Music I am Grooving To

Ben Harper, "With My Own Two Hands" (Excerpts)

I can change the world
With my own two hands
Make a better place
With my own two hands
Make a kinder place
Oh- with my
Oh- with my own two hands
With my own
Oh- with my own two hands
With my own
With my own two hands

I can make peace on earth
With my own two hands
And I can clean up the earth
Oh- with my own two hands
And I can reach out to you

Oh with my own two hands...

Brett Dennen, "All We Have"

oh, we're growing
faster than we ever could have dreamed
and our bellies are bulging
we're gonna burst right through our seams
it's got us all in competition
for wealth and recognition
globalization I say's a contradiction
for we can't keep paving over this world
we won't all fit in

all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
in the night
but those can lift us up
so we can rise above
so we can rise above
and all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
in the night
but those can lift us up
so we can rise
so we can rise above the madness

and there's enough wealth for everyone
but some have the most
and most have some
and there's enough food for us all to flourish
tell me why are so many malnourished
you say this weakness in an empty pocket, no
and I'll tell you this weakness in an empty heart
and you say there's strength in the power to control
and I'll tell you no, there's strength in only love and compassion

all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
in the night
but those can lift us up
so we can rise above
so we can rise above
and all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
in the night
but those can lift us up
so we can rise
so we can rise above the madness

soon we'll find our own way home
'cause we all need a little healing sometimes
soon we'll find our own way home
'cause we all need a little healing
so give love
it's the only thing that heals you
come on sisters, give it to your brothers
so give love
it's the only thing that heals you
cause we all need a little healing
so give love it's the only thing that heals you
come on brothers, give it to your sisters
so give love it's the only thing that heals you
'cause we all need a little healing

and I can rest to show you that love will always cure you
no matter what your sickness is
no matter what hurts you
so give love it's the only thing that cures you
we all need a little healing

and if you give it, I have learned
it'll all be returned
if you only give love
if you only just give your love

all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
in the night
but those can lift us up
so we can rise above
so we can rise above
and all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
in the night
but those can lift us up
so we can rise
so we can rise above the madness


Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)" (Excerpts)

hey world
what do you say
should i stick around for another day or two
don't give me up one me
i won't give up on you
just believe in me
like I believe in you

tell me why on this corner
all the kids that use to come to run here
load their guns here
and tell me why it's okay
to kill in the name of the god we pray
tell me who says it's okay
to die in the name of the lives we save
tell me why there are child soldiers
tell me why they close the borders
tell me how to fight disease and
tell me now oh won't you please
the only thing i want to do
is to be in the arms of someone who believes in me
like i believe in you
and i say...

Martin Sexton, "Wild Angels" (Excerpts)

We are born with all this music in our heart
We tend forget a little each day right from the start
In a dream I rolled on back the clock and found another way
To remember the words

That we are wild angels
Believing in our childhood dreams
We are just trying to find our way back to
The source of the stream
We are wild and free

Even like the hills these songs they last forever
Even though the singer will be forgotten in good time
Even that a song can unify or move mountains
This I cry we sing because we must

We all love the sound of music in our head
And feel the joy and pain cause we aint dead
We have the power and the duty and the means to change the world
And to remember the words

Cause we are wild angels
Sent down from our childhood dreams
And we're just trying to get ourselves back to the source of the stream
We are wild and we are free

It's where we want to be

Come and join us on the journey down the winding road
Doesn't matter what you fear cause we are bold
We got the light inside us of the universe
Gonna let it flow like a raging river