Still Standing - Michael Franti & Spearhead

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Still Standing Lyrics

There was a time just the other day
When I was on the ground looking up saying
Please God listen to the words I say
Show me a sign, I want to change my way
No more, no waiting, no life to begin
Gonna start this minute all over again
Next train coming my way
I'm gonna jump on it and leave like yesterday
Leave like yesterday
Leave like yesterday
Leave like yesterday
Leave like yesterdayIt's been a long long road this way
But I'm still standing today
And I don't care what anybody say
'Cause I'm still standing, I'm still standing todayStanding, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Still standing today

Standing, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Still standing todayThere was a time just the other day
When I was on my feet still looking up saying
Hey God I think I might have found my way
I see a sign saying, walk this wayNo more, no waiting, no life to begin
Gonna start this minute all over again
Next train coming my way
I'm gonna jump on it and leave like yesterday
Leave like yesterday
Leave like yesterday
Leave like yesterdayIt's been a long long road this way
But I'm still standing today
And I don't care what anybody say
'Cause I'm still standing, I'm still standing todayStanding, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Still standing today
Standing, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Still standing todayNext train coming my way
I'm gonna jump on it and leave like yesterday
Leave like yesterdayIt's been a long long road this way
But I'm still standing today
And I don't care what anybody say
'Cause I'm still standing, I'm still standing todayStanding, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Still standing today
Standing, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Standing, I'm still standing
Still standing today
Songwriters
MICHAEL FRANTI, STEPHEN DAVID MCGREGOR, JASON PATRICK BOWMAN, DWAYNE RICHARD CHIN-QUEEPublished by
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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Michael Franti & Spearhead

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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