'Together' by Rising Tide & Mike Love (2022) - Full Album - Lyrics
- Shane Laures
- Jun 20, 2022
- 6 min read
Updated: Jul 3, 2022
1. Medicine Man (ft. Clinton Fearon)
Off to bed at 3 AM up with the rising sun (up with the rising sun)
No time for sleeping there's too much work to be done
The wind blows heavy and the road is long (and the road is, and the road is long)
We got to water the seeds that Jah planted in this song in Jah Song
Oh what a blessing, oh what a burden, to keep this eternal fiya burning
The messengers gather to weather this storm as one
This responsibility has been handed down to we the keepers of this covenant Jah
Will never break will never Bend no
Medicine man (medicine man)
Guitar in your hand (axe in your hand)
Trod the rocky road through the heart of Babylon
Medicine man (medicine man)
Microphone in your hand (mic in your hand)
Following the calling of the almighty Jah Jah plan
Ever awoke will never be broken not for a token, Jah
Heeding the call of the millions cries of the children led to war
Pen to the parchment, ear to the pavement, heart like a falling star
Forever never too far
Flowering towering out of the glow of the morning star
Morning has broken
Revealing all we've lost
Where do we stand now
We've paid the bitter cost
All of these questions
Floating round in this void
Who has the answers now?
(Who has the answers?) Call to the elders (Call to the youthman) Guidance and wisdom (For inspiration) Call for compassion (Call For humility) Bring us together now (Open your eyes and see) Let's all unite Jah Sing now in harmony, all your friends, your enemies, we're gonna need everybody This responsibility Is yours if you choose to carry This message with humility child Carry your song it won't be long now Medicine man (medicine man) Bass guitar in your hand (bass in your hand) Shaking the foundation of the nations in this barren land Medicine man (medicine man) Piano keys in your hand (keys in your hand) Manifest the blessings help the children now to overstand
2. Together
How many times have I said the words I'm going to start tomorrow Something always gets in the way So I put it off put it off But if a change is gonna come It's got to come from within me first To weather the worst To feel it, to know it, to live it, to breathe it, to teach it Cause that's the thing about mankind Always blaming one another Afraid to face reality So we put it off put it off We got to take responsibility There's got to be accountability The repercussions of our over consumption Will be the burden we lay on our children It's gonna take a lot of work now To repair all the damage we've done It's going to take a whole lot of work now But if we all come together as one We're going to make it I know we're gonna make it Jah We're gonna make it Together I think about the ancients and sit in meditation Innervision to receive higher instruction I think about the youth, think about the truth Breathe life into the flame that we pass through generations Cause how can we speak of being free when everything has such a cost And down on Wall Street the winning is so sweet But the poor pay the Bitter cost I sit in meditation, raise up my vibration A manifestation of a higher Love I think about the future my great, great, great grandchildren Build my foundation on Love But what are words, meaningless, unheard Vacant as a hollow heart Empty promises, twisted politics, societies torn apart It's gonna take a lot of work now To repair all the damage we've done It's going to take a whole lot of work now But if we all come together as one We're going to make it I know we're gonna make it Jah We're gonna make it Together We're living in a crucial time, tipping point The oceans are rising, the ice caps are melting Forests disappearing, species vanishing There's poison in the water and toxic chemicals in the air But a hundred years from now who will be remembered The ones who were to blame, or the ones who fixed it Like Bob said "for every action there is a reaction" So in every choice you make, think of the children It's gonna take a lot of work now To repair all the damage we've done It's going to take a whole lot of work now But if we all come together as one We're going to make it I know we're gonna make it Jah We're gonna make it Together
3. Pixel Prison
Choose a username, put your password in, you're ready to begin now Let's get you started, find you some friends Get your profile updated, explore whats related Don't like the platform well that's normal We can adjust it and you'll grow accustomed to Seeing things through a lens making friends by the hundreds Skip the text, the box is checked, so what's next, are we done yet? Or have we just begun? Now take a picture Take it again That one made me look fatter Gotta make sure it's flattering Now do a filter Fix up my face, make my body look slimmer I'll skip lunch and dinner yeah Cause soon they'll be, judging me, double tap, like or swipe this If I don't get a hundred likes, fuck my life, I'll delete it The walls are caving in this box I'm living in This pixel prison Got to get away get away from this world that's watching me From these likes and these follows from these tweets and these feeds Got to get away get away from this digital reality Poisoning me won't set me free How far with this bright star grow said we'll never know if we never go viral What will be the next thing should I rap or sing this is a downward spiral How much should I spend in the end do I have the touch am I just wasting money How long before they all move on To the next thing and I'm a distant memory Just a passing phase What do they really see, is it really me, how could it ever be naw They only get a slice, of my perfect life, it's a fantasy Jah Went for a run, got some sun, now it's time for a Selfie Repost, retweet, share, like, repeat, you're so sweet, don't forget got to tag me Open the app and in you come, we're having so much fun In this pixel prison How far with this bright star grow said we'll never know if we never go viral What will be the next thing should I rap or sing this is a downward spiral How much should I spend in the end do I have the touch am I just wasting money How long before they all move on To the next thing and I'm a distant memory Got to get away get away from this world that's watching me From these likes and these follows from these tweets and these feeds Got to get away get away from this digital reality Poisoning me won't set me free Subscribe and leave a shoutout in the comments below and don't forget to follow Like like like like
4. Dollar
Swing that hammer mop that floor
Everybody's working for that dollar
Paycheck to paycheck
This noose around my neck
Sometimes I wish I was dead
There's got to be something better than this rat race
I can't keep up the pace
I drink myself off to bed wake up and do it again
Oh it's just clock in clock out clock in again
When will this shift ever end?
Hey boss man can you give me a raise?
Hey, times are tough, you're lucky you're getting paid
But I've been working here for over 20 years
Shut up, back to work, did I make myself clear?
What about the tax can you cut me some slack?
Actually it looks like you're not getting a refund back
And as a matter of fact, you owe a little bit more
I hope there wasn't anything you were saving for
Is this reality, how it's supposed to be?
All my energy, working for the dollar
Paycheck to paycheck
This noose around my neck
Sometimes I wish I was dead
There's got to be something better than this rat race
I can't keep up the pace
I drink myself off to bed wake up and do it again
Oh it's just clock in clock out, it's always the same
When did I put on these chains?
Oh was it from birth?
They started chipping away at my self worth
Oh or was it in church?
Over in Sunday fools or was it public school?
Where I learned the 4 food groups
False nutrition just to keep us slipping
Better buy what the preacher sells
Or else I will end up in hell
But if hell really does exist
It can't be that much worse than this
It's recess please can I go out to play?
You didn't finish your work so you'll have to stay
But my brain is fried, can I go outside?
He's having trouble focusing and he's falling behind
Tell me Dad, what are you feeding this boy?
McDonald's every day, he likes the happy meal toy
I'll prescribe him this pill, it'll help him sit still
What about the side effects? Will he change? Will he still
Be my little boy, my bundle of joy?
Lost his innocence. The expense of the dollar
Paycheck to paycheck
This noose around my neck
Sometimes I wish I was dead
There's got to be something better than this rat race
I can't keep up the pace
I drink myself off to bed wake up and do it again
Swing that hammer mop that floor
Everybody's working for that dollar
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