LAL
Live From Dhaka: lal (nic, rose duo with Pandu)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk15GyESiQg
Manifesto & Lyrics:
imagine a year, any year.
we live in ghettos.
borders, checkpoints, everywhere.
permits allow us, deny us.
our dances are banned.
our communities broken.
our movements watched.
our thoughts controlled.
it will begin with a darting look -
from the high-rise roof, the factory
floor, the bedroom door.
it will begin, as it always does,
on a packed train, an unlit street.
it will begin with remembering.
the stolen seeds. the torn up deeds.
it will begin with a stretched arm,
a hard click, a clenched fist.
it will begin with a dance, a cry,
and always with the beat of a drum.
it will begin with a hushed word,
a declaration.
let there be no rich, no poor.
let mother earth breathe free.
we will not choose between debt and death.
we want dignity, not bosses.
we will create, not produce.
we will gift, not consume.
let wars just be nightmares, love, real.
let our bodies forget their inscriptions.
let us begin. it will begin. it has begun.
By Syed Hussan NOII Toronto
New Lyrics:
Red Room
Red room, red room In my mother’s house
Times change Time’s change, are we ready for it
New day, new day And a different sound
I move to get on with it
And when we are sleeping Our nightmares are dreaming Of music to keep us awake
Lost found Lost found Keep spinning
Good friends Keep me from lying
I want nothing Want everything
Time’s change, times change are we ready for it
And when we are sleeping Our nightmares are dreaming Of music to keep us awake
Look Behind
show me where the Sky begins
Aim into my heart again
Grey and blue protecting
Conclusion: they're not admitting Something
I know it’s more than shadows And it seems so impossible Stop. Go. But never follow
Just look behind
Lights they blind Some not notice
That they lie Keep us unfocused
Not surprised your light is dim
Take my hand
We’ll keep unlearning Questioning
I know it’s more than shadows And it seems so impossible Stop. Go. But never follow
Just look behind
Bunch of Maybes
it’s just a bunch of maybes
Floating around me
I re-imagine envy Taking a backseat
Jealousy is hungry
But all of us need All of us feed All of us need her
Forgive me For all that we’ve undone
This is a song A song about evil And how it manifests in some people
Who try to act Act like they leaders Yet kicking us down
You say solidarity Then kick me in my teeth
What happened to integrity
You spoke about last week
Oppression feels we angry
Cause most of us know Most of us know her
Forgive me for all that we’ve Undone
This is a song A song about evil And how it manifests in some people Who try to act Act like they leaders Yet kicking us down
Old Cities
Old cities we have visited
Is it different then where we live
There’s a spirit oh so innocent
That we’ve been following
I might have been here before
Always a road to explore
If we get lost or unsure
I know we’ll find a way
I know we’ll find a way
Old cities never standing still
Are we just products of their will
The cracks they’ve soaked up blood spills
The walls they remember
Don’t think that I am not aware
Of all that’s happened, happened here
Like me they’ll one day disappear
But I know we’ll find out way
I know we’ll find a way
Steady
Nerves they bundle me sometimes
Until I cannot breathe Breathe, deeply
World she stumbles And I fall
Trembling in my My know ‘nothing-at-all-ness’
But today, though the sky is cloudy and grey I be ok I’ll be steady
Oooohhh I’m steady Ooohhhh I’m steady
Mind she wanders all the time
Until it’s only me Leave me be Sun
She darkens and I dull
Looping in my I’m feeling emptiness
I’m tired of all this
But today Though the sky is Cloudy and grey I'll be ok I’ll be steady
Oooohhh I’m steady Ooohhhh I’m steady
Background
There are those who say ‘where you been to’
I’m afraid yet I’m gonna show you
I’m aware there is evil
In a room full find your needle
There’s a noise in the background
The only thing that stays the same
Like the distance we are not gone Sometimes I ask anyways
Want it straight up But truth is bitter
I ain’t too sure feels like winter
Spring hangs round here, just turn the corner
Some moments unclear and some so wondrous
