashamed of me.
I need to learn my history…”
History repeats itself.
[chorus]
And now I’m older
and I have the words
to know myself.
And now I’m older
and I have the words
to heal myself.
Ohh, oh oh. Hmm-mm.
[bridge]
You are ancient and holy.
You are ancient and holy too,
You are ancient and holy too.
You are ancient and holy too.
The babaylan are just like you
You are ancient and holy too.
They weren’t binary too.
You are ancient and holy too.
Holy too, oh oh…
[Outro]
One day, isang araw
I saw, na kakita
One bird, isang ibon
Flying, lumilipad
I shoot, kinain ko
I cook, niluto ko
I eat, kumain ko
I am full, busog nako
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2. |
medication
04:07
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[verse 1]
You look so pretty in the morning light
And i am waiting for you to wake up
And I wish, I wish that that were enough
to make me wanna stay.
And i wish that i didn’t have to ask
myself everyday why I’m here...
[chorus]
Maybe I just need more medication,
maybe I just need a long
vacation from this town
and all the roamin’ around.
Maybe I need some more medication
I need a long vacation from
This awful town that I love so much.
[verse 2]
It’s quiet when you sleep
and it’s so noisy
when you look at me.
They say, “What do you believe in?
Who are you to her?
Your are you to deserve love?
You’re too much off the drugs.”
[chorus]
Maybe I just need more medication,
maybe I just need a long vacation
from this town and all the roamin’ around.
Maybe I need some more medication
I need a long vacation from
This awful town that I love so much.
[interlude]
Oo-oo-oo-ooh
Oo-oo-oo-ooh
Oo-oo-oo-ooh
I want it to stay.
I want it to stay here,
I wanna be here
but my heart runs away
‘cuz it’s in so much pain.
[chorus]
Maybe I just need more medication,
maybe I just need a long vacation
from here.
[outro]
But you look so pretty
in the morning light
and I am waiting for you
to wake up.
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3. |
defund the police
03:20
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[Angela Davis Sample]
Defunding the police is
not simply about withdrawing funding
from law enforcement
and doing anything else.
It’s about reinvesting,
it’s about building anew.
[verse 1]
Defund the police
Give us the money that we need
Defund the police
House all the people in the street
Take their guns
Free them all
Stop putting kids in cages
We know how to care for community
Give us what we need
Defund the police.
Mental health counselors
Who can respond to people in crisis
Without arms.
[bridge]
Gas is in the air
Heat is comin on
Is it enough to melt ice?
Oh gas is in the air
Heat is comin on
Is i-it enou-gh to melt ICE?
Free them a-a-a-all
Free them a-a-a-all
Free them a-a-a-all
Free them a-a-a-all
Melt ICE!
Burn Prisons!
Melt ICE!
Burn Prisons!
Melt ICE!
Burn Prisons!
We know how to care for community,
Give us what we need.
Defund the police.
Defund the police
[Angela Davis Sample]
Safety safeguarded by violence
Is not really safety.
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4. |
i wanna be great
04:08
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[Sample]
"I'm a failure."
"That's quite a statement to make at 20."
"I realized I'd never be a genius, so I'm giving up
all my foolish artistic hopes."
"Why would you give up Amy, you have so much talent and energy."
"Talent isn't genius and no amount of energy can make it so...
I want to be great or nothing."
[verse 1]
“I wanna be great
Be great or nothing at all”, she said
I wanna be great,
Wanna be great
Not wait for someone instead.
I don’t want
Anyone else but you.
I’ll spend all my days
Bent over the page
For you
[chorus]
Don’t waste your love on me.
Don’t waste your pity on me.
I would like to be
The person that i always dreamed about
Dream about, dream about me.
[verse 2]
“I wanna be great
Be great or nothing at all”, I said
I wanna escape
I wanna fight fate
I wanna be great instead
I don’t want
Anyone else but you.
I’ll spend all my nights
Till I get it right
For you
Even though we haven’t made it
to the peak just quite yet
I wanna be great
I wanna be great
Not wait for something great instead.
[chorus]
Don’t waste your love on me.
Don’t waste your pity on me.
I would like to be
Worth your money
Your attention
Your affection and your love.
[bridge]
I’m a student I can’t learn right
I’m a worker I don’t work right
I’m a lover i cant love right
I’m a fighter, I can’t seem to fight back
They say woman, I don’t feel like that
Im a singer maybe I can at least sing it right!
[outro]
I wanna be great
Be great or nothing at all.
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karinyo Seattle, Washington
karinyo (they/them) is an indie singer-songwriter and producer. Their powerful voice comes from their roots busking in Seattle and performing in community. Their sound features catchy melodies, reverb heavy electric uke and punk basslines. Their music explores themes of mental illness, belonging and Diaspora. Recommended for fans of artists like Alice Phoebe Lou and girl in red. EP out 5/31/21. ... more
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