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11:59 (feat. Sonna Rele) - Michael Franti & Spearhead



     
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It's eleven fifty-nine and fifty-nine seconds.
If I'm gonna die tonight I'm goin to heaven,
Ay, ay, with you.
It's eleven fifty-nine and fifty-nine seconds.
If I'm gonna die tonight I'm goin to heaven,
Ay, ay, with you.It was eleven fifty-nine and fifty-nine clicks.
The whole world's watching but the clock just ticks, over and over, every single day
Some people steal while other people pray, to God, to man, machines or whatever
Some of us just lost faith altogether
No way,they say, we can't live this way
That's why so many people stand up and sayOne love, one blood, one heart, one soul and one drum and only one rhythm.
One child and all of them singin.
One life, one time, one child and only one mind and one voice,
still just one moment, six billion people and all of them singing.Are you gonna sit back, are you gonna walk like soldier.
He can take you higher, higher, higher, higher.
He can take you higher, higher, higher, higher.It was eleven fifty-nine and fifty-nine clicks.
The whole world watching, the clock just ticks, over and over, every single day.
Pain I know, so I can say.It was eleven fifty-nine and fifty-nine clicks.

Life's a cord plugged in, the whole world's sick.
Got diseases excited, they crawled up inside us.
Super stupiditis, philosophies that divide us.
Keep us in fear from one another so we can't seem to recognize a brother from another mother.
No way, we can't live this way, that's why so many people stand up and sayOne love, one blood, one heart, one soul and one drum and only one rhythm.
One child and all of them singin.
One life, one time, one child and only one mind and one voice,
Still just one moment, six billion people and all of them singing.Are you gonna sit back, are you gonna walk like soldier?
Then you take you higher, higher, higher, higher
Then you take you higher, higher, higher, higherSome say it's left hand, some say it ain't.
The best newspaper is a can of spraypaint.
Pick up a chainsaw filled with desire, chop down a tree, set them on fire.
Some transform and they call them a liar.
The worlds all black from a stack of burning tires.
Some say it's over, some say it's on,
some hold to their children and still walk on sayinOne love, one blood, one heart, one soul and one drum and only one rhythm.
One child and all of them singin.
One life, one time, one child and only one mind and one voice,
still just one moment, six billion people and all of them singing.Are you gonna sit back, are you gonna walk like soldier?
Then you take you higher, higher, higher, higher.
Then you take you higher, higher, higher, higher.

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Michael Franti is a gifted and much-heralded spoken word artist and political activist from San Francisco, CA. As leader of the politically and socially-charged group Spearhead, Franti is at the forefront of hip-hop's renaissance, expanding the music's boundaries as he draws on funk and soul-driven beats. Through his music and poetry, Franti tackles a range of issues--the criminal justice system, corporatization of our daily lives, AIDS, gay rights, homelessness, the death penalty, drug addiction and suicide.

His project Spearhead produced the critically acclaimed Home in 1990. The album contained his biggest single, "Hole in the Bucket," a thoughtful lament on the plight of the homeless, and "Positive," which addressed the growing AIDS epidemic. The album boasted adept funk samplings, sinuous guitar vamps, and soulful, melodic tracks about family and social injustice. 1997's Chocolate Supa Highway was not as pop-friendly as Home, but neither did its themes of kidnappings and police brutality lend themselves to such overt accessibility. Its mixture of harsher musical styles -- techno, rock, and funk -- was a step forward for Franti as his world view broadened and deepened. In 2001, Franti released Stay Human. In it he expresses his anger at the system, his advocacy of love, and his belief in freedom through individuality and self-expression through a set of songs that revolve around a fictitious death penalty case. In it, his embrace of the genres that inspired him is achieved with eloquence.

Earlier projects of Franti include The Beatnigs and The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy, which had more of an experimental/industrial sound, but addressed many of the same social/political issues.

As a celebration of the Election of Barack Obama Franti recorded the Obama Song, offered as a free track on downloaded at their offical website, www.michaelfranti.com/.

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