Ignorance Veil

from Essential by Eki'Shola

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lyrics

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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from Essential, released August 8, 2020
All songs composed, produced, performed, mixed, and mastered by Eki Shola™. Keyboards, piano, electronics, and vocals by Eki Shola™

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Eki'Shola San Francisco, California

A talented artist & also a physician, Eki Shola’s music transcends genre, as she seamlessly draws from jazz, electronica, & world to create her own sonic landscape. Her music has been described as  “…sound art to be used to trigger thought and encourage love and beauty through rhythm and unique composition.”
Her personal story was featured in a PBS TV special, “The New Normal: Visions of Healing”. ... more

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