This is the 3rd song Bitzone, Frawstakwa, and I have worked on together for my CKP page. I wanted this latest track to continue with the electronic hip hop vibe we had established with our previous two tracks.  Bitzone dug into his rich production archive and found a beat 10 years deep that met the criteria. This time I sent the track first to Frawstakwa to switch things up, since the last two songs I had started off. Frawstakwa came up with these deep metaphysical verse and chorus lyrics and I added a literal interpretation with my verse that I hoped would complement his meaning while keeping in theme with the previous two tracks. Bitzone then worked his magic and transformed the track into an electronic hip hop rock fusion. And then for a final surprise, he asked Joerxworx to join in with some futuristic EWI. In the end, I like that this track is different from It Ain’t Looking Good and Trendsetting and I think it points at a possible new direction for the next track we all work on together. 

Thank you for all your listenings, comments, playlists, radio spins, and purchases. The musical team is eternally grateful. 
Don’t loose hope, keep faith in yourself and your community, be creative, and persist.

Bitzone: Music, Mix, and Production
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
bitzones.net
Joerxworx: Akai EWI
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
RS Frawstakwa: Verse Lyrics and Chorus and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa
Couch King: Verse Lyrics, Vocals, and Vocal Arrangement
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
She’s Excited: Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/she-s-excited
https://she-s-excited.bandcamp.com/album/my-own-crazy
Intro: Michio Kaku

Lyrics

Oh, this is just great 
Yo, gimme a break 
No, Freudian slip made
So, it’s no mistake
Go, psycho analyze it 
Though, am I insane
In the membrane
Or normal
It’s weird right?
We’re here but so briefly
Mere mortals
Appears our fate is foretold
How unfortunate 
Of course there’s this
Who says we have to forfeit free will
Forget about it
We are forward thinkers 
And forces of nature
Scratch that - supernatural
Look at how we have grown
And evolved
Lets explore
What’s beyond
What is known 
And accepted by all
Be omnidirectional 
Slow, in the fast lane 
Flow, like a mixtape
For, goodness sake
Over and over again 
Face total
Loss of control
Lack of faith
Don’t trip though
Effects cause vertigo
Catch wreck, let ‘em know
Fact check, general 
Search, research
Both the world and the earth
First you learn
Then you teach
Art and culture
To reach out and touch 
All of the people 
Them, no doubt indeed

Bitzone and the Couch King

One stereo image
Audio visual one

Sirobosi Frawstakwa
#frawstakwaforyou

What difference does it make
If at any given rate
The only thing that matters in the end is too late

What difference does it make
If at any given rate, yo!

Have you ever felt alone
In a place so dark, so vast, so cold

Everyday I pass by
The same lame busted gate 
The same 
Boarded up broken windows and
Old rusted grates
The same
Overflowing trash cans continue to accumulate with a ever-growing stench that won’t abate 
It’s the same
Neighborhood cats talking smack on da crates 
It’s the same
Families falling flat with not enough food on their plates
I’m passin’ by the same
Kids in baseball hats standing wet in wait 
Out there gettin’ rained on cause the bus is running late 
It straight 
Hasn’t changed at all 
What difference does it make
I’m still awake at dawn 
Exerting on 
Getting my debt rate gone
Word is born
What difference does it make
Cause pass generations gone
Still couldn’t pass it on
What difference does it make

What difference does it make 
If at any given rate
Things just stay the same

What difference does it make 
If at any given rate
We keep on playing games

What difference does it make 
If at any given rate
There really isn’t even anything else left for me to say

What Difference Does It Make

Bitzone, Joerxworx, RS Frawstakwa & the Couch King - What Difference Does It Make

WEEPING IN THE VALLEY			
Songwriting, Lyrics - Tony Harris			
Song Project in Collaboration with Brave Beach			
Music Creation & Production - Bravei			
Vocals - Riff Beach			
			
WEEPING IN THE VALLEY			
NOWHERE TO TURN			
WEEPING IN THE VALLEY			
NOWHERE TO RUN			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
COVID HAS CARVED			
A DEADLY PATH			
LIKE A MAD PSYCOPATH			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
THE DEADLY VIRUS			
LAYED PEOPLE DOWN			
IN THE COLD...COLD GROUND			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
WORRIED ABOUT FAMILY			
FEELING FORGOTTEN,			
SICK AND DOWNTRODDEN			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
NOT ABLE TO SEE FAMILY			
FACE TIME WAS NOT 			
THE SAME AS REAL TIME			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
SOME WERE PRAYING			
SOME  LOST ALL HOPE			
MANY ARE STILL CRYING			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN			
SPRINGS OF BLESSINGS			
CAN STILL FLOW IN THE VALLEY			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
DON'T FEEL DOWN AND ALONE			
JUST CALL OUT HIS NAME			
THE ONE WHO OWNS THE CROWN AND THRONE
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
			
2021 © Lyrics by Tony Harris

Weeping In The Valley - Collaboration by Tony, Riff & Bravei - Original

I wrote this piece a while ago, a kind of celebration after I overcome my fear of flying :)

Around the world

STOP THE WAR IN UKRAINE !!!

Composed and produced by: Chivicke
HomeStudio Productions ©2022
Photography: Mariana Montrazi (Pexels)

Let yoursef go, baby

Let Yourself Go, Baby

more or less derived  from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1QjyskJ9jw
Thank you so much Georges from your divine music

Close Your Eyes.. from Breezin'(Georges Benson)

This new song came together as both of us found ourselves laid out at exactly the same time with very similar ailments - severe nerve pain which completely wiped us both out for weeks. Both of us on the mend now though, thank goodness, that kind of pain SUCKS.....
Gina is the star of the show here (as always!). 
She says this song is about how memories can be so strong that present time perceptions of things like air temperature and even humidity get perceived in terms of the memory attached to it.....

