https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGxvbGpKUk0

Send me your money don't send me your love
Hard cash is handy when push comes to shove
You may think I'm a cynic but at the end of the day
Much easier to judge when you don't have to live this way
Struggling just to earn enough to pay the bills and rent
Finance hard to come by and yet so quickly spent
Just wishing I could let go of my worries and my cares
Trying to believe I'll make a better life somewhere
But will it ever be found while I'm above ground

It's a sad situation but success is not the same as motivation
And despite my yearnings and my aspirations
Chances are I'm going to face a life of limitations
Just one of all the masses barely scraping by
Subject to the many pressing problems of our times
So many nights I lay sleepless wondering why
I never understood no I'm still mystified

It's so clear life can be unfair and oppressive
There's no good reason for the status quo
But the force of history weighing down you and me
In the end it simply comes down to one fact
Most of us don't deal the cards and find the deck is stacked

So many people living lives of daily deprivation
Can so quickly tip into despair and desperation
Hoping wishing praying for improving situations
Face frustration all the same

Every day they have a good idea of what they'll find
Trials and tribulations and the crushing daily grind
Despite all this they dare to dream for hope and faith are blind
A flickering flame that lives within tenacious hearts and minds

If we could only see the world through other people's eyes
There might be a chance if everyone would recognise
The idea that we are all seperated is a lie
We're all a part though we're apart 
Like we're alone yet we're all one together
Together....

Above Ground

Getting By

As a long-time SAG-AFTRA member, I wrote, arranged, produced and performed, "I AIN'T NO AI" to depict the struggle of SAG actors in this current historic strike, as it relates to the usage of actors and artificial intelligence (AI).

I AIN'T NO AI

I dedicate this track to my Lovely wife of 8 long years. We have been through a lot and will continue to go through a lot more. Babe, I love you and I know I can be a better husband. Im not perfect, but i will continue to do right by you and our children as long as i have breath in my body.

"Us" 2023 | R&B

Don't know what to do
I'm ready to hang it all up
It doesn't seem to be working
I know now why I do

It's not for my own interest
It's not for my own heart
It's to please that person
Who was never a part

Of my life
My dreams
My desires
My esteem

For someone I should respect
For someone I should love
For someone who didn't care
For someone alone

Who
Did not know how to live
Who
Did not know how to help
Who
Did not know how to love
Who
Did not know how to give

The struggle is real
The struggle is here
The struggle will not end
The struggle is always near

It's not for my own interest
It's not for my own heart
It's to please that person
Who was never a part

Of my life
My dreams
My desires
My esteem

For someone I should respect
For someone I should love
For someone who didn't care
For someone alone

Who
Did not know how to live
Who
Did not know how to help
Who
Did not know how to love
Who
Did not know how to give

The struggle is real
The struggle is here
The struggle will not end
The struggle is always near

Letting Go of the Past

The Hollow Name

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Auditory hieroglyphics. 🎧 Non-consensual seduction. 🎀 Unremorseful satisfaction. 🎶

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MDRJR (Mike Russell) creates synth-pop inspired by the 80s music that uplifts, heals, and reminds listeners they’re stronger than their struggles.

We are a church that exists to love God and love people.

Temperance Lancecouncil is a singer-songwriter in Los Angeles, California, who originally hails from the Carolina, Virginia line. At first glance, you’d think of this sultry lady as a sexy R&B singer, or as a swaggering, female rapper. Instead, she’s a Country-Soul songstress who grew up watching “Hee Haw” on television and listening to Dolly Parton, John Denver, Glen Campbell and others. Her back story is not one without adversity – she overcame two bouts of life-threatening, double pneumonia as an infant, and scarlet fever as a child. She was told that she started singing and dancing at age 3, when her mother began teaching her how to harmonize. She readily admits to picking poke salad as a child and eating red dirt.

Hey everyone, welcome to my page! Glad you stopped by. I am an active duty sailor who loves to make beats and hope to one day produce a smash hit with a big artist. I've been making music since 2019. If you would like to know more, please send me a message. I hope you enjoy the beats/music i have. Thank you and take care! I have a second page now at: https://soundcloud.com/stg22012

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