Learnings, nothing more than learnings
Trying not to forget what we thought we knew
Spreadsheets, breaking down the learnings
Trying to make sense of all that I have learns

Learnings, for all my life I'm learnings
There's never just one learnings, girl
We'll never learns alone
Learnings, woo-o-o learnings
Woo-o-o, learn things, and then write them down

Learnings, learnings with supporting documentations
And learnings like I'd never dream we'd learns at the start

Learnings, for all my life I'll learns it
I'd like to interview you, girl, to find out what you've learns

Learnings, learnings captured in a presentation
And in videos that I'll never watch, again in my life

Learnings, woo-o-o learnings,
Woo-o-o learnings, the things that we learns
Learnings, learnings learnings learnings,
learnings learnings learnings.... {etc. & fade}

Spoken: we're all learnings

--
Lyrics and vocals: Tweet
Music: Karaoke Version


Learnings

Has anyone ever written a love song about a funder before? We think not. #thisisinnovative

Lyrics:
Well I guess it would be nice
If I could get the money
I know not everybody
Has an office like you
So I gotta think twice
About creative strategy
For content, services and games
And match funding too

Oh but I need some time off from innovation
To exnovate this crap up off the floor
But my job's resistant to automation
And I read your guidelines baby
So I'm asking you for more

'Cause I gotta innovate
I gotta innovate
I gotta innovate -vate -vate
I gotta innovate -vate -vate

Baby, I want a job that satisfies
And for my pay grade to be high
I ain't one of those fools
They say
With a little creativity
We'll get a business strategy
That doesn't tie us down to charity rules
And in this country, much value added
Comes from the creative workforce
Oh baby you should consider
My application
Cos I got your email baby
And I'm standing at your door

‘Cause I gotta innovate,
Britain’s gotta innovate,
We all gotta innovate -vate -vate
I gotta innovate -vate -vate


Lyrics: Value / Tweet
Vocals: Tweet
Guitar: FooK
Production: MC D$$P DIVE

Innovate

Data in the cloud (up in the cloud)
He's one of the uber people now
Artisan and proud (avoids the crowds)
Fixey bike and laughing loud
I can tweet him, and I can love him

iwatch on his arm (with an alarm)
Fitbit syncing on command
Always very calm (adds to the charm)
Ethical food from the farm
I can friend him, and I can love him

Oooooo... Changemaker
Oooooo... Changemaker
Oooooo... Changemaker

Still not very old (not all that old)
His ideas are big and bold
Nominet are told (do what they're told)
His first venture will be sold
I can pin him, and I can love him

Walks down Bunhill Row (a little slow)
How many followers does he know?
Beard that's overgrown (just like his bro)
Bun on top and fun below
I can swipe him, but I can't meet him

Oooooo... Changemaker
Oooooo... Changemaker
Oooooo... Changemaker

Lyrics & vocals: Tweet
Music: SBI Global, used with permission

Changemaker

Special bonus track, CICfans - our first demo recording, live from P-Value's living room.

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (Valuelounge demo)

Is this song about you? Call our helpline on 0800 HIPSTERDESK now.

Lyrics:
You talk like David Cameron
And you write like Indy Johar
Your clothes are all ethically traded
And you limit your time in the shower

You live in a low-carbon homeshare
Off Mare Street by London Fields
Where you keep all your Paul Simon records
Your post its, your moodboards, your weed

You go to the best NESTA parties
Where your talk of community,
And the young men who move in your circles
Hang on every word you tweet, yes they do

But where do you hotdesk my lovely
Or do you just work from your bed?
Are you dreaming of upcycled chutney?
I hoped that I'd see you at TED, yes I did.

I've seen all your collaborations
Your courses from the School of Life,
And the training you got from On Purpose,
Your friendship with Geoff Mulgan's wife

When you go on your summer vacation
You go to an Indian slum
With your neat co-designed innovation
You empower a new paradigm, in the slum, and online

And when the snow falls you're found at Ashoka
With the people Jeff Skoll loves the best
And you sip on your ethical water
But you never let your lips rest, not so much.

But where do you hotdesk my lovely
Or do you just work from your bed?
Will you tell me the plans for your start-up?
Will your launch get a double-page spread? No it won't.

You're barely a year over 30
A very desirable age
Your network is firm and inviting
You even talk at the RSA, yes you do, on your phone, in the queue.

And your name is heard in high places
You know Phillippe Colligan
He sent you an e-card for Christmas
And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh, ha-ha-ha

They say that when you get married
It'll be to an entrepreneur
But they don't realize where you came from
They don't know that you don't really care, for them at all

I remember that conference in Hackney
Two wannabe wantreprenues
Both touched with a burning ambition
To have a TED with a million views

So take a look at my Facebook, my darling
And remember all our unmet needs
Then go and forget me forever
But I know you'll still follow my feed

So I know where you hotdesk my lovely
Oh I know when you work from your bed...

Oh I know everything that you're doing
'Cause you blog every thought in your head...

Lyrics: Tweet/Value
Vocals: Tweet
Music: SBI Global (licensed)

Where Do You Hotdesk (my Lovely)?

Did you feel it? I had a lot of feelings...

