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No possible without:
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Inspired by Nina Simone's "put some sugar in my bowl", one of my all time favorites.

Put some sugar

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Inspired by a quote from Kwame Nkrumah, as told by Stokely Charmichael "May you live in interesting times...!"

Elisa Marvena: voice and lyrics, drum.
Jeyc Balmaseda: guitars, background vocals and effects (http://soundcloud.com/jeycb)

Interesting Times

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Instrumental by Jeyc Balmaseda (http://soundcloud.com/jeycb)


Lyrics and translation:

Más allá del poder y del ego (beyond power and ego)
Más allá del miedo a lo ajeno (beyond fear of what’s foreign)
Más allá (beyond)
Mira tu sabes, el orgullo nos parte (see you know, pride breaks us)
Toda verdad es en parte (all truth is parcial)
La conciencia es un arte (conscience is an art)
Equilibrio constante (constant balance)
Maat

Más allá del estrés, del deseo (beyond stress and desire)
Más allá del llegar, del dinero (beyond getting there and money)
Más allá (beyond)
Mira tu sabes, la palabra es cobarde (see, you know, word is coward)
Si ha de justificarse (if it has to be justified)
El papel es en balde (paper is no use)
Si el amor tiene hambre (if love is hungry)
Maat


Más Allá

raw version of Coast of Gold

All poor played instruments by me (sorry) in a sad effort to do something strictly on my own for this lyrically intense and very personal song.

Lyrics translated

Coast of Gold
Mísero valor que por tus entrañas corre el odio
(Paltry value, trough your entrails hate runs)

Mísero valor que por tus engaños vence la traición
(Paltry value, treason is victorious thanks to your deception)

Secuestro, segregación
(kidnapping, segregation)
Rota el alma encadenado el cuerpo
(soul broken, chained body)

Siniestro, separación
(sinister, separation)
Mar en calma lloran los ancestros
(calm sea, the ancestors cry)

Muchos años
(Many years, many many years)
Y lo que pagan después reclaman
(and whatever they pay, they later reclaim)
Muchos años y nadie paga
(Many years, many many years, and nobody pays)

Tu que no sabes volar tratas las alas robar
(You that can't fly, you try to steal the wings)

para poder contemplar como todo en tu contra un día se volverá
(so you can contemplate how one day everything will turn against you)

todo lo que sube caerá
(what goes up always comes down)

Costa del Oro

Jeyc Balmaseda: bass and beats (http://soundcloud.com/jeycb)
Elisa Marvena: lyrics, vocals, piano

Lyrics:
Que dirán esos de allá
Si un día nadie mata más
Nadie compra su mal

Que dirán esos de allá
Si un día la tierra sólo da a quien la labra

Dicen que la rabia mata
Quiebra el alma, no nos deja analizar
Y aunque no entiendan nada más
No escuchen nada más
He oído que muchos unidos
Al elefante hicieron parar

Que dirán…

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English translation:
What will they say, those up there
If one day nobody kills anymore
Nobody buys their evil

What will they say, those up there
If one day the Earth only gives to those who work it

They say anger kills
breaks your soul, stops us from analyzing
and although they understand nothing else
Hear nothing else
I’ve heard that a united mass can stop the elephant


Qué Dirán

My apologies in advance for the broken Arabic, I was just starting to learn the language. 

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Elisa Marvena: voice and lyrics
Jeyc Balmaseda: oud, guitar, bass, darbuka. (http://soundcloud.com/jeycb)


Song dedicated to the Mediterranean sea and its people. 

Lyrics in Arabic, Spanish and English:

هل تسمع قلبي؟
 يبكي لهذا البحر الذي يوحي بالسلام ويلوخ بالخرب

حياتي وحياتنا
تاريخنا وطريقنا
إنها مرتبطة بهذه الأرض

إمتلا البيت برائحة الزيت
إمتلا ارواحنا بانغام العيد 
هذه أرضنا 

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¿Escuchas mi corazón?
Llora por este mar cuyo olor inspira paz 
y su sonido recuerda a la guerra

Mi vida y nuestra vida
Nuestra historia y nuestro camino
Están unidos a esta tierra

Historia escrita con sangre
desierto, sol y mar
origen de civilizaciones
este es nuestro mar

La casa se llenó de olor a aceite
Nuestras almas se llenaron del sonido de la fiesta
Esta es nuestra tierra

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Do you hear my heart?
It mourns for this sea which smell inspires peace
and its sound reminds of war

My life and our life
our history and our path
are linked to this land

history written with blood
desert, sun and sea
origin of civilizations
this is our sea

The house filled with the smell of olive oil
our souls filled with the sound of festivities
this is our land

Arduna (أرضنا)

My passions are culture, history and politics and I love finding new ways of exploring and expressing these through music, writing, art and education.

These are non-professional eclectic creations. Just for fun. 

All professional input is thanks to Jeyc B (http://soundcloud.com/jeycb) who composes, plays and arranges all the music in the background.

Marvena

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