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All the Birds

by Common Foundation

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1.
What You Say 03:47
hey walk away, from what they say we'll walk right through the town and sing our freedom sound, i wasn't born, to fear no storm sail away, believe in what you say i chased that storm for a good part of my life thinking all that you do and all that you say won't come out right but now i find, it all gets easier i hope soon, that you too, do find it all gets easier
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ask me when you see me, i will surrender my name, suffer, you're born to suffer but you lay down in a crying shame tell me kid, do you pity you? would you want the whole world, to pity you too? i am, ruder than you you've got it all, but you don't want it like a flood that fills your back pocket, i know you're going to find that all things have place in time. when all you want, weighs heavy on you, and the suffering is greater too, i am, ruder than you tell me kid, do you want the truth? do you know how it burns on the inside of you?
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People Say 05:06
my brother, why you drag your feet? hey sister, do you feel your incomplete? and mother, where did we go wrong? we're losing faith, it won't take us long there comes a time, when you must decide to break free from the crowd, to be your own person now and time can't be bought, don't cave under pressure like you've been taught rise above the gravity, and keep your chin up i tell you, seek the truth it will not come find you people say, they know the way but you have to find your own there are others all along our path, they will test you, stop and keep you slow some will love you, and want to let you go if you teach yourself to just let go my brother, the morning sun will come and sister, try to have some fun and children, don't waste time, use your mind and you will find that our mother can sustain us, but she cannot live in vain for us Chorus
4.
Politricks 04:42
snakes in the weeds, all have smooth tongues do they know what we need? we spend so much time wrapped up in lies that we start to believe our own minds don't fall for their politricks baby when they get you down try not to look at the ground when you're feeling blue know that i feel it too we spend so much time with our hands in our head just put it to the grindstone to meet the demands of a fledgling nation that's falling from its pedestal life, liberty, and justice for all
5.
Mia's Song 05:10
mama said child, there's love to be found love lights the world around mama's passed on all this wisdom i know but it's hard to let your whole world go so i'll just be for me cause i know the air is mine to breathe father said son, there's darkness beware it's the sun's curse from the moon's glare like fearing earth with the roots that we grow i try the waters that ebb and flow but i'll just be for me cause i know the air is mine to breathe often i found when these two worlds collide you must look for the strength inside though our worlds may be ages apart we all share love of a single heart
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war on the radio war, war, war i fixed your bed and wrote you a note and all my love for you i swore all the while i heard the radio preaching me rumors of a war what is the fashion we wear now? we slept in the glow not wondering what does this mean we have in store? you're preaching me rumors of a war
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hey brother beat the ground with me the sound of the earth and galaxy in our time, it pulls the tides that move in our time, it bears the weight of truth below the waves, the sea begins to hum it's just the beating of the earthquake drum feel the weight for years now my life's been running scared the truth of a normal life i fear in my time, i've felt the peace that moves and my time, depends on what i choose below my feet the worlds begins to hum it's just the beating of the earthquake drum would you face the barrel of a gun, or beat upon the earthquake drum?
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Crisis 03:02
we've got a crisis oh can't you see we've got a crisis how can we set them free? oh what a crisis how can it be? the blind they lead the blind truth will not cease to be there has got to be, more trees! we've got a crisis though some may not care we can't live this life alone praise be, for jah tree
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all the birds on the porch that stay have all but one begun to fly away the fireflies said their last goodbyes but one light still remains hey boy, no matter what you do your heart is sinking deeper in blue if all your dreams no one can see then you can't share them with me i watched it slip away, some other day, on the wings that hold, a violent cold you watched it slip away but you're to blame i'm the wings that hold a violent cold now in spring as the world turns green sing a song a lonely bird would sing how you faced the cold as the winter crept and you swear you never wept hey boy when it all turned grey who was there and who went away? if you fly alone then at least you're free to share your dreams with me

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released August 1, 2012

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Common Foundation Asheville, North Carolina

9-piece reggae/ska/alternative from Asheville, NC. Common Foundation formed in 2009.
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