This track is a combination of my own styles.  Take the style of base guitar music that I used in "Vintage TV Villain" (Funk bass), combine that with the vocal style of "Big Money" and a bit of the fire from Ad Nauseam movement 2, and stir it all up.  Still it also manages to be something unusual, completely different, and consistent with the tone and drive of this project.  This one bitches about the news media.  Before anyone gets all huffy, just let me say that I believe that the media is polarized and assisting in the further separation of the people.  If you are a Republican, you scoff at the idea of having to watch CNN.  If you're a Democrat, you probably believe that Fox News is so biased that it's almost fiction.  Everyone is wrong, and they're all misusing their authority to separate people and make them hate one another.  Enough of that, here's the lyrics:

He sits behind an amorphous desk,
Mock newsroom behind him so burlesque.
Presenting himself as a journalist
But he reads tilt at someone’s behest.

And it’s mostly bias.

He never wrote a single word.
He only conveys what the boss confers.
The boss belongs to a group of curs.
Oligarchs spreading a party’s terms.

Finessing ideas that the fascists roughed.
That “If you repeat a lie enough
“They will believe and the truth rebuff.”
“The people are fools to be shorn and fluffed.”

Like herds of livestock.

Chorus:
Tune in to “Thinking lessons” at ten.
We’ll tell you what to believe again.
I wouldn’t lie because I’m your friend.
Take my hand and we will descend.
             Into misanthropy. . . .

And isolation.

They’ll weaponize our fear against all those who vex them.

They want you to hate the other guy.
They           Want                
And believe that his facts are a pack of lies.
You                to hate.
And you shouldn’t speak to the other side.
Don’t                        speak
They only seek to poison minds.
To anyone who disagrees.
And mind control you.

People on their couches drink it down.
He says what they all believe aloud.
Both sides have committed and doubled down
To paranoid views that they have found.

Chorus.

Bridge:

You believe what they say just because it’s easy.
You don’t have to do research or form your own Ideas.
They push you right or left to suit some hidden purpose.
While we argue, they proceed to steal your spine.

Some of them tell you that our history is false.
Some of them say that our elections are full of faults.
Convincing you you didn’t see what you just saw.
That your circumstances never have been own fault.

Blame it on someone who has no control at all.

Chorus.

Thinking Lessons

I’m more of a DJ who loves to be creative with music and loves to perform, and wants to share this creativity with others.  Lately, I’ve been experimenting with Groovepad. It’s an app that I use on my iPhone and the loops are made by other amazing artists and producers. All I’m doing is having a blast arranging and rearranging these amazing loops during a live recording and sharing these experiences with everyone. Good or bad, it’s a great time to celebrate life! 😁 I have an understanding of music fundamentals from being in band, jazz band, etc. and I have a real passion for the universal language of music.  It’s been a great app to use, I highly recommend.  I hope what I share, people will enjoy. One Love 😎

Thinking Lessons

Matt Cantrell