Both hurt
There’s a voice in the background The only thing that’s always changed Like the future we don’t belong But you look so familiar anyways
Pain
You showed me life Was more than this
And if we live We’ll be noticed
For in this world There is one thing
That we can do That we can
Bring Your way around this
Find your way around this
As we fall Maybe we’ll find new ways Around this
pain, pain, pain, pain
do you know that you’re so beautiful
Do you see past the road ahead
Beyond the brave And fallen dead
Some pray for food Some starve on bread
I read the walls And dance Instead
I live, regardless of the rain
Left breathless by the sky
She’s boundless
Find our way around this
Pain
Our Projection
At least in the city I feel i can do things It’s not always pretty
But something draws me here It’s a feeling I can bear
The sky is brown purple Most are miserable
There’s light in the darkest spheres Deflected by salt water tears
I’m watching you Watching me Watching you watching me Watching you Watching me
You hit bodies While we hit streets Say it's for our protection When was it just your decision
I feel disrespected Fucked up and rejected
Bodies are collected And left out to dry
Yet amongst also this tyranny
Freedom stirs inside of me
Blades sown in pant legs As my hands are tied
I’m watching you Watching me Watching you watching me Watching you Watching me
You hit bodies While we hit streets Say it's for our protection When was it just your decision
It is in this city Where strangers we do things
We're told to be happy It’s something we share
Love, light, hate and despair
The cracks they are crowded
The screams they are muted
And finally you feel fear
But it' always has been here
I’m watching you Watching me Watching you watching me Watching you Watching me
You hit bodies While we hit streets Say it's for our protection When was it just your decision
I’m watching you Watching me Watching you watching me Watching you Watching me
You hit bodies While we hit streets Say it's for our protection When was it just your decision
Live Your Light
Smoked two cigarettes
Think I’m gonna die
Leroy says just live your light
If we’re gonna be happy
We’ll find our way MAYBE
I’m upset trying to stay dignified
Classist, bullshit’s Got me all tied Into a frenzy
Oh power you taunt me Live your light
live your light today
Got some good hash From a wondrous light
In an old place Under a star sky
Where everyone’s dreamy
Yet part of me’s lonely
I’m not yet ready for goodbyes
Just a moment more To feel Untied
Where everyone know we
We come and go softly
Live your light
Faces
I sit in the dark waiting
For when we will meet again
Love ain’t what I’m ‘fraid losing
For I remember when
Where children where revered and voices were heard They say it’s made up tale, but I live the words I come across sprits from this sweet place I don’t recall you name but I know your face
I live by the light Smoking
Knowing we will share again
Small gestures hold so much meaning
The circle shall never end
Where children where revered and voices were heard They say it’s made up tale, but live the words I come across sprits from this sweet place I don’t recall you name but I know your face
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk15GyESiQg
Manifesto & Lyrics:
imagine a year, any year.we live in ghettos.
borders, checkpoints, everywhere.
permits allow us, deny us.
our dances are banned.
our communities broken.
our movements watched.
our thoughts controlled.
it will begin with a darting look -
from the high-rise roof, the factory
floor, the bedroom door.
it will begin, as it always does,
on a packed train, an unlit street.
it will begin with remembering.
the stolen seeds. the torn up deeds.
it will begin with a stretched arm,
a hard click, a clenched fist.
it will begin with a dance, a cry,
and always with the beat of a drum.
it will begin with a hushed word,
a declaration.
let there be no rich, no poor.
let mother earth breathe free.
we will not choose between debt and death.
we want dignity, not bosses.
we will create, not produce.
we will gift, not consume.
let wars just be nightmares, love, real.
let our bodies forget their inscriptions.
let us begin. it will begin. it has begun.
