"Choke" was awarded 3rd place in the Berklee Spring ‘21 Songs for Social Change (S4SC) contest. Watch the live showcase event here: https://www.facebook.com/songsforsocialchange/live

Aashna is a Singer/songwriter from Gurgaon, India, pursuing a Songwriting degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston. She draws inspiration from various genres like pop, rock, R&B, folk, country and jazz to write music in the pop/alternative spectrum. She also plays the piano and ukulele, and is in the process of releasing her debut EP, “letters from a high school bathroom stall.”

Gurgaon, India, is one of the polluted cities in the world. Choke is a song that reflects the frustration of the singer and a country that is suffocating in poisonous air.

Lyrics:

Choke 										©2021 Aashna Gupta

Smoke 
In my lungs
Breathe it in and wash it down with dust  
Coal
And petrol fumes    
I miss the way the flowers bloomed

 ‘Cause I can’t see the stars above us
Poisoned lakes and burning towers
Back to earth in graves that we dug
Gone from green to gray
It makes me 
Choke 
 
I dream 
of daughters
who can breathe without machines 
and earth will heal
without us
Is it too late for us to change?
 
‘Cause we can’t see the stars above us				
Poisoned lakes and burning towers 
back to earth in graves that we dug 
Gone from green to gray
It makes me 
Choke  

Burns my throat
it keeps me shut indoors
it makes it hurt to sing
it makes me 
 
Can we change
Before earth heals
Without us?

Musicians:
Aashna Gupta: Songwriter, producer, vocals, keys
Adrienne Schoenfeld: Bass
Autumn Ramey: Harp

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Full contest results:
https://college.berklee.edu/songwriting/events/songs-4-social-change-spring-showcase

Aashna - Choke

Song recorded and produced at The Red Velvet Studios, Gurgaon, India

Written at produced by Aashna Gupta
Vocals - Aashna Gupta, Inaya Sogani
Guitar - Divij Kapoor
Keys - Utsav Bhargava 
Bass - Shashank Das
Drums - Nikhil Vasudevan
Audio Engineer - Aashish Mandhwani

Wasted                                                                                                                ©2018 Aashna Gupta

I got high with your grandma 
And tore your books from the shelves 
And I hope you had a warranty on that headphones set 
We didn’t mean this to happen, I swear! 
I was just making sure that your grandma took her meds!
It wasn’t my idea
I walked into her room and she said 

“Child! I have wasted my whole life 
Doing everything I can to make sure that I stay alive
Now I know I don’t have time left                                 
If death is what it takes for me to live, just get little taste
Then call the reaper, let’s get wasted 
Hell’s gotta have some good shit, anyway” 

I got sick of making plans
We were never gonna meet 
Bored of being bored 
And “sorry I...fell asleep.
Again!”
I don’t need lies 
And well, your grandma’s never late 
I asked if she was sure about this 
And she looked at me as if to say 

“Child! I have wasted my whole life
Doing everything I can to make sure that I stay alive
Now I know I don’t have time left                                          
If death is what it takes for me to live, just get little taste 
Then call the reaper, let’s get wasted
Hell’s gotta have some good shit, anyway”

(Guitar Solo)

“Child! I have wasted my whole life
Doing everything I can to make sure that I stay alive
Now I know I don’t have time left                                          
If death is what it takes for me to live, just get little taste 
Then call the reaper, let’s get wasted
I said call the reaper, let’s get wasted”

“Child! I have wasted my whole life
Doing everything I can to make sure that I stay alive
Now I know I don’t have time left                                          
If death is what it takes for me to live, just get little taste 
Then call the reaper, let’s get wasted
Hell’s gotta have some good shit, anyway”

Wasted

Won't Get Fooled Again - Live

Aashna is a Singer/songwriter from Gurgaon, India, pursuing a Songwriting degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston. She draws inspiration from various genres like pop, rock, R&B, folk, country and jazz to write music in the pop/alternative spectrum. She also plays the piano and ukulele, and is in the process of releasing her debut EP, “letters from a high school bathroom stall.”

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