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March 9, 2010 |
Hard To Love Me
(Respect Single)
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...| I'm not always an easy person to deal with I know that. I want to be better especially for the sake of those close to me. | |
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of your love and your support for all the crazy things I do and I know, it's hard to love me but you do somehow you do When I hold you, in my arms whisper baby stick close by me you'll be safe from harm I can believe, the words I say with your body next to mine |
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Respect Single
| ‘Respect’ has been a long time coming but worth every fretful moment! You can purchase an MP3 download here with a credit card or paypal account. |
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Respect
(Respect Single)
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...| In 2008 I attended a Stop the War coalition march (I donated and marched on and off for several years). I found myself inspired by the sight of so many people from so many disparate backgrounds coming together to say something they all believe in. Both the message and its delivery were non-violent to the last. When you don't have money or power and you won't use guns you use your feet to effect change by marching. | |
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Through Whitehall walks a carnival of citizens, who believe in something bigger than themselves. Bohemians and veterans, destiny unites, and winds them round the story that it tells. Herded like the revolutionary livestock that we are, By a gauntlet of uneasy enforcers. Our hoarse voices are a mirror, to the lies of those in charge. We expose and juxtapose the smooth talkers. Oh the... ...left is right but unrealistic, the right is realistic but wrong... ...or maybe it's the right that's right, but unrealistic and the left is realistic but wrong... |
An old man plays Jerusalem, on his saxophone. A young girl beats a hand drum as we chant. A festival of empathy, a bazaar of points of view; we revel in the freedom conscience grants. Anger at indignity, breeches barriers of rich men in denial. Onlookers freeze, undecided, as their loyalties and frailties beguile... Oh the... Not pacified by TV or possessions or the law. We shame apathy with each and every step. Intransigence be damned, we'll just shout louder truth will out, That every point of view deserves... ...Respect. |
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Prince
(Respect Single)
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I don't have to be a Prince. I don't need to stand up tall. No stiffened, regal upper lip, no matter should I fall. There is no disgrace in weakness, in body or in mind. I smile at some girl no shame should she not respond in kind. I dream men look on awestruck, better yet with jealousy, when I should be proud of who I am, not who I want to be. Others need not seem inadequate, I be adequate myself. I'm alike, no prideful principal, that I be something else. And perhaps my burnt ambition, to be too good to be true, holds implicit in itself, the best I cannot do. And if one day, of all these things I can, myself, convince. Then on that day, just maybe, I'll at last, be crowned, a Prince. |
A few years ago, in one of many desperate attempts to sort out my then miserable health, I tried EFT or the emotional freedom technique.
As far as I can see it uses acu-pressure points and a bit of psychology to remove hang-ups and issues. As I recall, during the session,
the practitioner was asking me to try to think of something I would like to feel better about. I wasn't co-operating so she asked me to
just say whatever popped into my mind. I was watching a lot of the cartoon Dragonball Z at the time and mentioned that in my life I felt like the character Vegeta. He is a Prince but has never been treated as such. In fact he spends most of his life being bullied and abused. His every waking hour is dedicated to being the greatest warrior so everyone will bow down to him etc. There are a few moments over this epic Manga where he starts to realise that although he is not the strongest he is very, very smart and has other things to contribute. Anyone who has experience of EFT will be amused to hear that I spent the next few minutes repeating "Even though I'm not a Prince, I accept myself..." over and over while the probably quite bemused practitioner tapped various pressure points on my body. Needless to say I didn't believe a word of what I was saying. However the next day a lot of the chronic tension in my head and neck that was so painful at the time began to melt away and in my euphoria I wrote this poem. It sounds like quite an endorsement for the treatment, although soon after my health took a serious downturn with my digestion pretty much giving up on me. Nothing comes for free I guess... |
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Anyway, although I originally meant "Prince" to be just a poem I have nonetheless set it to music a few times. At the moment however, I think this reading catches the idea best. It's still one of my favourite verses that really comforts me when I try too hard. Given that for a while I was actually trying to be (the artist formerly and subsequently known as) Prince it's got a double meaning in the title. |
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March 5, 2010
Charity and Travel
So I’m back in the uk now to mix and master Respect. Also I have an album’s worth of acoustic songs that I’m just itching to record. We’ll see how much of that I can do in the 3 weeks I’m here…
I’ve changed the donation section of my site. Previously I intended to give 10% of my income away but it turns out my financial situation is somewhat worse than I thought it was going to be. I’ll survive but only with every penny to keep me in fruit and veg! Hopefully more plentiful times will come again.
It also occurs to me that the sort of person who is listening to my music is probably grown up enough to make their own choices about what causes they support so no need for me to do it for them!
Spring is here and I’m loving the sun,
Rob
