Clouds in Colombo (Live @ Sooriya Village)

SONG BY
@pulpyshilpy
@inversek
@larrythill
@sankha-bee
@awkwardbong
@juliusmitchell

The song was written by Larry T Hill, Awkward Bong, inverse K, Sankha, Julius Mitchell, and Pulpy Shilpy in Colombo, as part of a collaboration facilitated by RTX 3.0 (Roadtrip Experience). The song was first recorded at the Mervin Rodrigo Recording Studio in Sooriya Village, and later produced by Pulpy Shilpy in Pune.

Mix by Ishan Naik

Clouds In Colombo

Happy Data Privacy Day! Blockchain goes way WAY beyond Bitcoin. Educate yourself on the future of the Internet ✊

Many thanks to Derby Studios for production/recording/mix/master 🙌
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INTRO
The internet is an intricate mesh 
that lets us share and connect without an emphasis on where we exist
An inherently democratizing entity
Except it holds a registry of every site we've ever seen

V1
And a bunch of companies sit back and pluck the puppet strings
keeping us in ecosystems, leading us to suffering
attention spans hijacked and held for ransom —
converted into data that’s passed along for handsome offers

Auctioned off for advertising revenue
They’re literally selling you — don’t let ‘em get the best of you!
‘Cause well beyond the monetary nonsense
they’re manipulating mindsets, hindering our progress

Like when they came-to-bridge-the-analytics with a bit’a political activism —
hit us with this tragic villain!
And this’ll keep on happening ‘til we commit 
to manifest a vision — patch the fabric of this backwards system

CHORUS
our data’s trapped so we’re takin’ it back
and blockchain can make this game a pain’a the past
where only those we choose will be able to access
with passes that automatically protect our assets

V2
centralized entities collect our data
and create a single point of failure
face the facts: hackers crack a single lock to attack
gaining access to data that should’a stayed under wraps

we’re talking digital identities
let’s seek a better dream!
extracting from the reverie
the tangible ability to handle with stability
the practice of OWNING OUR DATA

‘til the industry accepts it and gets with the philosophy
that the atrocity of digital gossiping has gotta be
replaced by more than basic legislation
like ethical considerations for a future made in cocreation

V3
We'll kick it off with the wallet:
the place where you can lock your data down on the blockchain.
You can call it a gateway — in the most literal sense
where you control the keys and know there are no holes in the fence

And how about a browser that endows you with the power
to be shrouded from the adverts and trackers you encounter 
and allows ya...
to control the data from your pocket
then expose it to the market
fill your wallet with the profits

Call us ambitious, but we’re keeping it going
cleaning the OS on your mobile so it’s free from the trojans
And you can leave behind the concept of apps
in favor of an AI that’s always got your back ‘cause...

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