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Quiet
04:26
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Roots
06:32
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Incubation
03:50
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Trapped
03:35
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Shattered Boundaries
05:51
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Ignorance Veil
04:46
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Pondering on the following, reality hits me
Like a bad asthma attack, breath kicked out of your lungs
Confusion kicks in, no oxygen
Dropping to the floor, speaking in tongues
Scrolling through insta, birding through twitter
Lovehating on facebook, wishing for connection more organic and simpler
Seeing all the posts, I cry for starved and sold children
Girls denied an education and boys turned into soldiers
I want to give back, connect, and pave the way
But am blocked by thinking that to make a difference I need significant pay
6’1 can’t fit in no leaf
Ashamed to use gas, hating my CRV carbon footprint accumulating mass
And let’s not forget about the glaciers melting because we’re not letting them stay cold
The argument that global warming ain’t happening, is too damn old
I love baby sheep - all cuddly, cloud and white
Drive by farms appreciating nature, crying out “spare the slaughter’s knife”
Able to be vegan out of respect for only just one day
Hate to admit I love meat, was too tough to commit for life
Hang my head low, hypocrisy, mediocrity, feeling full of demonizing monstrosity
Navigating the polar opposites of life
Wanna flee the apocalyptic ills of the world
But wanna live with nature’s beauty that continues to bloom and unfurl
Sorting out the recyclables what else can I do?
Would love to increase the small list of what is compostable
How can we create driverless cars yet still rely on plastic
What are our moral obligations to this planet and who gets to pick?
I want an action plan from unbiased scientists
working in accordance with empathetic and ethical leaders open to journalists
I’m hearing about humans overpopulating the world, keeping it real and simple
We’re like a bad case of a spreading infected pimple
You’re cutting women’s rights, limiting access to abortion and birth control
Yet saying we’re utilizing and wasting earth’s resources all on our own
Oh, and by 2050 Wallace-Wells on NPR said we’ll drop dead cuz it’s too hot outside
Gonna be imprisoned in our homes, away from the human-caused damage we’ll have to hide
Into the oceans plastic we hurl
Toxic emissions up in the air we made swirl
Raping mother earth of her diamonds and pearls
Who knows for how long this crying,
bleeding,
heated up earth,
will continue to twirl
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Blippity Glip
03:36
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Purchase of Happiness
05:18
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Youth
03:40
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Saturday Jam
04:02
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Blue Light
03:13
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Risk Reward
03:30
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Standing high looking out
This comfort and warm embrace
Where do you wanna live
No answer, want my freedom in so many ways
Scary many times
Have to take a risk if you want the reward
To learn, love, and be
Have to keep on looking forward
Be at peace with the unknown
Swaying near the edge, it’s cold
The only way to expand
Foot at the edge
Jump
Then we land
Scary many times
Have to take a risk if you want the reward
But to learn, love, and be
Have to keep on looking forward
Scary many times
Have to take a risk if you want the reward
But to learn, love, and be
Have to keep on looking forward
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Truth
03:26
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Eco-anxiety
04:05
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Blowing it all out into the universe
No time for the doubters but make room for the curious
Playing through life with a sense of furious-ness
Moved from east coast to the west
Living life to the best
Wanna play major festivals
That break be pivotal
Gathering connections, moving like an orb
Hypnotic and surreal but it’s not macabre
Parallel thoughts but united through rhymes
Helps get us through these difficult societal times
CBT won’t cure this eco-anxiety
Afflicted with GERD from political satiety
This ain’t where I wanna be
Nor is it the future I want for they, him, or she
Doing deep breathing, NIA, mindfulness, and self-healing
Trying to recall hmmmmmmm sweet times of freewheeling
Like back in the days when it felt easier
Not swamped by depressing media.
No internet, looking up stuff in the encyclopedia
feeling now much more needier…
Of peace, sanity, love, and soul
Compassion, empathy, and healing unfold
Hopefully less trauma to be reproduced down
And transition to generational positive stories shared and told
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Gift of Grief
04:36
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Gift of Grief (remix)
03:44
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Change the System
03:18
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Coronavirus with self-isolation proclaimed a must
Makes the hours meld together from morn to noon to dusk
Idle waiting, panic not abating
It’s the perfect storm for creating
Wondering how to get my words out
Live’s brevity has me meditating
Mi nuh wah fi guh back to di same ting
It’s happening, feel like its armageddon-ing
But nah worry, lifeline will always ring
Change the system
Change the system
Catastrophe opens up possibility
Transmute fear into conscious disruptability
Economy crashing, toilet paper rationing
Medical personnel no PPE heading to the frontline falling
Well-intentioned doc not allowed NYC apartment boarding
Now they talking about doctors and drafting
No safety or pay preying on our empathy and heartstring
They need to listen cuz the medical system is gonna be done in
Physician burnout needs redefining and major addressing
Making positive change should be our unified mission
And healthcare for all should be a mandated addition
Change the system
Change the system
Catastrophe opens up possibility
Transmute fear into conscious disruptability
This crisis has me feeling like Sisyphus
I’m confused, who’s legitimately looking out for us?
Current legislation undergoing major relaxation
Plan ahead and put affordable healing back into the equation
Writing this song driven by inspiration
By CTAs from docs all across the nation
Social media uniting us in signing a petition, no more placation
Bottom line, we need to join together and invest in unionization
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Jazzolation
04:16
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Pause
05:58
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Eki Shola California
Featured in PBS, NPR Tiny Desk Contest, and more, Eki Shola’s music transcends genre, as she seamlessly draws from jazz, electronica, and soul to create a sonic landscape all her own. A vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, & physician, Eki Shola uses her music as a conduit for healing. ASCAP Plus awardee, Eki Shola will embark on a Japan tour in October after releasing her 5th album, 還 (Kaeru). ... more
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