Nigeria , Benin, North West Africa … deep

Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin - Savanne

Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin - Tongo Barra

https://open.spotify.com/album/4XfjbetSzQqOXXE0NVdOjl

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-moving-finger/1663546857?i=1663546858

The Amazing Dorothy Ashby in a slight extended version for her beautiful creation "The Moving Finger".

Dedicated to my newborn Aviv "Ginger".

Dorothy Ashby - The Moving Finger (Ginger Dream Edit)

[Intro]
[Instrumental only]

[Verse 1]
Step through the gate, let the week fall free,
street dust slips from your history.
House full of grin, hall full of spark,
old joy wakes and rewires the dark.
Front-stoop talk to the back-room slide,
river-town heat to the midnight ride.
Every bold foot left a living sign,
all that motion runs through mine.

[Pre-Chorus]
Set that load by the stairway post,
whole room ready to love you most.
Shed your fear, speak your truth,
bring that body all the way through.

[Chorus]
Welcome to the palace of funk,
forget your worries, unpack your junk.
Move your trunk till the whole room jumps,
shed your fear, speak your truth, cut loose.
Welcome to the palace of funk,
hands up high and your heart up front.
Leave that ache where the old week sunk,
come on in to the palace of funk.

[Verse 2]
Porch lights blink and the block says come,
whole row wakes with a marching hum.
Hand-stamped nights and a rooftop sway,
kitchen-table plans grew legs by day.
Train-line laughter and a warehouse grin,
past walked out and the now walked in.
Old-school dust met a future strut,
whole room turned with a clean loose cut.

[Pre-Chorus]
Shake that weight from your shoulder blades,
let that laugh run hot through the place.
Shed your fear, speak your truth,
bring that body all the way through.

[Chorus]
Welcome to the palace of funk,
forget your worries, unpack your junk.
Move your trunk till the whole room jumps,
shed your fear, speak your truth, cut loose.
Welcome to the palace of funk,
hands up high and your heart up front.
Leave that ache where the old week sunk,
come on in to the palace of funk.

[Bridge]
Porch to parquet, block to sky,
all that soul still walking by.
Door to door and side to side,
all that style still here alive.
Laugh that laugh till the ceiling swings,
show the night what your backbone brings.
Every scar can learn new grace,
every hard day can lose its place.

[Final Chorus]
Welcome to the palace of funk,
forget your worries, unpack your junk.
Move your trunk till the whole room jumps,
shed your fear, speak your truth, cut loose.
Welcome to the palace of funk,
hands up high and your heart up front.
Leave that ache where the old week sunk,
come on in to the palace of funk.

[Outro]
Whole room lit.
Whole floor warm.
Whole self here.
New day born.

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