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by Zys

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i wrote this song back in early 2019. it's the single from "the common lack of wealth" out July 4th.
i'm excited to finally share it digitally with y'all. thanks for listening.

**80% of the proceeds from this song will go towards The Okra Project which "is a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them."

The Okra Project's website also quotes: "There is no peace in the head if there is no peace in the stomach.”
– Jean-Bertrand Aristide

lyrics

some people have to sacrifice way more
than the others do
and the others reach and pull and keep on askin
“Why can’t you save yourself?”

i’m a tiny person
i told em, “Take it easy”
they said, “That’s all I can do,
and, well, I wanna get old”
i said, “You will.”

cause we are tiny persons,
glitterin gold in the far cornea of the universe

badge man, had to ring him again
bad man, threatened to take me to the bin
it’s the fall of our Western eyes,
but I ain’t got no line to walk
do you solemnly swear that you care about us all?
and who will you protect?

gotta thank em, for cuttin our hours
gotta beg ourselves not to break down
don’t make enough green paper to care for ourselves
or the rest, at best

i’m a tiny person
screamin fire to a jury of mediocre men
but the stairs all burn while our
heads are drenched in pixelated sand

badge man, had to ring him again
bad man, threatened to take me to the bin
It’s the fall of our Western eyes,
but I ain’t got no line to walk
do you solemnly swear that you care about us all?
and who will you protect?

it’s okay to be 25 and not fine,
it’s okay to live with some family if you need time
it’s okay to be 25 and not fine,
it’s okay to know you’re out of money, but not time

you are mighty, yeah you Almighty, yeah
you are mighty, yeah you almighty, yeah

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released June 20, 2020
written and recorded by sis, Laura Harper Knight on cello, mixed & mastered by Zys

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Zys Bowling Green, Kentucky

rockabye folk solo project from Kentucky

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