Lyrics:
Psychic dudes from China
Will give your mind elation
Little girls from Sweden
Will expand your brain’s vibration
And if you want to feel more things
Empathy Revolution

It's the shrinking of the world
And all that internet connection
Pictures of cats on BuzzFeed
Tinder dates that are on rotation
Our empty hearts need fresh new starts
Empathy Revolution

Immerse yourself in Islam
Do a job swap with your neighbour
Weed a garden with a nun
Share chicken with an Asian

Pretend you’re called Sean
That you love sweetcorn
It’s an Empathy Revolution
It’s an Empathy Revolution

Go undercover as an unmarried mother
Increase global toleration
Campaign with glee for any cause you see
Get hooked on that sensation
Embody your role, put your life on hold
Empathy Revolution

Collect a group, a motley crew
For a form of exploration
Train and scheme, it’s the final dream
Of empathic transformation
And Occupy’s not far away
Empathy Revolution

Immerse yourself in pizza
Send a nude shot to your partner
Learn a martial art and
Pick a fight with a local nutter

Pretend you’re called Tony
That you love baloney
It’s an Empathy Revolution
It’s an Empathy Revolution
It’s an Empathy Revolution
It’s an Empathy Revolution

Get uniforms and arm your friends
You need to break convention
Muster in public, and proclaim the message
Of substantive conversation
You must at all costs save the the world with
Empathy Revolution

Immerse yourself in crime
Become a local vigilante
Join forces with a gang
Sell smack and raise the ante

Pretend you’re called Iqbal
That you love tarka dal
It’s an Empathy Revolution
It’s an Empathy Revolution

Lyrics: Value
Vocals: Msruptive/Tweet
Music: SBI Global

(It's An) Empathy Revolution

The giant of innovation, the lexicon of change, the one and only Johar. 

Indy, we salutify you.

Lyrics:
I look at the wall see the post it notes peeling
While my Johar densely speaks
And I look at the floor and the piles there accreting
Still my Johar densely speaks

I don't know why there’s no conclusion
Just endless confusion
I don't know how this can be so bemusing
And not that amusing

And I look at the world it seems global and social
While my Johar densely speaks
Can our interdependency be truly total
Still my Johar densely speaks

I don't know how public goods were corrupted
They were disrupted too
I don't know what is being considered
Must be a systems view

But I look at the wall see the post it notes peeling
While my Johar densely speaks
And I look at the floor
Still my Johar densely speaks...

Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh

Lyrics: Value
Vocals: Msruptive / Tweet
Guitar: FooK / Pricktrack
Production: MC D$$P DIVE

While My Johar

Dedicated to all those brave souls who served under him.

Lyrics:
Goodbye my former CEO,
You realised that it was time to go,
You talked of gender, talked of class,
Talked recumbent on the grass,
Drinking prosecco from your glass.

Goodbye my friend it's time to fly,
You mustn't think we're either high or dry,
We've got resilience, we've got grit,
We're really handling this shit,
And we know you've got to split.

We had joy, we had glee, we had Filippo Addarii
Words of wisdom from Johar,
Now come on let's hit the bar.

Goodbye, ta ta, and toodle oo,
Time for us to say so long to you,
Time to sing and raise a glass,
And lie recumbent on the grass,
No more need for kissing ass.

Goodbye my friend it's time to fly,
Dry up those tears man, there's no need to cry,
No need to be coy or deny,
It's time to do or time to die,

We had joy, we had glee, we had Filippo Addarii,
Thoughts of change from Johar,
Now come on let's hit the bar.

We had doubt, we had tea, we had Filippo Addarii,
Value chains from Johar,
But at least there's Monica.

Goodbye, goodbye, now off you go,
No need for you to put on a show,
We know you love to do things slow,
Make a speech and strike a blow,
Then polish up your bio.

Goodbye, ta ta, and toodle oo,
Time for us to say so long to you,
Time to laugh and glug some Pimm's,
To show off our sunburned shins,
And to wreath our face in grins.

We had cheddar, we had brie, we had Filippo Addarii,
Goat's cheese and wensleydale,
Permission to disrupt and fail.

We had daal, we had ghee, we had Filippo Addarii,
Stopped off for a curry,
Disrupted inequality.

We had bird, we had bee, we had Filippo Addarii,
It may seem like a mess,
To the incoming baroness.

But we have joy, we have glee, we have Filippo Addarii
Hope machines from Johar,
Now come on let's hit the bar.

Lyrics: Value/Msruptive
Vocals: Msruptive/Tweet
Guitar: Pricktrack
Music: SBI Global

Goodbye My Former CEO

Dedicated to the staff and fellows of the Royal Society for something about Art. You changed the whole of the world.

Watch the RSA Notanimate at https://youtu.be/gYnltcRUqk4.

Lyrics:
I pissed in the street
You saw a masterplan
I felt relief
While you set exams
I wandered off to catch a night bus
You led prison reform
I bought a croissant
You changed the whole of the world
The whole of the world

In the Square at Trafalgar, near John Adam Street
You looked at the plinth, as you stood at its feet
It was so high so hard so old
You changed the whole of the world

I was distracted
While you exhibited art
I had the brains
But you had the hearts
I saw the cute cats on BuzzFeed
You saw community
I bit my croissant
You changed the whole of the world

{instrumental}

I tried to research
But you just knew
I wondered I guessed and I tried
But your pilot flew
I applied...
but you groomed!
I swallowed my croissant
You changed the whole of the world
The whole of the world

With a brain that was social
And outcomes in your sights
You climbed up the ladder
You designed the lights
And got so high so far so old
You saved the whole of the world
The whole of the world
Hey yeah!

Health and wellbeing
Communities and needs
Institutions and their systems
Spirituality
Creative education
Public services reform
Every radical ambition
You could possibly brainstorm

You climbed up the ladder
You played an active part
In girl's education
And something about art
And you went so high so far so old
You changed the whole of the world

Lyrics: Value/Tweet
Music: SBI Global (licensed)
Video: P-dicky

Whole Of The World (A Tribute to the RSA)

CICstarter is the official band of the social enterprise movement. Brought to you by P-value, Foo K, Msruptive, Tweet, MC D$$PDIVE & Pricktrack. We aim for nothing short of Enormous Impact.

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