On Dec 6, 2016 8:06 PM, "rooty" wrote:

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?" ====== 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 ======= 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