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Leaving the Huntridge

by freesoulJAH

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1.
The Huntridge Blues Song Hello there kind sir or madam, thank you for joining me tonight. Or if it's the morning, thank you for coming so early. Otherwise, thank you, none-the-less. I have a story to tell you, I must confess. Oh, it's kind of a sad one. but it's a true one. And let me tell you I'm not the bad one. But I was walking down the street one day with a guitar in my hand. And my hair was quite long and my beard was grown out and my hair was matted because well, that's how nature made it. And I am not living in a nature like city. I am living with buildings and lights and gambling machines and things that just seem to crush upon my soul. Yet I live here and I have my own control I don't need them pressing my buttons to hit gamble this and gamble that cash out, cash in. Let me tell you baby I always win, because I bet on myself. And there's the background to the story, and here I was walking down the street with my guitar and here I was just being myself in my own neighborhood, and what do you know it? I waited for the light to change and I waited for the cars next to me to start moving so I could travel with them like my blockers if I was on a football field. But I was not on a football field, this was on a sidewalk. And I was in the street walking and I felt safe, because I was watching for my own safety, and I was watching for the lights to change. And I moved forward with the green light and there was a police officer who saw this movement and he decided to turn on his own lights. They flashed upon me like rays of fire from hell. And what did he do? He said, "You sir, broke the law." And I said, "How dare you? I did not break any law." And you know what he did? He pointed his finger at me and said, "Give me your social security number!" What number might that be, my good friend, officer? What number is secure, my good friend, officer? And I refused because hey, that's just me. And he put me in his handcuffs and my son was crying and my love was taking pictures. And you know what? All he could do was try to make me afraid of him. That's the only thing he could do, was try. And it did not work. No it did not, I was not afraid of him. I was only saddened by watching my tears of my son flow down his cheek and they were my tears as well.
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Stand the Fuck Up! Why is it that I feel this aggression? I think I need a new revolution I can't change my world with observation I need to jump in and get in action Stand up Get up Words and phrases clutter up imagination In this land of nuclear proliferation mankind sits on the verge of his own destruction yet the propaganda flows without interruption Stand up Get up The mind is listed as an inner sanctum So why shouldn't I fight to protect it? The police sirens force their way in What ever happened to the constitution? Stand up Get up
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Barehanded Wave I know sometimes it feels like I'm in a dream yeah, yeah somewhere in between yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah in between there's no refuge from the wicked 'cause they're standing at my backdoor my backdoor my backdoor my door they're breaking through what's a man supposed to do? what do I comprehend when they're coming in? in in what do I comprehend? in in my barehands hands my barehands
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Goofball Central goofball central....wierd...
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I Love You 03:44
I Love YOu I love I love you I love you means that I love you I love I love I love you I love you means we are lovely I love you means we are something I love you means we are glowing I love I love I love you I love you means we are peaceful I love you means we are graceful I love you means we are truthful I love I love I love you I love you means you with me I love you means you are in me I love you means we are being I love I love I love you I love you means we are happy I love you means we are growing I love you means we are living I love I love I love you I love you - you grow into me I love you - I grow into you I love you - we grow together I love I love I love you I love you that means that I love you I love you means that I love you
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No Substitute Ain't no substitute for you there ain't no substitute Try to fill that space where you, where you left your hole Let me tell you baby that I want you more and more I try to find something just to hold my head on for a while But what I found is... There ain't no substitute for you There ain't no substitute Nothing can sub in your place You've got that special taste and let me tell you baby I'll hold your place There ain't no substitute for you There ain't no substitute Looking all around this room trying to smell your smell Trying to get a vision of you just so I can tell you that... There ain't no substitute for you There ain't no substitute Baby, when I'm lying in my bed your face is running through my head and I've got to give you a little kiss cuz baby you're the one that I miss There ain't no substitute for you There ain't no substitute Baby, your love is what I crave And I tell you this and I'm gonna make it gonna be a hard time but I'm gonna take it cuz you are my One Baby, your the One and I am only here just for you too cuz you know it's true There ain't no substitute There ain't no substitute for you There ain't no substitute
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Welcome Home 04:23
Welcome Home I want to welcome you home welcome home

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Leaving the Huntridge (2011): After several albums of experimentation focused on blurring the line between instruments and vocals, FreesoulJAH embraces a cappella on his fourth album. Almost entirely composed of vocal-based tracks (guitar only shows up on “Backhand Wave”), “Leaving the Huntridge” is a semi-narrative concept album built around the literal and metaphorical idea of the voice. It’s literal, as almost every track consists of FreesoulJAH singing over loops of his own voice distorted into guitar, bass and drum-like effects; but it’s also metaphorical, as the songs focus on the story of FreesoulJAH’s arrest and eventual release for civil disobedience. “What number is secure?” he asks a cop on the opening “Huntridge Blues Song,” which riffs on Tom Waits’s beatnik storytelling style, before calling for the people to “Stand up, get up” in the face of a “land of nuclear proliferation” in the next track. By the end, as he chants “Welcome Home,” it’s hard to tell if the voices are praising FreesoulJAH’s release from jail, or mankind’s release from the prison of capitalism and lapsed consciousness.

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released June 19, 2011

All Songs written, recorded and produced by freesoulJAH

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Blending modern indie and lo-fi production style with late-1960s agitprop folk, FreesoulJAH’s guitar, loop and vocal based songs hypnotize, inspire and empower. His simple, mantra-like lyrics cut through the barriers of poetry and ambiguity to “speak truth to power” and offer a light in the darkness. ... more

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