A song from my new album "Today & Tomorrow." This is song took me many years to write, far longer than any song in recent memory for me. 

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INSPIRATION

And I gave it everything I had
To try to change for the better
And in those days I felt all the highs and lows
I had to push myself to feel it
I know you too seek wisdom
From the hard truths of life
And mold your heavy heart
To hold a lot inside

We get lost in attempts to find ourselves
Along these open roads
Searching for perspectives on our lives
To bring back home
Cuz there's something about the way we move
Through this world when we're alone
That we seek after,
That we follow

I found in you a comrade
A lover and a friend
A critic, a supporter
And an inspiration
For inside of you is that side of me
That can't be turned away
From the constant pressures of a world
In which we share responsibility

As we point ourselves like cameras
Towards all the things we see
To try to capture the desperation
And the hopes of society
But its not so much to justify
As to grasp the complexities
That we seek after
That we follow

And I made
A poetic piece of you
A concrete fleeting moment
To come back to
Cuz sometimes that's all we've got
Sometimes it's all we need
To face the world with open hearts 
And accept the things we've seen

And they ask us what we're looking for
They ask us what it means
Are we running from our demons,
Or are we running towards our dreams?
But it's something more fluid
And ever-changing in between
That we seek after
That we follow

Inspiration

Welcome back to another episode of The Rebel Beat, a Firebrand Records podcast! This is your monthly installment of class war on the dance floor.

We have a stacked show lined up for you, as usual. The name of the game this month is capitalism, gentrification, and its impacts on underground music scenes. We know already that gentrification fucks over poor communities, the homeless, and immigrant neighborhoods, but how much have we looked at how gentrification can actually hurt the music we love? From venues being shut down to make way for condos, to artists being priced out of their homes, that’s what we’re gonna explore on this episode of The Rebel Beat. 

Our feature interview this month is with long-time anarchist MC Lee Reed, and Alex from the Hamilton Tenant Solidarity Network:
www.leereedrevolt.com
www.hamiltontenantssolidarity.ca

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In our Turn It Up segment, we pay some respect to Princess Nokia, the hero who threw hot soup on a racist on the NYC subway. Read more about that here:
https://pitchfork.com/news/princess-nokia-throws-hot-soup-at-subway-racist-video/

Lee Reed was one of the first guests we ever had on The Rebel Beat! Check out our older interview with him here:
https://rebelbeatradio.com/2015/03/30/the-rebel-beat-podcast-007-militant-rapper-lee-reed-filipino-hip-hop-w-dj-neil-kastro/

The Rebel Beat is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network of anarchist podcasts. Check them out here:
www.channelzeronetwork.com

**Playlist**
Playlist
The Slackers - Eviction
The Evaporators - Gassy Jack
The Weakerthans - My favourite chords
Lee Reed - Members of the board
YG feat. Nipsey Hussle - Fuck Donald Trump
Lee Reed - No Kanada
Lee Reed - Bad Gas
Immortal Technique - Harlem streets
Lee Reed - The new steal
Princess Nokia - Tomboy

The Rebel Beat 078: Gentrification Kills Music (and everything else you love)

Firebrand Records

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