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Linda Browne This singer/songwriter is so inspirational and moving. Her voice invites you in and asks your soul to see things differently. After hearing this I won't be the same. Thank you. Favorite track: Polarity feat. Bocafloja.
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sometimes i think my country should be on comedy central working for free and they wonder why i don’t salute the lady liberty? maybe if we’re white or colonized we’d fall for imagery like that - but that’s all it is, false promises - pretty pictures published to indoctrinate our kids VOICE: Institutionalized rascism? How is that our fault? That’s what i said, I’d never heard of “white privilege” VOICE: This talk divides us further- And I claimed to be for unity, while blindlessly committing oppressive acts through opportunity – offered to you and me –through the color of our skin – no longer racist? – check the neighborhood we’re in – lines of segregation thicker than they’ve ever been – of course we don’t see race we’re surrounded by our kin. And if we’ve got some color in our white schools then- that’s our vindication for our integration. CHORUS: They say I’m angry. Hell yes I am if a nation attacked my family I know I’d sure protect them I’d arm myself and self defend What would you do? If it was you That’s what we’ve done- this separation So I denied it straight up – come on- you understand , Its hard to be proven not egalitarian. To admit I was wrong, that I’d done it all along, And i know i’m not alone, cause we’re all that strong, BUT-we’ve been tricked by the system ==Intricate, Intelligent, inmoral – belligerent ==thinkn that we’ve chosen our lives moral and diligente ==colorblindness when it’s actually divergent… MICHAEL STONE DISCOURSE
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They want us in the education they constructed We have our hands on all the books that they abducted They don’t want us to think for ourselves So now we’re gonna study ALL their books on the shelves TAKE ONE STEP BACK They want us to believe in personal success We believe in the strength of populace They want us to buy into corporations We’re gonna buy our coffee from the local corner station They want us eating all their processed foods We raise our own and we plant our own seeds too They want us to buy into pharmaceuticals We practice from the east and use the native rules TAKE ONE STEP BACK They want us hover’n dominate’n adolescents We nurture - dialogue – follow’n their own true essence They dream of us struggling with our dearest We raise our children in the tribes of our nearest They want us loose’n our dignity in substance We rise above addictions oh we rise from above this! They’re building sky scrapers, new technologies we use solar energy, heal through musicology They want oil and raw materials We want crystal waters and healthy animals They like to give charity and be the people’s savior Philanthropy would not be needed if not for the class behavior They want us to depend on them while they remain ascendant On all their powers we condemn while we remain independent! TAKE ONE STEP BACK Free enterprises, reliance on the city liberation’s recognizing limits of necessity They like us docile, don’t make a sound there We unite and our voice becomes louder They want us fighting between one another We unite and our voice becomes louder They want us working to keep body and soul together We unite and our voice becomes louder They want strugglin and they want us to expire We unite and our wall becomes higher Want contribution to idiosyncratic heirs We unite, step forward, tell them to prepare They want us brainless, zombies, blind We have the knowledge, now they’re one step behind We unite and our voice becomes louder Recite: Now is the hour.
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Anesthetic 00:20
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Full of Love 04:49
FULL OF LOVE What was it like for you, were you scared to death? Afraid of the dark, even of your own breath Don’t breathe, please leave, this is not happening Five years young father, what were you imagining? People trust their lives with you Invite you to their homes Eating at their dinner tables Doggy bags for Rome And there you were, everyday - We loved you openly Maybe they were just nightmares – hoped they’d be 1,2. 1,2,3… where’s the fucking light for the innocent to see? But there was no one, no one who’d understand when the mentality of a first grader can barely comprehend responsibilities that not a single being should possess how many other victims still are trapped in this oppress Shun- away the very people that the probably could trust These tiny little souls were never yours to turn to dust Chorus Living a life of guilt for not protecting my own daughter To me would be a life of death or hell on earth, no water Finally understood when daddy said that he would kill you If you laid a finger on my girl it be hard not to --As I walk alone at night through city streets I look into the distant eyes of every man I meet And wonder if the face I’m seeing is the real one The only scar I got right here was chosen cause I wanted one Reminds me that this heart of dust is actually of gold and through the love I give myself, an honest family unfolds --I don’t blame you theodore, here’s my condolence I will not repeat your fault or follow in your violence through these lines of history a sickness is released We’re break’n the all the cycles baby, know it, you and me So I choose to believe in love – not push it all away Cause why should we be punished for the misery you make? Don’t let it consume you Learn it like a lesson Gotta fight back and Use it as your weapon Don’t let it feast you Praise the waking hour Take what’s in the past and Use it as your power Don’t go hiding Don’t run away from the home Open your eyes my child You are not alone Don’t let it consume you Learn it like a lesson Gotta fight back and Use it as your…
