New studio album, UP.ROOTED, available worldwide on February 11, 2014
Written by Gina Chavez + David Vitera
Recorded, mixed, and produced by Michael Ramos


MUSICIANS
Vocals: Gina Chavez
Accordion: Michael Ramos
Bass: Kenneth Null
Electric + Steel Guitar: Roel Martinez
Percussion: Arturo Meza


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Photography: Judson Baker
Makeup: Ashley Rae Hancock 
Hair: Mandy Hernandez
Retouching: Kimberly Curtis
Design: Lacy Schill

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Miles De Millas

a song about my battle to claim victory in my purpose! ✌️ God is good 

Televised.m4a

A few tunes from the debut full-length album Eyes Wide, out now on Ropeadope Records.  Eyes Wide was recorded to analog tape at Mighty Toad Studios and mixed at Strangeweather Studios by creative luminary Daniel Schlett (Bob Dylan,Yeasayer, Rita Indiana). The music on the album is as diverse as the backgrounds and life-experiences of the band-members; each member contributed songs to the album, expressing his personal vision, and the band shaped the music collectively. They write songs the way a storyteller crafts tales, exploring universal themes through personal experiences. Eyes Wide is also a covert tribute to New York City, where the band spent a year of relative stasis and creative hibernation after three consecutive years of touring.

Honey Bee

Lines in the sand 
there's blood in the sand 
battle lines drawn
there's blood on your hands
poisoned population in an urban environment
But
I guess that was so last year
Now you're on to the next one
On to the next ones
Tell me who it's gonna be
Do they look like me
Of course they do 
cause they have eyes like me
They see like me
bleed like me
breath like me
Talk like me
Dream like me
Might as well be me
If you're with me stand up
Everybody stand up

Slow money
Fast money
Everybody don't have money
My money
Your money
Pipelines and blood money

Fast money 
Slow money 
Everybody don't have money
Your money
My money
Pipelines and blood money

Cash rules everything around these parts
Another Wu-Tang dart
but it fits the part
Look, we can get all amped up and wild
But make sure to focus for a while
Feel the fire build 
Let it rise
Everybody rise
I wanna see the fire in your eyes
Everybody rise
I wanna see that fire in your eyes

Slow money
Fast money
Everybody don't have money
My money
Your money
Pipelines and blood money

Fast money 
Slow money 
Everybody don't have money
Your money
My money
Pipelines and blood money

Pipelines and Blood Money

https://youtu.be/hbtdg60ZGdU - video for the track. 
Always want to write a bike song. 
#SWU Songwriting Week 4 challenge. "Changing Gears" was the prompt.

Riding on a bicycle 
up the hill i climb                       
changing gears in time I’m a sail in the wind
I’m a sail in the wind.

Riding on a bicycle
breath is all i hear
heart beat strong and clear
 I’m a sail in the wind
I’m a sail in the wind

Riding on a bicycle
Endless sky I see
Pulling pushing speed 
I’m a sail on the wind
I’m a sail on the wind
I’m a sail on the wind
I’m a sail on the wind

Riding on my bicycle.

Bicycle

Seventh Tzun 
And I do it my way
Switching lanes
Changing gears on the highway
Dropping truth bombs 
Mind blown
From the word play
Press play
I'm on display
No need to downplay
Just replay
Lyrical shots 
gunplay all day 
Strictly back shots
Skip the foreplay
Countershot
To your counterplay
Bloodshot
I mean what bloodclot
They say I got some stones
I guess they mean your boy rocks 
Back to the speed I'm at 
and it's measured in Mach
Mad gees when I drop


Mad gees when I drop
Mad gees when I drop
Mad gees when I drop
Mad gees when I drop


Force from the impact
Thoughts from the abstract
Illegal contact
Clips from the artifact 
Opposites attract
Alternate facts
Like beer goggles with a cataract
Lets just make it through intact
Counteract the counter math
Addition when they subtract 
From the square we build a tesseract
Checks and balancing act
Lights are dimmer 
but we can still see the path
Seventh Tzun 
And I do it my way
Switching lanes
Changing gears on the highway
And I do it my way
Switching lanes
Changing gears on the highway

Mad gees when I drop
Mad gees when I drop
Mad gees when I drop
Mad gees when I drop

Mad Gees

OMULU & IOIA Present Arrastão

Come Home

ELLA

Sus manos están atadas
Su voz no puede mas
No sabe a dónde ir
Ni que hacer

Su cuerpo no para de bailar
Al ritmo de esta realidad
No sabe a dónde ir
Ni que hacer

Le quitaron las ganas de hablar 
El silencio tratan de comprar 
A la fuerza ellos quieren callar
En contra de esto y más 

Nunca se rindio
(Ella persistio)

Toda la historia callando una verdad 
Hemos tenido el poder
Siempre supimos a donde ir 
Y que hacer 

En la calle corremos peligro 
En la casa nos matan también 
Y si armamos valor pa’ decirlo 
Hasta la iglesia se calla también 
Pero no tenemos tiempo que perder 
Fueron muchas las que lucharon ayer 
Por las que están, y las que vendran

No nos rendimos
Nunca se rindio
(Ella persistio)
No nos rendimos
(Ella persistio)


---(English translation)---

Her hands are tied
Her voice is exhausted
She doesn’t know where to go
Or what to do 

Her body keeps dancing
To the rhythm of this reality
She doesn’t know where to go
Or what to do 

They took her desire to speak
Tried to buy her silence
With force, they shut her up
Against all this and more
She never gave up

All of history has been quieting a truth
We’ve had the power
We’ve always known where to go
And what to do

In the streets we are in danger
In our homes they kill us too
And if we find the courage to say so
Even the church will silence our truth 
But there’s no time to lose
So many have fought before us
For women today and all those to come
We won’t give up!

She persisted
We won’t give up
She didn’t give up
We won’t give up

---CREDITS---
Written by Gina Chavez, Nathan Villegas, Andrea Pernia, Linda Briceno, Fernando Lodeiro
Produced by Linda Briceno, Fernando Lodeiro
Mixed by Fernando Lodeiro
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen
Keys by Cale Hawkins
Guitar by Jordan Peters

LA QUE MANDA

Ella

LA QUE MANDA

Quien manda (ella manda) 3x
Si alguien te pregunta di que yo soy la manda

Solo hago lo que quiero no lo que pienso que debo
Cuando miro el espejo me gusta to’ lo que veo
Antes me hacia pequena
Antes escondía mis fuerzas
Antes enterraba mis suenos
Y ahora no hay tiempo pa’ dudar

Quien soy yo soy la que manda (3x)
Si alguien te pregunta di que yo soy la manda

Solo digo lo que pienso no me importa tu opinion
Cuando canto es desde el pecho y con toda intención
Antes caminaba con miedo
Antes esperaba permiso
Antes medía mis palabras
Ahora las digo todas sin importar

Quien soy yo soy la que manda (3x)
Si alguien te pregunta di que yo soy la manda

CREDITS
Written by Gina Chavez and Andrea Corona
Mixed and Produced by Adrian Quesada, Electric Deluxe Studios in Austin, TX
Percussion: Alberto Lopez
Guitar: Gina Chavez

Miles De Millas

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