And I'd be remiss to neglect how coincidentally topical the title is given the weather we've had here in Sydney and in The Blue Mountains since the back end of last year. In my little town up in the Mountains we've had 113 days of nearly constant rain over the last few months, while many areas in our state of New South Wales and Queensland above us have been hit by multiple "once in a generation floods" in just a matter of a few weeks....

I know the temperature
Of the morning air
By the joy of proximity
And time with no time
I know the air

I know the steps of spring
By the order
Of the blooms
I gave to you 
I know the softest violet hue
I know the signs

I know the time 
By the beauty now
I gave to you then
I know the time

I know the colour blue
By the gums outline
I know the clouds
By magnitudes and height
I know the horizon far
By the way I think of home

I know these kinds of things
By my love
When I fly to you
When I fly to you
When I fly to you
When I fly to you
When I fly to you

Knife / The Temperature

Keep me forever

The Temperature

Sonofa  Merica

This song is called "Sonofa  Merica".  it's about  the fairly common lament of the struggle of making a living and the government asking for more.   

Lyrics;
Ain't got much money
Don't hear anybody calling me rich
But the IRS called me
A son of America

Had my nose to the grindstone
For most of my life
Put the roof over my kids
And me and my wife
But I feel that I pursue happiness
At the point of a knife

I'm just man of few means
I have my wishes and dreams
Never did I see my coffers
filling up to the seams

Big Uncle sam
Sees the piggy bank on my shelf
And he gets pretty mad
If I keep too much for myself
Must think it's a pot of gold
It's just an old busted piggy bank and nothing else

But, I'm just man of few means
With limited dreams
Never saw my coffers
fill up to the seams

It's like I better pay Washington
Or they'll show up on my lawn
And walk right through my door
And take even more. And take even more. And take even more. And take even more.

I pay my fair share
I try to do the right thing
And my home is my castle
But hey I'm just pauper king
And I love being free
But if this keeps up I'll be free
of having anything !

Ain't got much money
Don't hear anybody calling me rich
But the IRS called me
A son of America

Sonofa Merica

UN AIR QUI TRAINAIT À CE COIN DE RUE
UN TRUC À LA TRENET AUJOURD’HUI DISPARU
UNE DOUCE INCONNUE D’UN REVE VÊTUE
 QUI S’OFFRE LA VUE DU PARADIS PERDU

RIEN N’EST PLUS COMME AVANT
SAUF LA PLUIE ET LE VENT 
SUR LES PAVÉS LUISANTS DES TEMPS PEU RELUISANTS
OUI CE SONT D’AUTRES TEMPS QUI ONT PRIS LES DEVANTS
ET OÙ JE VAIS RÊVANT A L’ENVERS DE L’AVANT

UN AIR QUI TRAINAIT À CE COIN DE RUE
UN TRUC À LA TRENET AUJOURD’HUI DISPARU
UNE DOUCE RECONNUE D’UN REVE VÉCU
QUI S’OFFRE A LA VUE DE MON PARIS PERDU

RIEN N’EST PLUS COMME AVANT
NI LA PLUIE NI LE VENT
NI LES PAVÉS LUISANTS UN PEU MOINS RELUISANTS
ET POURTANT DE L’AVANT ON Y VA VAILLAMMENT
SANS SAVOIR NI COMMENT NI POURQUOI ET POURTANT

TRÉNET (Lyrics)

4 Star Commended Entry in the 2022 UK Songwriting Contest

The damage we keep doing to planet Earth in the name of progress needs to be addressed right now. Hopefully, for the sake of future generations, we haven't reached the point of no return quite yet. But we must be very close.

Planet Earth is suffering, it's health is getting poor,
Millions of people here, are shouting out for more,
We are generating waste and the globe is warming fast,
Everybody's asking now, how long can this all last,

We've got to act right now, to change the world somehow,
While we've still got the time, to put an end to its decline,

Planet Earth is suffering, it's health is getting worse,
The ordinary people here are crying for their Earth,
Governments of nations seem to turn a deaf ear,
Can't they hear the message of despair and real fear,

We've got to act right now, to change the world somehow,
While we've still got the time, to put an end to its decline,

Planet Earth is suffering and running out of time,
Its wounds, they keep on bleeding, with the fossil fuels we mine,
The younger generation are working hard to make us hear,
There's no time for hesitation when our children's views are clear,

We've got to act right now, to change the world somehow,
While we've still got the time, to put an end to its decline,

Planet Earth is suffering, it's health is getting poor,
Millions of people here, are shouting out for more,
We are generating waste and the globe is warming fast,
Everybody's asking now, how long can this all last,

Planet Earth

Planet Earth (Graham Williams)

Estoy fajao'

Recorded & Mixed by Bob Varo - https://bobvaro.wixsite.com/bobvaro 
Video & FX by Giuseppe Cordaro - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK3P... 
Artwork by Gontran Saucin

http://deparrotband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/deparrot/

Today I'm Better

I love this SoundCloud community ❤️ 

Music Is Elation / Plastic Inevitable 

For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.com

For mixing and mastering visit: 
Russell Sinfield at: 
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com
Bitzone at:
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone

Bitzone, Joerxworx, RS Frawstakwa & the Couch King - What Difference Does It Make

Couch King Presents