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Up Down 03:44
Sometimes I feel like I’m flying high above the rainbows The idea of you here Has been fuel to make me stronger but then I give away my power then I give away my soul I wanna share everything I wanna give you my all But that’s not the way it’s sposed to be true happiness comes from the depths of me I can no longer put in your hands my love for free The one that ends up paying is my own entity And it goes - Up down Up down Up …. I had you spinning on this pedestal I worked so hard- to see you as my guide Not let down my guard But when I let you in i was sure it’was meant to be no one’d ever challenged me the way you challenged me and then youd go away for months at a time my life would develop - grow up through my rhyme when you were out of sight you were still on my mind Perfect relationship – avant garde - kind but then one day i woke up at our side Beneath the dragons wing seemed warmer than I’d like -And I knew this wasn’t where I was supposed to be I always knew your purpose in my life’s totality but I ignored my own heart, my intuition And nobody but myself’s to blame for all the impositions You’d always been honest- straight from the start Lost in illusions, thought I’d learnt this part – and it goes:
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Blakely: Independence has a day, the invasion's got a year Washington’s a state- Lincoln automobiles, when i’m a from a country that to them these things appeal – time to track historians - stop this whole ordeal, Or better yet, get this rotten shit straight- infiltrate every home in the state – breakn in and enterin – “back your ass through that gate” – push’n out the families past the interstate. What you say’n? that dont sound like fun? If they dont leave willingly, just shoot’em with this GUN. (here take this) Come on yo – just look at it like fungus- this is how it went down, now CELEBRATE COLUMBUS! Did I tell you I just started a new line? They’re called Tubman’s, yes Harriet- you’re right- tiny little rubbers that help prevent lil’babies – or wait- we should name it after some calamities! Sista Lu: Enemy of the System for protecting and defending our tradition Enemy of the System for not giving up to life in submission Lengualerta: dime: ¿quién ejerce más violencia? el Estado y su política o el que se manifiesta y al calor de la protesta lo hace presa la impotencia  y estalla en rabia y lanza piedras con urgencia dime: ¿quién es pues el terrorista? el banquero y el que todo privatiza, ese que elegante te arrebata con la cínica sonrisa o el que trabaja el campo y desde que amanece pizca ese campo al que Monsanto amenazó con devorar por lo que aquel como salida decidió un arma tomar pa defender su patrimonio familiar sin olvidarse de toda su comunidad dime entonces: ¿quién es aquí el criminal? y a quién se debería juzgar y encarcelar dime entonces: ¿quién es el criminal? dime: ¿quién es el criminal? DERRICK JENSEN DISCOURSE
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Confrontar a mis errores no siempre es lo facil bajo lunas llenas, pido que me cure fragil- mente Corazon y cuerpo sano, la vida bella con batallas me agarro de la mano miro al espejo -ojos claros y honestos – que me cuesta Canta, canto al alma mia muestro gestos Del amor por uno mismo me hace falta – Mesa volteada han mostrado salto- salta Si salto, salto, pero sera por mi - (NO SE) Energia va perdida, no sabia quien yo fui dando todo por recibir algo de vuelta queriendo lo profundo sin amarme a mi misma y al encontrar que se siente sentir enamorada de lo bella que soy sin arrepentir que no es narcisismo, sino fundamental y si yo no guardo enemigos, me respetan el moral Veinte mas nueve Seisenta menos dos Aprendizajes diferentes cada camino Dejemos de correr que no competire Hay solo un destino y millones de calles Imaginate: auto suficientes tomando la responsibilidad por ser presentes enfrente lo que veo, lo que soy lo que me rodea son reflejos a donde voy doy y doy espiritu abierto exito de mis hermanas tambien mis logros I go, you go, vamos todos juntos Compartimos los secretos del jardin los frutos amo me amo te amas primero el parto de felicidad se nace pa’adentro y recordar que juntos somos fuertes cada ser de luz mas, mas amor mi gente
