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YOUniverse

by freesoulJAH

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Birth 02:24
Birth In my eyes time flies by and in time it's all right Something comes, something goes Something everybody knows Something comes, something goes Something everybody knows Gratitude it's for you giving me something true Something comes, something goes Something everybody knows Something comes, something goes Something everybody knows I was small baby tall now see me all grown up Something comes, something goes Something everybody knows Something comes, something goes Something everybody knows
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Struggle 03:47
Struggle There is a struggle in the depths of me Deep, deep, deep within me Breaking out of my shell It's too constricting It's too restricting It has me thinking about human beings and all their things Distractions from truthful actions Patterns of failure paints over utopia The failure becomes normal as Heaven on Earth drifts into the background But cities are still campgrounds Sophistication can't hide simplicity even in the city Cave men with electricity still using sticks and stones to break each other's bones When will human beings become peaceful beings?
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Good Old Me 02:18
Good Old Me And I come around when I make the rounds And then I touch my head to the ground It seems I like the sound because it is profound And did you know that its like me I'm always me Just good old me When I make the beat with my own two feet as I step onto the street Did you look around for all those little sounds when they seem incomplete? I'm always me Just good old me Then I look at skies and think about my eyes close them and think deeply Man look at this town it always seems so down I think I need my own crown I'm always me Just good old me
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Meditate 02:58
Meditate I, I close my eyes Then I look inside See the rays of light Shining in me Then I take a flight Oh, I fly so high But when I come back down The Earth seems so heavy Oh Meditate on Love Meditate on Peace Meditate on Me And shine my light Oh Meditate on Love Meditate on Peace Oh Meditate on Me And shine my love When I come to town It seems so down I spread my sound Its like my seed Let, Let it grow In, In your garden When you let it in It flowers so beautifully Meditate on the lightning Meditate on the seasons Meditate on the reasons For being free Meditate on the lightning Meditate on the rising Meditate on the season Of love for human beings Oh And you know its true Oh And you see it through Oh Your closed eyes Meditate
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Soular System Know your wisdom Know Know your wisdom Soul Soular system Your soul is planetary You are infinity Open up to possibility Of truly living Soular system Soular system Know Know your wisdom Soul Soular system Know Know your wisdom Soul Soular system Your soul is gravity Explore inner being Listen to silence within It is softly singing Soular system Soul Soular system Know Know your wisdom Soul Soular system Soul Soular system Soul Soular system Soul Soul Soul Soular system Know Know your wisdom Soul Soular system Soul Soular system Soul Soular system
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Lions and Leopards Honey flavored teardrops from the sun Whiskey in your eyebrow when you're done There's a milk cow swimming in the pond Mother Earth sings her song The Leopards, the leopards have gone to bed The Leopards, the leopards shaved their heads They can't shave their spots off No, No, No, No, NO They can't shave their spots off No, No, No, No, NO Sundried tomato seeds Growing out my falafel in the trees Cucumber sauce in the garden Eden has come back from tomorrow The Leopards, the leopards have gone to bed The Leopards, the leopards shaved their heads They can't shave their spots off No, No, No, No, NO They can't shave their spots off No, No, No, No, NO Sunday morning, bedtime blues Stickers on your eyeballs to tell the truth Come back down from your too high perch Come back down, back down The Leopards, the leopards have gone to bed The Leopards, the leopards shaved their heads They can't shave their spots off No, No, No, No, NO They can't shave their spots off No, No, No, No, NO Wheel drum in the sky Spinning forever Days of your love passing by Is it forever? When you come I wanna see you smile Today, Today, Today
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YOUniverse (Inner Space) There's a big, big bang in the sky There's a big bang Up high Where is the Universe? That's You Where are you? Where is the Youniverse? Right now There's a big bang A big bang There's a big, big bang a big bang There's a big, big bang a big bang Where is the Universe? Right Here Where are you? Right now Where is the Youniverse? Right Here Where are you? Right now There's a big bang A big bang There's a big, big bang a big bang There's a big, big bang a big bang Creation There's a big, big bang Create There's a big, big bang Your Universe Create Your Universe You are a Universe
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Light Years 01:50
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Inner Space, Outer Space (Upside Down) It's backwards It's upside down It's upside down The thing is upside down The thing is upside down Ummm, Dad Are you gonna turn that over ummm because it's upside down It's up side down Is it upside down? Is it upside down? Flip it over Is it upside down? Are you gonna move it around? Is it upside down? Are you gonna move it around? Up Side Down Is it upside down?
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YOUniverse (Outer Space) Sacred garden of the sky Stars shining bright Shining your light in our eyes Capacities all break free Capacities all break free Capacities all break free Yeah You are a YOUniverse Mankind keeps seeking all the time The brightest light shines from within Creating our vision Vision Vision yeah Vision yeah Capacities don't reach their peak They break free free free Free Free Free Free Free Free

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YOUniverse (2010): On his third album, FreesoulJAH shows clear exponential growth from the intentional minimalism and primitive soundscapes of his first two albums. Eschewing the musical simplicity and mantra-like chant vocals from the first two records, FreesoulJAH’s songs here have more rhythmic, lyrical and musical complexity, including his first (albeit brief) use of a harmonized vocal on “Lions and Leopards.” “Soular System,” one of a number of songs with the recurring theme of the psyche as universe, is FreesoulJAH’s most musically complex song to date. Here, the vocal melody and lead melodic riff move in counterpoint against the distortion-heavy drone and bass line common to his music. The Tom Waits influence that popped up on “Peace Heart’s” middle songs appears again here on songs like “Meditate,” where the heavily distorted lead vocal is accompanied by a percussive thumping, more noise than music.

Similarly blurring the line between melody and sound are the late-album tracks like “Gravitational Pull” and “Inner Space, Outer Space (Upside Down),” where FreesoulJAH uses a cappella vocals or snippets of conversation, then edits and distorts them into beats and musical soundbytes. Though the lyrics here tend to be more obtuse than the directness of the previous albums (i.e. “Honey-flavored teardrops from the sun/Whiskey in your eyebrows when you’re done” on “Lions and Leopards”), the expansion of FreesoulJAH’s musical vocabulary and toolbox here matches the album’s transcendent theme, leaving the earthbound concern of “Peace Heart” and “Light Headed” to journey into the stars.

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released November 27, 2010

All Songs written, recorded and produced by freesoulJAH
'Soular System' features Michael Collinsworth on drums
'Inner Space, Outer Space (Upside Down)' features vocals by Chile Willy

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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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