SBL Reggae course - 'Soul Reggae'
Acinonyx and Les Paul Pro Deluxe
HX Stomp, 2i2, Logic Pro X
Studio A (pit)
Funky Kingston?

NYS Thruway Exit 19 ('Soul Reggae') - 10 12 24, 19.30

R & B  THROWBACK MIX

vocal by @erfan_iten
mix and master by @mamalyyyy

Baz Delam Mikhad

We really should be more interested in our story of how we got here, who we are and why we matter, but why also not to take ourselves too seriously :) 

Our Story Lyrics 

Let me tell you a story 
About us my friend 
From where we began 
A beginning with no end 
An idea to be different 
Is how we spawned 
From a creator 
Dreaming us to be born 

Love did not come 
It was always there  
With power to gift life 
Making us self aware 
Adventure of expression 
Re-imagined to expand 
Memories to build upon
From experiences to hand 

Celestial race 
Embodying existence 
At a dynamic pace 
With sincere resistance 
Connection got lost 
Purpose all but gone 
From the fearful drifting 
No longer fitting 

What a story 
With all its glory 
This is our story 
This is our story 
What a story 
Lost in the telling 
Far overdue re-telling 
The story with no ending

The closer we look 
The more we find 
Heaven’s a state 
Tuned in by mind 
A mind that conjures 
Ways to be 
For a heart that craves
The truth to feel 

Celestial race 
Embodying existence 
At a dynamic pace 
With sincere resistance 
Connection got lost 
Purpose all but gone 
From the fearful drifting 
No longer fitting 

What a story 
With all its glory 
This is our story 
This is our story 
What a story 
Lost in the telling 
Far overdue re-telling 
The story with no ending

Dense is the trap 
That binds us still 
From flowing within 
To meet our thrill 
Of being divine 
A self mastery skill 
Lead by knowing 
How hearts do fill 

Celestial race 
Embodying existence 
At a dynamic pace 
With sincere resistance 
Connection got lost 
Purpose all but gone 
From the fearful drifting 
No longer fitting 

What a story  
With infinite plotting   
Changing the lens  
So it’s never stopping

What a story 
With all its glory 
This is our story 
This is our story 
What a story 
With infinite plotting   
Changing the lens  
So it’s never stopping

What a story 
With all its glory 
This is our story 
This is our story 
What a story 
This is our story

Our Story

74. My eyes smile like the fool you think I am

The music, a job at tells you a story about my past relationship in my past friendship

YOU USE ME

Baddie Savage X - YOU USE ME

The importance of lasting friendships, lifetime best friends - it takes effort to ride those bump phases though - you earn each other's trust and respect, right?

Hello, hello
My special friend 
When will our tale 
Eventually end? 
We made our fun
A lifetime trend 
Our loyalty may mean
We have no end

We’ve had our downs 
Between the high ups 
The doubts were strong 
But our reasons dumb  
We proved we could
Face the silly falls 
Get back up   
For a higher call

We composed the new 
While honouring the old 
We played it cool 
While they wrote us off 

My special friend 
With no pretence  
A partner in crime
(For the wilder rides)  
With my special friend 
The bumps we mend
My special friend 
(My special friend) 

You do praise me 
When the praise is yours 
Your humility infectious 
It opened doors 
Your energy, amazing 
So much you know 
When do you sleep 
Do you even know slow?

We composed the new 
While honouring the old 
We played it cool 
While they wrote us off 

My special friend 
With no pretence  
A partner in crime
(For the wilder rides)  
With my special friend 
The bumps we mend
My special friend 
(My special friend) 

[Middle 8]
There’s a part of your world 
You still keep to yourself 
I struggled to respect it
Like everyone else 
Decades it took 
To finally get it 
Lucky I got there
With thanks to your patience 

We composed the new 
While honouring the old 
We played it cool 
While they wrote us off 

My special friend 
With no pretence  
A partner in crime
(For the wilder rides)  
With my special friend 
The bumps we mend
My special friend 
(My special friend) 

Hello, hello
My special friend 
Let’s not let this tale 
Ever, ever end 
Continue the fun
Our lifetime trend 
Our loyalty does mean
We have no end

My special friend 
With no pretence  
A partner in crime
(For the wilder rides)  
With my special friend 
The bumps we mend
My special friend 
(My special friend) 

My Special Friend

After 15 years of working how the process of evolving into empowerment for purpose, it did distill down to 8 steps! Now it dawned on me, this should be a song so here it is. Imagine a new genre where songs feel like groovy lessons :) 

8 Step It Lyrics 

What are the steps 
That swing the odds 
In our favour to get 
Our purpose needs met?