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what if it was true: enough for me and you? what if it was true: enough for me and you? would ya still push me out the front door? would ya still push me out the front door? what if it what true: enough for me and you? sister warriors stand tall like you do victories shared, no swords anymore victories shared, no swords anymore youre a woman i'm a human this we got in common negativity addicition startn lots of problems ---flex the facts from the start lets solve em life is super short we got a minute to dissolve em NO one way and uh, there ain't no rules try and make you grasp these tracks in my shoes that you've never ever walked so why would you be aware? mentally evolved not yet a telepathic pair Chorus: (Caety Sagoian) Show me who you is Show me who you are We are all connected Dance among the stars We're sisters and the mothers lovers and friends all been linked together from beginning to the end for the single mami's in tepoztlan these magic mountains have drawn us together for something it takes a village to raise a child TRIBE - HA protect yourself to respect yourself HA! no rationale to neglect yourself HA! if we are the nurturers with nothing sweet to give our children imitate the acts in every way we live - HA we've come here to learn different things HA dealt different cards, gifted different wings different perspectives, traditions, cultures Im on a Im on a urge a funkafabulous juncture we rocks the mixture- sisterhood nature rockn it and talkn it we stocknit this rapture you get the picture?-no one's better than another maybe different yes but not a book by its color Chorus Verse 3 - Mizz P Packin’ ah positive msg my sister I dare Instagram, Tweet A book, Pin it to your peers Crafting musical lenses over ya heads Orgasmic-ly blowing lyrical Silla in your ears We are the -strands of braids in our hair We are -united one nation we stand Birth the rights Kings, Queens, Princesses, Princes Indigo Beings I could never hate you ,my sister I love Rocking same Tee-Shirt and it says “FREE HUGS” Japanese, Indies, Gingos whats up?! Dominicans, Jamaican’s, world one love Lucy was the first she connects us all Some see mutilation I see beautification Noses ring of Tatted arms, Kimone on ya head (go on girl) BLOCK THE MEN AND SUN! Caety: Show me who you is Show me who you are We are all connected Dance among the stars We're sisters and the mothers lovers and friends all been linked together from beginning to the end caught up in competition lose'n intuition get back to the addition of you plus me is winning i keep it 100, i keep it always real her light is undeniable she will win she will
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Blakely: I can remember a day when I never ever had a doubt You could shoot me any politics and I would talk about whatever war could do, well love was more effective and I never had a reference, the sense was just connected to me through a channel from the universe and then a man came –he was challenging and transverse made me question everything I’d done since birth who had taught it to me-- my morals and their worth he asked who was thinking for me? Was I thinking for myself? head stuck in the sand, hiding from the filth? He pulled me out, showed me: justice ignored Would i ever be again the woman that i was before? I was always positive, never anti anything Without the veil of my illusions, evil got away with things So no, life isn’t hollywood, it’s push push pull Is it balance that i’m lacking or the half cup full? CHORUS: Could there be darkness without the light Male without female, fall and rise love and no hate, it appears to be for every thing polarity is it true with no sour there’d be no sweet not able to conquer without defeat failure success, give or receive it depends how we perceive i fight and fight and fight help me through the insomnia darkness, the monster wants to bite sleeping through the day with my candles guard at night praying to the mystery, return to my soul that love is still the answer, that it can cure all I’m lost in a place and only see a plague humanities in danger, pacifism in me dead All I wanna do is sing to you and elevate But then I would be lying cause im seeing all this hate our bodies getn weaker even though we give her food practice with the spirit seems too privileged to be good All of these emotions weighing down on our health The poor is persecuted to the tyrant prized more wealth people keep on telling me there’s beauty in this life I know it cause I’ve seen it but the balance isn’t right Theres gotta be a way to get it back, some light retrieval No more ignorance is bliss, Hear no see no speak no evil CHORUS Boca vs. 3 Aquel se desperto con la conciencia adolorida imagenes, masacres de una noche ensangrentada en la Florida Ponce de Leon tiro caballos en el vientre de los tantos y al grito Seminole no le cuadra el esperanto ni el yoga liberal del mojigato ni el yugo federal punzo cortante causa impacto confronta responsable al bisabuelo, los nietos quieren prietos en su entierro y un mundo de colores armonioso sin desvelo es la catarsis de un comfort arrepentido es la liturgia protestante que al Yoruba se ha rendido queda sumar pa' colectar las moneditas ancestrales para pagar reparacion a los insultos seculares son los asuntos naturales de un balance vitalicio anoche el aprendio el significado del solsticio anoche el aprendio la relevancia del solsticio,  del solsticio.. Im not scared of darkenss But bring me back some light Give to me the balance that I’m needing in this life
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RESErecTion 00:35
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Synergy 03:54