By Syed Hussan NOII Toronto
New Lyrics:
Red Room
Red room, red room In my mother’s house
Times change Time’s change, are we ready for it
New day, new day And a different sound
I move to get on with it
And when we are sleeping Our nightmares are dreaming Of music to keep us awake
Lost found Lost found Keep spinning
Good friends Keep me from lying
I want nothing Want everything
Time’s change, times change are we ready for it
And when we are sleeping Our nightmares are dreaming Of music to keep us awake
Look Behind
show me where the Sky begins
Aim into my heart again
Grey and blue protecting
Conclusion: they're not admitting Something
I know it’s more than shadows And it seems so impossible Stop. Go. But never follow
Just look behind
Lights they blind Some not notice
That they lie Keep us unfocused
Not surprised your light is dim
Take my hand
We’ll keep unlearning Questioning
I know it’s more than shadows And it seems so impossible Stop. Go. But never follow
Just look behind
Bunch of Maybes
it’s just a bunch of maybes
Floating around me
I re-imagine envy Taking a backseat
Jealousy is hungry
But all of us need All of us feed All of us need her
Forgive me For all that we’ve undone
This is a song A song about evil And how it manifests in some people
Who try to act Act like they leaders Yet kicking us down
You say solidarity Then kick me in my teeth
What happened to integrity
You spoke about last week
Oppression feels we angry
Cause most of us know Most of us know her
Forgive me for all that we’ve Undone
This is a song A song about evil And how it manifests in some people Who try to act Act like they leaders Yet kicking us down
Old Cities
Old cities we have visited
Is it different then where we live
There’s a spirit oh so innocent
That we’ve been following
I might have been here before
Always a road to explore
If we get lost or unsure
I know we’ll find a way
I know we’ll find a way
Old cities never standing still
Are we just products of their will
The cracks they’ve soaked up blood spills
The walls they remember
Don’t think that I am not aware
Of all that’s happened, happened here
Like me they’ll one day disappear
But I know we’ll find out way
I know we’ll find a way
Steady
Nerves they bundle me sometimes
Until I cannot breathe Breathe, deeply
World she stumbles And I fall
Trembling in my My know ‘nothing-at-all-ness’
But today, though the sky is cloudy and grey I be ok I’ll be steady
Oooohhh I’m steady Ooohhhh I’m steady
Mind she wanders all the time
Until it’s only me Leave me be Sun
She darkens and I dull
Looping in my I’m feeling emptiness
I’m tired of all this
But today Though the sky is Cloudy and grey I'll be ok I’ll be steady
Oooohhh I’m steady Ooohhhh I’m steady
Background
There are those who say ‘where you been to’
I’m afraid yet I’m gonna show you
I’m aware there is evil
In a room full find your needle
There’s a noise in the background
The only thing that stays the same
Like the distance we are not gone Sometimes I ask anyways
Want it straight up But truth is bitter
I ain’t too sure feels like winter
Spring hangs round here, just turn the corner
Some moments unclear and some so wondrous
Both hurt
There’s a voice in the background The only thing that’s always changed Like the future we don’t belong But you look so familiar anyways
Pain
You showed me life Was more than this
And if we live We’ll be noticed
For in this world There is one thing
That we can do That we can
Bring Your way around this
Find your way around this
As we fall Maybe we’ll find new ways Around this
pain, pain, pain, pain
do you know that you’re so beautiful
Do you see past the road ahead
Beyond the brave And fallen dead
Some pray for food Some starve on bread
I read the walls And dance Instead
I live, regardless of the rain
Left breathless by the sky
She’s boundless
Find our way around this
Pain
Our Projection
At least in the city I feel i can do things It’s not always pretty
But something draws me here It’s a feeling I can bear
The sky is brown purple Most are miserable
There’s light in the darkest spheres Deflected by salt water tears
I’m watching you Watching me Watching you watching me Watching you Watching me
You hit bodies While we hit streets Say it's for our protection When was it just your decision
I feel disrespected Fucked up and rejected
Bodies are collected And left out to dry
Yet amongst also this tyranny
Freedom stirs inside of me
Blades sown in pant legs As my hands are tied
I’m watching you Watching me Watching you watching me Watching you Watching me
You hit bodies While we hit streets Say it's for our protection When was it just your decision
It is in this city Where strangers we do things
We're told to be happy It’s something we share
Love, light, hate and despair
The cracks they are crowded
The screams they are muted
And finally you feel fear
But it' always has been here
I’m watching you Watching me Watching you watching me Watching you Watching me
You hit bodies While we hit streets Say it's for our protection When was it just your decision
I’m watching you Watching me Watching you watching me Watching you Watching me
You hit bodies While we hit streets Say it's for our protection When was it just your decision
Live Your Light
Smoked two cigarettes
Think I’m gonna die
Leroy says just live your light
If we’re gonna be happy
We’ll find our way MAYBE
I’m upset trying to stay dignified
Classist, bullshit’s Got me all tied Into a frenzy
Oh power you taunt me Live your light
live your light today
Got some good hash From a wondrous light
In an old place Under a star sky
Where everyone’s dreamy
Yet part of me’s lonely
I’m not yet ready for goodbyes
Just a moment more To feel Untied
Where everyone know we
We come and go softly
Live your light
Faces
I sit in the dark waiting
For when we will meet again
Love ain’t what I’m ‘fraid losing
For I remember when
Where children where revered and voices were heard They say it’s made up tale, but I live the words I come across sprits from this sweet place I don’t recall you name but I know your face
I live by the light Smoking
Knowing we will share again
Small gestures hold so much meaning
The circle shall never end
Where children where revered and voices were heard They say it’s made up tale, but live the words I come across sprits from this sweet place I don’t recall you name but I know your face