Okay class, gather ’round 
We got eight steps 
To be awesome bound 
(Spoiler alert) 
They’re already in us 
In flow, we follow ’em 
Under stress, we ditch ’em

Eight-step the way
(Eight step it, hey) 
Eight-step it deep 
For the joy to reap 
Eight-step the way 
(Eight step it, hey) 
Eight-step it deep 
For the joy to reap

We begin at step one 
Connect fully, be still 
Absorb the terrain 
Without judging the spill 
Senses engaged 
Receiver switched on 
Now we’re present 
Step two can dawn

Step two’s understand first 
Be a servant to knowing 
What makes it tick? 
What’s blocking and flowing? 
Earn trust back 
By collecting the facts 
Don’t buy a story 
Evidence hasn’t backed

Step three is here 
To understand well 
Stay the receiver 
For a longer spell

Keep humble attention 
Zoom wide and near 
Patterns emerge 
Big picture gets clear
It’s tempting to leap 
To wrong conclusions 
Get deeply informed 
Break the illusions

These are the steps 
That swing the odds 
In our favour to get 
Our purpose needs met

Eight-step the way
(Eight step it, hey) 
Eight-step it deep 
For the joy to reap 
Eight-step the way 
(Eight step it, hey) 
Eight-step it deep 
For the joy to reap

Now steps one, two, three 
Repeat in four 
Mirror them inward 
Open the door 
Be understood 
Earned it, you did 
Connect to self 
What makes you lit? 
What you really want 
Go deeper for values 
Face doubts ’n fears 
For truth that grounds you 
We’re halfway through 
We’re getting it now 
Informed to serve 
Inside ’n out

Step five, all right 
Time for designing 
Win-win solutions 
Interests aligning 
Sustainable, real 
Value exchanging the deal 
For a needed change
In the purpose game

These are the steps 
That swing the odds 
In our favour to get 
Our purpose needs met

Eight-step the way
(Eight step it, hey) 
Eight-step it deep 
For the joy to reap 
Eight-step the way 
(Eight step it, hey) 
Eight-step it deep 
For the joy to reap

Step six is the walk 
Implement the plan 
Test if it lands 
Adjust where you can 
Whatever it needs 
Make purposeful tweaks 
Keep testing the pulse 
'Till traction peaks

Stay resilient 
Step seven is to allow for setbacks 
Obstacles come 
Exposing the cracks 
Repeat all the steps 
On what’s holding it back 
Refine,  re-commit 
Keep that purpose intact

These are the steps 
That swing the odds
 In our favour to get 
Our purpose needs met

Eight-step the way
(Eight step it, hey) 
Eight-step it deep 
For the joy to reap 
Eight-step the way 
(Eight step it, hey) 
Eight-step it deep 
For the joy to reap

And last but not least
Step eight says 
Remain responsible
Own what you can
What’s unfair is fixable
When they undermine your plans
Lead—and repeat
Eight-step it again
Add boundaries, compassion
Renegotiate the deal
Update the rules
Refuel and heal
A true leader evolves
To keep the vision real

Eight step your mum 
Eight step your dad 
Eight step you lover 
Eight step the lads 
Eight step a brother 
Your sister too 
Eight step yourself 
What else you wanna do?

Eight-step the way
(Eight step it, hey) 
Eight-step it deep 
For the joy to reap 
Eight-step the way 
(Eight step it, hey) 
Eight-step it deep 
For the joy to reap

Eight step the way

8 Step It

I wrote this song in an airport hotel in Singapore while waiting for my next flight that night - it was about a mood I was in where I was just seeing too much corruption in the world and I was over it - I was thinking - No Thank you! :) 

No Thank You Lyrics 

You’ve had a lot to say 
Reached me in every way 
Radio, television 
Breaking news (I had to listen) 
You joined social media 
Feeding me your phobia 
Polarising choices 
Between red 'n blue voices

What a crazy proposition
Making me choose between 
The lesser of two evils
No thanks to your fancy division
We won't be divided
Never be conquered - no, no

No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)
No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)

I recall a day when you
Reported an attack 
Didn't mention kids
Lured into hospital 
For biscuit snacks
For a fake hosing down
From bad man’s chemical spray
You wanted me angry, afraid 
By your propaganda play

What a crazy proposition
Making me choose between 
The lesser of two evils
No thanks to your fancy division
We won't be divided
Never be conquered - no, no

No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)
No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)

The end justifies the means 
So you say 
Sky falling every year 
Fear clickbait 
Demonising whoever 
Dismisses the doomsday fate
Willing to divide families
What is this trait?

What a crazy proposition
Making me choose between 
The lesser of two evils
No thanks to your fancy division
We won't be divided
Never be conquered - no, no

No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)
No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)

Name the next bad land 
The next terror plot
Our bodies are dangerous 
Medicate the lot 
Don’t trust my thoughts 
Fear all my friends 
Ignoring the fear 
While your promise bends

What a crazy proposition
Making me choose between 
The lesser of two evils
No thanks to your fancy division
We won't be divided
Never be conquered - no, no

No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)
No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)

I saw you closely 
In a clearer frame 
Playing the masses 
In a twisted game 
I have my voice 
I’ll say what must be said 
You are the falling sky
But not on my head

No Thank You

I create music as a hobby and as a therapy and provide workshops for others to do that too, using AI to help produce tracks. I also create empowerment systems to help people at scale increase their confidence and resilience by engaging their adaptive nature and work towards living a purposeful life. While all my song lyrics are written by me, and some tracks come from my personal compositions including instrumentals that I add lyrics to, I use AI to merge these with songs I share with you here. It really makes you realise how important your own words are in a song.

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