Santa Barbara Mix (2013)

I will never understand what it means to be a person of color, but I can do my best to empathize with the people who have lived under much marginalization and oppression due to their race. I want to recognize that I use samples and take inspiration from cultures all around the world to create my music. My genre is a blend of my own creativity and that of other musicians, particularly people of color, that have had a profound influence on music since the dawn of time. In particular, African people have shaped almost every genre of music known to man. I also take inspiration from Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and many other cultures to create the music that I make.

Umoja is the swahili word for Unity—meaning to strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race. This song incorporates Mongolian throat sining and Senegalese vocals with trap 808s to create a really fun and high energy song. French is the Senegal national language, and there are over 30 languages spoken in Senegal. So, I chose the Swahili word Umoja for this song to declare that the music that I create is a symbol for unity across borders and across race. I never knew that throat singing and African singing could be so incredible together—and what an amazing world we live in where this is even a possibility.

All of my music, and this song in particular, is a tribute to people of color across the world who have given me the ability to use the incredible musical vocabulary and instruments from their cultures. I want to explicitly express my immense gratitude and appreciation for these people who have shared and given the rights to their music to use in my own creative process. 

I choose to use my undeniable privilege to do my best to make the world a better place for everyone around me regardless of their race or nationality. Everyday I look to see how I can be better for everyone around me and how I can serve the planet more. 

If you are a white musician I would encourage you to also recognize where your music comes from and the people that made it possible for you to create what you create. May we all continue to unify and to not let the powers that be tear us apart and make us villainize one another. With love, respect, and gratitude.

Umoja

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TJ O'Neill - Railroad Shelter (feat. Stick Figure)
Listen here: https://ineffable.to/railroadshelter

Lyrics:
Believe me, when I tell you that I’m leaving
I tell you that I need you, just for tonight
Hold me, tell me I’m the only
Tell me that you love me, one more time
I can’t seem to find my mind, I need some place to take some time
Can I stay here, just for tonight?

Believe me, it is never easy
Riding on a feeling, it’s written on the walls
Free me, from living with these demons
You’re just another reason, it was written all along
I can’t seem to find my mind, I need some place to take some time
Can I stay here, just for tonight?

And she said, time, it slips away from me
I gave you all of my love, and something to believe
Now all this time, it makes a mess of me
Get you out of my mind, and get you out of my dreams
Can’t get you out of my head, it’s harder than it seems
It means enough to me, it means so much to me

I tried to understand it but I’m the one that you could never let go
It’s hard to take a stand when you’re the one who lost control
A million different reasons, had to do it for myself
Not one to make a plan but I made my mind up and I left
I was already leaving even before you said so
That unfamiliar feeling, now I’m walking out that door
I was never gone for forever but this time
And here we are together, but it’s just for tonight

Believe me, when I tell you that I’m leaving
I tell you that I need you, just for tonight
When you’re out on your own, and people come and people go
You’re alone now, but time it moves on
And I can’t seem to find my place, I need some time to heal this pain
Can I stay here, just for tonight?

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Railroad Shelter (feat. Stick Figure) - TJ O'Neill

“Like a Thief in the Night” is a prophetic gospel anthem about the sudden return of Christ, urging believers to stay watchful, faithful, and ready

Like A Thief In The Night

She Broke the Rhythm

Kundalini Awakening

Glory In The Highest (Gloria En Las Alturas)

I’m Running To You Lord🙏🏼

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Lyrics:
I’ve flown too close to the sun this time
I keep flying and I’m gonna get burned
I walk by the edge of the ocean and I
look to the sky and then I watch this world turn

{Chorus}
in this love, in this love
in this love, in this love

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders
our love it always stay the same
I don’t believe all the things that they told us
it’s love that makes us feel this way

in this love, in this love
in this love, in this love

I’m not ready to go
this world is not ready for me
the clock keeps spinning so slow
I guess we’ll have to wait and see

in this love, in this love
in this love, in this love

looking up, looking up, looking up now
looking up as the sun it goes down
looking up, things are looking up now

I’ve flown too close to the sun this time
I keep flying and I’m gonna get burned
I walk by the edge of the ocean and I 
look to the sky and then I watch this world turn

in this love, in this love
in this love, in this love
in this love, in this love
in this love, in this love

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Set in Stone

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In This Love

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Lyrics:
Run run river, carry me home to the ocean
The river and the road, take me home to the ocean
The friends in my life like stars in the sky, leave the lights on
I’m trying to get back home, the river keeps on flowing to the ocean
 
The angels above me they sing that they love me oh lord
I’m traveling alone
So far from home and love
Oh the angels, angels please don’t leave
I’m trying to get to her with the love she deserves lord please
 
I’ve been playing my guitar laying underneath the stars for you
In the light of the moon I’ll be forever singing tunes for you
When the stars are aligned like the colors in your eyes, greens and blues
It’s not when or whether, we’ll always be together, it’s true
 
And the angels above me they sing that they love me oh lord
I’m traveling alone
So far from home and love
Oh the angels, angels please don’t leave
I’m trying to get to her with the love she deserves lord please
 
And sometimes I feel like my heart’s gonna burst at the seams
And sometimes I think it’s just love that we want, or we need
And sometimes I feel like I’m living too much in my dreams
And sometimes, oh lord, let me be
Let me be oh
 
Are you feeling like I’m feeling?
Searching for the meaning of it all
I spend all my days trying to make some sense of it all
The ocean and the seas and the windblown trees are changing
And your love for me, is all I need to keep believing
 
And the angels above me they sing that they love me oh lord
I’m traveling alone
So far from home and love
Oh the angels, angels please don’t leave
I’m trying to get to her with the love she deserves lord please
 
Oh please
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me

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Angels Above Me

Investor, former Santa Barbara DJ, and songwriter. Music genre: Hip-hop, Reggae, Electronic, Folk, Indie and Alt Rock. Following the USDebtClock.org to add musical commentary to their  memes.

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