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Black Earth

by ABSINTHE ROSE

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Black Earth 02:46
Black Earth When the darkness has humanity set in submission I could feel my body resign From a fight that’s been within this whole time I recoil in reaction into the pocket of girl Who is seriously rethinking her approach Maybe we will survive this apocalypse of violence And live among the roaches and the dirt? There has to be more men and woman to keep this afloat We need a resurgence of awareness Of how our words and language Perpetuate violence against the woman of this world What do we leave behind? What do we hope to find, when we allow each other to be Examples of wisdom instead of following the ignorant down to their feet When you don’t speak out you are supporting ignorance When you don’t speak up you are then silenced Ever thought, what is happening can’t be changed? Ever thought, what is is all that remains? I say absolutely not, let’s give it a shot With love and solidarity Black Earth, Black Earth Before it gets better, it’s surely getting worse Black Earth, Black Earth Your need and greed, manipulation it’s a curse Black Earth
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Bread & Booze You need a lot of strength and courage To fight the evils in this world You need a lot of brawn and muscle In your mind and soul You need to walk without poisoning The very hands that you hold You need to surround yourself With what really matters to you Hold dear with what you know Who are you going to live and die for? Who will return the favor? I know you've been working three jobs Trying to put your kids in school There has to be more funding More funding for woman like you There's nothing but them liars There's nothing but them cheaters and the screw They want to keep you from uprising They think they have all the power not you I see you brown bagging in the corner I know you ain’t worked in ten years I wish I had a home for you to lay in A pillow for all your tears When your hungry, sick of living You need that bread and booze
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Step Right Up They started burning down the old farmhouses Making room for the new They began to kick out families of ill repute What a shame, they don’t like me, like you What a shame, they got nothing better to do If you’re anything like me, you’d rather stop talking and do Or next it might be you Step right up and move your feet What'cha got left to lose? Step right up and show your teeth You better stop talking and do Step right up and move your feet It’s time to stand and choose Step right up and show your teeth Or next it might be you The grim look of the land After the bank took away your life Promises Unheard Not even muttered twice What a shame, they don’t like me, like you What a shame, they got nothing better to do If you’re anything like me You’d rather stop talking and do Or next it might be you The harvest didn’t come in All the famers are starving So they began bootlegging Why don’t you come on in? What a shame, they don’t like me, like you What a shame, they got nothing better to do If you’re anything like me You’d rather stop talking and do Or next it might be you
4.
Roots Of Anarcho Wisdom over money, compassion over greed They may never understand you, they aint never understood me You can travel across this country and find your home In the empty nest of a city and it’s rotten history Because we know another world is possible These are the Roots Of Anarcho So fuck it, well I don’t care what you think of me I’m disgusted; the gap between the poor is too deep You can’t be trusted and I refuse to fall to my knees My strings are rusted but they still play for me And I stand with integrity, and I demand my rights Yeah, and I stand rooted in my beliefs and I demand equality What I have sacrifice to keep my spirit clean I’d do it again and again, to ensure that even The most down that I’ve ever been I’m still here, I’m still grinning
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Little Folk Sista I have weapons, crystals and spells I have full moon rituals (A) Tribe of sisters of owls And we still speak to tress I come from a long line of strong woman beat down Till their only amount of will, carried them across state line Running from everybody but themselves Seeking strength with other women We fight back from a sacred place within The ebb and flow of an ocean Where the light of the moon makes you moan Where the light of the moon makes you moan Little Folk Sista keep fighting for what you love Little folk Sista keep fighting for what you won’t put up with Keep fighting for what you love Keep fighting for all of us Like a warrior you shall over come You are a warrior you shall over come Like a warrior you shall over come any situation my friends And I fight along side you with appreciation Like a warrior you shall overcome!
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Arrow Wind 04:33
Arrow Wind Sometimes I feel like letting go Like I’ve lost my self-control Like I’m done feeling vulnerable Like I’m lost on this impervious road I’m not resistant anymore, I’m disguised, Incognito That’s what I say if you must know That’s what I saw because I don’t know If I’m leading this pack or if I’m just being followed The arrows don’t make sense anymore And If your approaching please take care I’m in no place to talk right now The arrows pointed backwards And I’m too damn old and tired To bend my ways I’m grounded in my morals And you might be able to teach this dog a new trick But I’m not gonna beg you for it Nor am I going to implement actualized Rules about what I’m doing wrong Rules about what you should have done Rules about what you think I’m on Expressing myself with the filters off Oh hey girls, ain’t it a funny thing? Arrow Wind Oh hey boys, ain’t it a funny thing? Arrow Wind Well I cuss and I raise hell and I’m not afraid to cry I just hate being wet feeling me up with pain As if I were a running faucet How hard would it be? To see the reflections of you in little old me? Well I said I never gave in but I surely gave up On the idea that I could make you wake the hell up And the damage you insist in living in It’s enough make sick, so I’m through dealing with it Oh hey girls, ain’t it a funny thing?
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Let’s Find A Solution Let’s find, let’s find a solution Let’s find, let’s find a solution now Let’s hold one another up like no other No master’s, only mother’s now All the beds are full, in the jail, shelters too Let’s find, let’s find a solution now Their Tearing down our home don’t you see it? Their tearing down our home bare witness I guess I should have burned it down We have mouths to feed ya’ll We have no seed seeds ya’ll Let’s find, let’s find a solution now All this talk but nothings getting done Arguing but they’re all wrong Let’s find, let’s find a solution now
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Sequoia 05:00