So you wanna hear about the guy that really gets me goin? He’s about to walk in through that door, I just don’t know it ---Movin in from behind, I turn my head around He’s sittn with some friends talkn intellectually profound ----Maybe I should know who this CAPITAN is People leavn gifts for him Offerin up their heart to his ---He’s the mac-daddy of a peacefulution Impacting the universe with positive solutions smile - contagious, presence - outrageous Tall, calm and spiritual, dialogue - courageous ---I feel this energy the closer I get to him Charisma of a visionary, rhythm flow’n through him He hardly speaks but when he does pay attention Observer, absorber, full of comprehension CHORUS: I don’t NEED you but I WANT you You should be p-p-p-proud of that If I do my 100 and you do your 100 Then we can reach more people together than separate I really think it’s funny when the dudes they just don’t get it Actin up a fool, spittn rhymes that are pathetic Street whistling, miseducated children Your game is undescribably horrific, what you missn? to me it’s not cool that you just got wasted, you smoked four blunts. Or all the shit you’ve tasted You ask my name but my eyes ain’t on my waste, they ain’t on my chest! Dude, look up at my face! I just met you and you see I’ve got a kid Don’t go change’n all your pics to charity you did a private jet? Wow I’d rather play pictionary looking for some synergy, yo you gotta dictionary? I see you wantin me to comment your new watch i'm no cinderella- flower loves me loves me not Put away the plastic, you know me at all? Materialistic? more like sapiosexual Yeah, seduce me with that brain Teach me som’mn I don’t know- it drives this girl insane you’re gonna know if I’m interested If a woman wants she can be aggressive And one more thing before I go back to Mr. Right I like four play and not just in the night So if you make it to my bed or I get close to yours Keep my clothes intact and make me want it more CHORUS Sometimes I question, after making a pile of the books I want to read… If he’s even out there. Is there a man out there that will understand my complex humanistic concern, independence and deep spirituality? I’m talk’n not just some dude that says he could deal with it, but someone who challenges me intellectually and hugs trees with me the next day? We don’t have to be the same person or love all the same things, but it’s gotta be close… I can’t ask the man to change, so I better get him from the start just how I want him. If he’s chocolate, he’s chocolate, I can’t ask him to taste like strawberry half way through the ride. Where you at?
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Cambio: be the change i wanna see but i see is what the damn commercials is tellin me who to be but i know i can’t compete with a billion dollar industry who main objective to lower my self esteem addicted to the street blog fall fashion next fall artificial remedy damn they did a good job wittha 10 deep, and snapback, selvedge jeans, and new kicks didn't improve, my rhymes, or fan base, just more debts now when i say the words lots of babies welfare do you think of my dark skin thick hair image after image that’ll have me hate who i am 16 when i first had, brown teacher, AHH damn mr parra went to berkley came back right so proud like he was from the east side learning things about my past that i never knew Now my whole.damn world brand new CHORUS: I heard change gon come since I've been just a baby girl Talkn bout it talkn bout it how to change the world look again, look again, look again, look again, look again everyday IS change you and me ARE change ALREADY we da change JUST BE Hache St: Cambia la rutina en esta esquina, ya no quedan rimas, sólo prisas sin risas, sólo vistas perdidas. Panas que se fueron, no volvieron, apostaron y perdieron, otros gozan de sus bienes, no retrocedieron, pero están vacíos, están perdidos, divididos por un éxito ficticio e indefinido. Cambia lo climático, no es cosa de zapatos, ni de cambio de aparatos, ni de agujas ni de platos. La pausa tiene apremio, el apremio más apremio, lo convencional va de bohemio, enfermo está el remedio. Cambia la capa de ozono, no del traje. El entorno es otra viaje sin abono, sin un pasaje pa' un retorno. ¿Somos el cambio o el cambio es lo sintético? Aquí el espíritu ya sirve de amuleto para una maquina que no posee cerebro, para un amor que sólo está en febrero. Chorus Blakely: (dedicated to Mirella Campos) met a chicana in chicago - nothing rudimentary servin door to door her people, complimentary she's a feminist, fist risen, revolutionist with her dream to be a doctor, there's no stoppn this --not a loan they'll never give her, opt to this encyclopedia recited backwards, fuck the list --ivy league, aristocrat fatigue - home between the bookshelves - library still free! --they may own the stadium - but she's the athlete plays to her advantage, number one always in track meet and still the girl, she asks me - did I have enough to eat several hours after she had punched out on her time sheet a pay it forward pioneer she's a serenade the kid who paid pop's doctor bills by selling all her lemonade when there's a will, well. there's a way a way to pick herself up from the embers EVERYDAY Breaking old traditions- unobstructed paths behind Inspires those who follow, stimulate the heart and mind And like her we'll return to the spirits that know trust Remaining here our essence that forever speaks for us MICHAEL STONE DISCOURSE
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Reset 03:13

