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by Ojo Taylor

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1.
Doing battle for my soul On a mission, so I'm told Hope to change the world and save the masses Justifying personal trespasses I've heard it all before I won't listen anymore When I need you, really need you Will you give me a moment of your time Another year a new crusade Another crazy escapade Will you ever look me in the eye? Do you see the people when you look up in the sky?
2.
The wind is up at 3 AM The power's down till God knows when A candle does a minuet Moving shadows, silhouettes Silence please All the world is on its knees Mother Earth will have her say Mother Earth will have her way And then to me she softly speaks In screaming silence, mysteries Of Long ago and far away The world had always lived this way Somehow I know She points her finger at my soul I'm a child left all alone I'm an orphan without a home The television, blind and dumb The window beckons me; I come I see animals and trees, I catch a glimpse of mystery Progress though will soon return To steal that which I have learned And ridicule the candle's flame Tomorrow all will be the same
3.
Sha Nu Mi 05:22
The warriors are prepared to resist Yellow Bird blows on an eagle bone whistle A gun is drawn, a swift reply The ghost dance and the last hope die Those who fell to the white man's lies Must not lose the fire that burns in their eyes The voices of thousands who struggled and died Must soon rise in judgment of white genocide The warriors left to freeze in the snow Dignity here lies buried in snow Four babies, after three days found Bury my heart, alive in the ground!
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Well I can see the fire rising It's getting stronger all the time And I beat upon my breast.
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Well you've seen the light And everything seems alright Take a step to the right Now you can join the fight Take up your arms It's us against them We really mean no harm We are just here to condemn With a crack of the whip The witch hunt is on Shoot from the hip Until the evil is gone Hatred and anger Commission received From a babe in a manger His life is misconceived.
7.
Many peoples, many tongues Many ideologies We learn when we are young Many cultures, many lands Why must we judge the things That we don't understand Will you give your children wisdom? Will you teach us how to love? If we kneel down and pray And ask you every day Will you give your children wisdom To live in peace today? If I kneel down and pray And ask you everyday Will you teach me to love And help me learn the peaceful way?
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There they go See how the children grow One day I'll see If any ghosts come back to torment me Tomorrow's tears I missed today the ones that I hold dear Boys turn into men And never seem to have the time again Please don't go! Did I tell you that I love you so? No, please don't go! Did I ever show you that I love you so?
10.
Come and sit beside me now The day is growing dim Rest your troubled soul and fall Into my arms again Close your eyes and dream with me A dream of time and space Dream away tomorrow And the fears that you embrace Close your eyes Dream away Dream in wonder Follow peace Dream of love Love in wonder I will sit beside you When your eyes are growing dim Hold your hand and kiss you Take you in my arms again Close your eyes and dream with me Dream until the end When time is all that matters I will still be with you then.

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released June 1, 1988

Written, Arranged, Produced & Performed by Ojo Taylor
Engineered by Ojo & Eugene
2nd Engineers - Glenn Holland and Dave Hackbarth
Recorded at Neverland Studios, Los Alamitos, CA
Congas on "Moment of Your Time" Recorded at Pakaderm Studios, Los Alamitos, CA by Mike Mierau
Edited and Mastered at Hitsville by John Matousek
Photography by Brian Ray for Norman Fog
Drawings by Benjamin Taylor
Art Direction by Norman Fog, etc...
Thank you: Dave & Derri from Neverland, Barry Hill, Mike Mierau, Paul Valadez, Artie Dison, Randy, Pete and Pat from The Guitar Store, & Brainstorm.
Special thanks to the musicians and singers who participated and respectfully contributed their interpretations of each song. They are my friends. I deeply regret that geography prevented Jim Chevalier from being a part of the project.
The album is dedicated to Benjamin, Joseph, Jillian, Jacob and now Savanna Taylor. Did I ever tell you that I love you so?
All Songs © 1988 B-1 Music, ASCAP
℗ & © 1988, Ojo Taylor. All Rights Reserved

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