On Dec 6, 2016 8:06 PM, "rooty" <[1]arpspoof@protonmail.com> wrote:
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   > mmm - that tells a story

   More music, more stories.  I love Michael Franti' sweet voice and this
   song always makes me cry because remembers me very sad facts.

   I Can't Breathe.  Black Lives Matter.  All Lives Matter.

   "When we used to have a problem, we used to call the police / But who
   we gonna call when the police make a problem?"

   "If the world’s full of anger, and everybody’s gotta gun / Then what
   should I say, y’all, to my teenage son?"

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   There is just one love y'all and there is just one beat and when we all
   see justice then we'll all see peace.

   "Peace is the accumulation of millions of people, in millions of
   places, doing millions of small good things.  Right now more than ever
   we need to reach out to each other and find ways to do better than the
   way we are.  I know there are more caring people in the world than
   there are hateful ones, be they civilians, police, soldiers, Democrat,
   Republican, Christian, Jewish, Moslem, Hindu, Atheist, Gay, Straight,
   Transgender, woman and man, all cultures and colors.  We are all
   #Earthlings and we are all in this together.  --- When pain or
   inequality is brought onto one of us, it is brought onto us all.  Now
   is a time to put the brakes on the divisiveness and move toward one
   another, to grieve, to #UNITE and raise our voices as #ONE for peace,
   justice and a new way of being.  We need to hit the #reset button hard
   and fast.  Stop killing.  Seriously.  Stop killing.  We can and will do
   better than this!!!  We will find a better way!!!  --- Power to the
   Peaceful."  -  Michael Franti

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   [2]https://youtu.be/5iWvBh6jNlY

   Same As It Ever Was (Start Today)  -  Michael Franti & Spearhead

   Same as it ever was, but there’s gotta be a better way
   It’s the same as it ever was, but today’s a different day
   You and me could make that change
   But it’s the same as it ever was, we better start today

   America’s a better place than it was fifty years ago
   There’s been a whole lotta change, but we gotta long way to go
   When we used to have a problem, we used to call the police
   But who we gonna call when the police make a problem?

   I’m not sayin’ that they’re all bad, I’m not sayin’ that I’m any better
   All I’m just tryin’ to say is we could all do a lot better
   I say it in my own house, and I say it on the street
   I say it on a record, y’all, and I say it on the beat
   I paint it on the wall, y’all, so everybody sees:
   When we all see justice, then we’ll all see peace

   It’s the same as it ever was, but there’s gotta be a better way
   It’s the same as it ever was, but today’s a different day
   You and me could make that change
   But it’s the same as it ever was, we better start today

   A revolution is a battle between the future and the past
   The battle’s never over, but the future’s gonna last
   Malcolm had an X, y’all, and The King had a dream
   And like Spike Lee said, y’all, you should always do the right thing
   If the world’s full of anger, and everybody’s gotta gun
   Then what should I say, y’all, to my teenage son?
   Mandela did lock down for twenty-eight years
   But there’s billions more, y’all, it’s still rainin’ down tears

   I say it in my own house, and I say it on the street
   I say it on a record, y’all, and I say it on the beat
   I paint it on the wall, y’all, ‘till everybody sees:
   When we all see justice, then we’ll all see peace

   It’s the same as it ever was, but there’s gotta be a better way
   It’s the same as it ever was, but today’s a different day
   You and me could make that change
   But it’s the same as it ever was, we better start today

   They can try to divide us, they can try to increase
   All the pain and suffering, but this is everybody’s street
   There is just ONE LOVE, y’all, there is just ONE BEAT
   And when we all see justice, then we’ll all see peace

   Same as it ever was, but there’s gotta be a better way
   It’s the same as it ever was, but today’s a different day
   You and me could make that change
   But it’s the same as it ever was, we better start today

   It’s the same as it ever was, we better start today

References

   1. mailto:arpspoof@protonmail.com
   2. https://youtu.be/5iWvBh6jNlY