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Reset involves a humanistic experience, based from a metaphysical viewpoint where Blakely shares her personal process of decolonizing heart and mind, relearning and questioning her beliefs since childhood and making decisions about what is her own philosophy. She asks historical and cultural questions, roots of self defence mistaken for violence, colorblindness, capitalism and white privilege.

Reset es una metafora para desprogramar mente y corazon. El primer proyecto de Blakely como solista, Reset es un álbum conceptual donde habla de las ideas que nos han inculcado en el cuerpo desde el nacimiento. Ella nos involucra en un proceso de auto-reprogramación a partir de sus propios ideales, respetando las perspectivas de todos los seres y la inevitable interconexión entre todo lo vivo.

Collaborations with: Bocafloja, Lengualerta, Hache St, Cambio, Sista Lu, Mizz P, Caety Sagoian, Dan Zlotnik, Alejandro Blumenkron... Beats by: Hugo Vera Solari, Jim B, Gas Lab, Danny Beat, SK1, Gerry Lopez
Studio: MCO Studios, Mexico City

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released May 9, 2013

All lyrics/vocals/back up: Alexandra Blakely

Beats:
Jim B: This Separation, Full of Love, Sister Warriors
Hugo Vera Solari: Up Down, Synergy (Composition and Mix)
Gerry Lopez: One Step (+ sax)
Gas-Lab: Amameamo (Composition and Mix)
Danny Beat: Enemy of the System
SK1: Polarity
Soul Theory: Already Change
Nicolas Guerero: Composition Reset

Dan Zlotnik (Sax): Full of Love, Sister Warriors
Alejandro Blumenkron (Vox): Synergy, One Step
Marco Castro (Drums): One Step
Saeg (Scratch): Full of Love, Enemy of the System, Sister Warriors, Polarity
Album Art: FanpDesign
Album Photos: Claudio Pezzotti
Studio: MCO Studios, Polanco, DF
Engineer: Nicolas Guerrero
Pre-Mix: Rafael Perez (Full Mix "One Step")
Final Mix: Andreas Chipster (This Separation, Full of Love, Enemy of the System, Good Woman, Polarity, Already Change)
Mastering: Aldo Arechar

THANK YOUS:
[our bodies are vessels of creative expression channeled by a great mystery- i bow to this energy flow. to Tonantzin, our wise ancestors and the infinite interconnection between all universal elements. a la persona quien me invito conocer al Temazcal- de las Olas mas profundas de mi corazon, tlazocamatli tlecuauhtli. this album is for femi, all other purposes arrived after your safe entrance, i thank panda for participating in the journey. my ultimate gratitude to my father who planted my roots deep in the Forest- my compassionate mother with her buoyancy for humanity, she another unsung hero- my mirror sisters caprice and tishendorf, squeezing my hand through moonless moments y querido quilomboarte: han extendido mis horizontes, cambiado mi vida por siempre, mi admiración por ustedes sigue expandiendo diario y los quiero incondicionalmente. to hector ruiz, a lifelong, cosmic soul companion- without your love, this album would not be what it became, you have shown me that we truly are what surrounds us-familia mco is a beautiful reflection of just that- I cherish every one of you (you too fiona!) to the magnificent drops of Sun who share their lives with me- it is an honor to experience your laughter: mi familia tepoz, peter m, christian g, kari, jasmin g, kalika c, chris and chuck browne, andreas chipster, christopher b, giovanni, erick waka w, ok pk, paola m, mirella campos (una mega inspiracion) and everyone else who gifted life to these tracks- i am blessed to be surrounded by such driven, humble and radiant beings. i love you blakely. te amo mexico. in lak'ech ala k'in]

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Alexandra Blakely Seattle, Washington

Alexandra Blakely (Seattle, WA) started her musical journey in 2005 in Mexico. In 2009, Blakely formed a soul project alongside bass player/composer Hugo Vera Solari: Solburst. In 2012 Blakely began to focus on working as a solo artist as to be fully responsible for her own lyric. She has shared stages with artists such as La Mala Rodriguez, Bomba Estereo, Bahamadia, Lengualerta, Bocafloja, etc. ... more

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