Sequoia All the energy I put out on it Well I’m exhausted and I stood back Watched it all unraveling, something I help built Completely collapsed, completely Completely collapsed, complete me You talked me out of this one Yeah, I sure see that now He wasted no time, poured a drink for two Some things don’t change, some things do Well I’ve had enough of the whole human race All the habitual violence that takes place Where’s this education that we crave? I mean who, who am I to say? Got some dents some broken bones I guess what doesn’t kill ya, well the rest you know I just wanna live on my own terms, I just want blue sky sunrise I just want fresh soil and wet Earth Evidence was taken, soon it will be examined Looks like for a second we went belly up Well these people aren’t our friends They say we are just workman They knock us down, we just get up again Not gonna grin or bare it Not going to submit or appease I’m a real woman, I don’t belong anywhere Except on my feet My jaw aches from holding back what I wanted to say I guess my actions will have to carry this weight I want march through hell with our hands held together Like a band of rebels we form a tight bond, a tight bond Step back and look it ain’t no surprise Better start living before you die Upon this big picture we call life I see no end just a celebration of lights And I want to invite you to join our fight To make what’s wrong, into something right! Gotta stand like a Sequoia in order to walk away Don’t believe them sisters, you don’t have to stay Gotta stand like a Sequoia in order to walk away Don’t believe them brothers, you don’t have to stay Till all the buildings crumble And we'll make forts from all the filth and rubble Yeah we'll make forts from all the filth and rubble
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Stories Of Our Youth They gave up the fight long before you were ever born It was as if it resided in the marrow of your bones Where centuries were reborn I don't anyone who works as hard as you To kindly keep my anger fueled I'm not their idea of beauty I wont sit stay and come clean They tried to sell me on their ideas That they have everything I need You ain't got anything I want You sure ain't going to satisfy me I see through your bullshit So I ran as fast as I could, I remain free Well the corporate clowns are in town They want you to swallow what there already forcing down Denying you your true potential to empower yourself Brainwashing youth into thinking they should just be somebody else If you think I’m going to let your words slide Because I'm known for being so damn nice Well, If you've never seen me get mean Well, I sure put up a good fight The difficult for me is maintaining The focus and striving to achieve My voice is soar from screaming I'm filthy and bleeding I have so much hate they can't hurt me My soul has been beaten black and blue So I'm not going to take that shit from you So don't come over to give touch up's I prefer myself dirty and roughed up The things that I have been through - Stories of our youth The anger and abuse - Stories of our youth The scars I have are proof - Stories of our youth The flame that keeps us fueled - Stories of our youth
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Trouble 04:48
Trouble Where the night follows you To every seedy joint you dragged me to Not the good stuff, not the same Oh how I have no one else to blame They’re caring the casket They’re marching strong Well they’ll be up till the morning ring of dawn Oh how I can’t forget when she moved out of Portland Love isn't cooking, the sting is a bite A venomous poison, in the moonlight Oh how I can’t forget, the first time I laid eyes on her She was smoking a cigarette She asked about my scars and my tattoos She said do you have any regrets? I said yeah, just a few Afraid of what got you here The salt of your very own tears No faith that the sun will still shine on your face The wind would carry you away Such thoughts render as you disappeared Well if I had a choice I would have made you stay here Well if I don't get up from this I want the ember in my veins To cast shadows of ash Watch it all go up in flames Because I'm utterly disappointed Reflecting on her pale of her skin I reap the aroma of her death my original sin I harvest the memories from a poisoned well Cascading emotion, and if she would have told me she was falling Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, my Michelle Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, my Michelle She says what the hell do they know They lock us up when we need it the most What, you never stolen before? In the corners of the dark where the seeds don't grow? The money isn't coming in But I'm looking for work, but no luck They say it isn't personal, yeah, what the... I have yet to see the difference in their control I’m sick and tired of feeding from the bottom of the barrel I'm devastated I have to eat alone But they cast away all my friends That had fierce expectations of a world in which we live So I rode into town on a railroad train Far from the city, far from everyone I know I don't miss a damn thing at all!
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This Is Enough Let’s face it, this world is crashing and burning down And all around us, this world is dying, trying to get out Trying to get out The Earth is an awfully mistreated place It's time to put back what we take No matter how long we must repay For the greed and need each and everyday Step up, and choose your involvement Step back, you’re against the wall And pick your already fighting So which side do you hate more I’m ready for what I’m sick of putting up with I need solidarity, seeds and soil I need a safe place where we can grow our ideas But uniting to cause fuss for causing a fight Instigating retaliation is the first pin that drops And if you listen carefully you can hear the voices screaming This Is Enough This is fucking crazy; we need to give a shit How this effects the next generation of kids So why should we give in to the powers they display When their betraying Earth and us all the same All the poisons that they gave us They said were safe I say give them hell and make them feel our hunger Howl, Howl, Howl and Howl And if you listen carefully you can hear the voices screaming This Is Enough We’re so caught up in our own shit Do you think we could have stopped this? What about the pollution? Random shooting? Bulling kids into deep depression? Who wants to live like that? Not me! I want to be free from intimidation, violence, and poverty Is it any wonder I keep a weapon strapped to my boot? This world in which we create is abusive and insulting It enrages me each and everyday All this cruelty and injustice has a way Of belittling our very hopes and dreams That, we so desperately cling it is non stop, never ending A recurrent of the same distain Destructive behavior crippling our very work It’s discouraging but without you I can’t even look at the world. If you listen carefully you can hear our voices screaming I have had enough!

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released September 4, 2015

Recorded By Richard Marr at Galaxy Park Studios!

Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering!

Artwork By JXRXKX

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ABSINTHE ROSE Boston, Massachusetts

Absinthe Rose is a politically charged lyrical and personal singer and songwriter that grounds herself in the depths of punk while keeping her roots of folk, country and blues. Check out Kimbo’s New band at @hawkandheronboston on Instagram

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