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Social Media, Or I'm Neither An Artist Nor An Activist, Or We All Have Names And His Is Michael Brown

from Split by Grant Livesay

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Originally written, recorded, mixed, mastered, and released in a single session on August 14th, 2014 as a single in Grant Livesay's "Diary Entries" project.

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fresh back into the darkness
barking off a day old starbucks coffee
lost me at the cost of kamikaze
'cause he cursed at the cure so the few’d accrue a few
coughing lewd on their balconies
balk loudly and like another facebook post
for the dead, done, dry, and the doped
formaldehyde in the juice and all of you care
so we can all share some eight dollars shares
shit, that’s more than an hour for most
and dammit here i am all political
so while i’m at it, grab up some kerosene
'cause we can’t seem stifle these fires without gasoline
or read a book sans a bag of amphetamines
call ‘em fags, don’t let ‘em get married
an unborn life is still a life
mother the victim of rape, under-aged or otherwise...

so shoot the cop that shot the kid
but no more lethal injection
we can’t get over racism
this is two-thousand and fourteen
don’t pump water to their houses
budget for oil crisis
everybody be a feminist
this is two-thousand and fourteen
rest in peace robin williams
but no peace for iran
shit, iraq, you know what I meant
the american way, uneducated
speak before you think
no filtering
guilty until proven innocent
don’t resist abusive husband
or twenty years imprisonment then
orphanage for children
this is two-thousand and fourteen
sex slaves, prostitutes, and pimps
world-wide drug trade: billions
order over internet
this is two-thousand and fourteen
twitter, vine and instagram
snapchat, badoo, bang with friends,
soundcloud, skype, bit coin webcams
this is two-thousand and fourteen
speak before you think
no filtering
guilty until proven innocent...

in their air space get shot down
go to school and get shot down
come out hands up get shot down
shoot until we’re underground
hate me and i’ll shoot you down
love me and i’ll shoot you down
trust me and i’ll shoot you down
shoot me: i’m underground.

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from Split, released November 5, 2014

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Grant Livesay Winston Salem, North Carolina

dogged sonic diary curating hobbyist otherwise doppelgänging as producer, arranger, composer, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist, vocalist, recording engineer, vocal engineer, compiler, mixing engineer, and mastering engineer -





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