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Turn It Around

from Trees by Josh Blake

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Here is another song off the album Trees, called "Turn It Around". It was recorded at Echo Mountain Studios. Produced and written by Josh Blake, engineered and mixed by Julien Dreyer and Josh Blake and mastered by Julien Dreyer.

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It ain't hard to see
The way we raping Mother Earth and we're harvesting trees
It's like we got the cure but we're part disease
Just like we go to war instead of bargain for peace
I don't get it maybe we're too hardheaded
Shot fired blood spilled hard to forget it
So I dedicate this life to all those who died
And to my kids to make sure that they all survive
So come on now it's time to tighten ship
Inviting those who are living on a righteous tip
To download this information like a microchip
And unloaded the nation like a rifle clip
Dispose of it the whole public
The high-class to the low-budget
From those in control to those who know nothing
So we can finally start breaking new ground
Come together now my people and turn it all around

Yeah I turn it around
I got the world in my hands and I turn it around
So every girl and man yeah let's turn it around
It's time to make a new plan so let's turn it around
Yeah we turn it around
We got the system by a hold and now we're taking it down
No faking it now
It's time to start making a sound
So come together now my people
And turn it all around

You say your dying for change
The only thing that you've been dying for his diamond rings
The only thing that you've been focused on is finer things
You rhyme and sing only for the shine it brings
And time will tell
Watch how it makes you sick
Loose your grip on the top and you fall off quick
Yeah the people want something to make them move their hips
But without some substance you're an abandoned ship
So come on now you know you're better than that
Give your light to the world and watch the world react
See all them diamonds and pearls are a con and a trap
Matter of fact all that crap will be gone in a clap
See your chain is so big that it chokes your voice
Put the pen to the paper it's a moment of choice
And if you choose only money and fame go get it
But it ain't going to run my game I won't let it

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It's a catastrophe
The way we bomb the population of the Japanese
And now were dying in Iraq for some gasoline
Turn on the news and all you see another casualty
In the home of the brave you ain't actually free
Because they putting you away if you have some weed
And all the little kids that are slaving in the factories
And all the food that we've been making so unnaturally
There has to be
A way to reach a rhapsody
Instead of sitting here creating more cacophony
So I'm serving up the funk like some pass the peas
So that maybe everyone can finally have some peace
So come on
Make it work like a battery
Before we have ourselves another global tragedy
See most of the nation looks at it with apathy
That's why it's time for rotation if you're asking me

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credits

from Trees, released June 1, 2013
Josh Blake - Guitars and Vocals
Marisa Blake - Vocals
Carolyn Smith Cramer - Vocals
Suzanna Baum - Vocals
Elijah Cramer - Bass
Patrick Thomas - Drums
Eric Krasno - Guitars, Moog Voyager
Dave McCrackin - Rhodes

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Josh Blake Asheville, North Carolina

Josh Blake is a seasoned musician with over 25 years of experience. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Josh now calls Asheville, NC his home since setting roots there in 1997. As a performer, Josh has has played clubs, theatres and festivals coast to coast, sharing the stage with artists such as George Clinton, Eric Krasno, STS9, Kevin Kinney, and Mike Gordon to name a few. ... more

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