Ode to Ganesha  (Instrumental)

This is a little somethin' somethin' to cheer up all my neighbors -

What's up Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Felton
Zayante, I see you! Lompico & to my favorites in BeLo
It's Tuesday Flowz

Let’s go!

My power’s down again
The smell inside my fridge’s a sin
Another storm is rolling in
Can I get down Alba Road?

Traffic stopped on highway 9
Falling trees downed power lines
PG&E trucks living here full time

Week’s pay on food in my ‘frigerator
Power came back, went out later
I need gas for my generator
But the local station is closed

Can’t wash my clothes,
Trying hard to stay composed
Nobody knows if I can get down Alba Road

Highway 9’s down to one lane
Glen Arbor folks going insane
They say we’re gonna get more rain
For days and days and days

Boulder Creek to Felton blocked too,
Howmgon’ get these kids to school,
Oooooh, I’m losing my cool
My friends think I’m a fool for living here

Felton Grove on CNN
My boss wondering where I’ve been
He said you have to come into the office today
And I told him”okay.”

Checked the map, all these emotions,
Bear Creek & 17 ain’t open
Guess I’m gon' get that demotion anyway
How can I make Santa Cruz rents on less pay?

I don’t have time for a remix right now, I have to go to work
Who are you??
I'm the Ghost of Closed Past
I can get you to work - listen carefully, there’s no map.
I know a secret back way
Up off of Empire Grade
Took it once to evacuate
You'll need bolt cutters to get past the gate
Steep muddy road in all this rain
Old logging skid trail, I’m sure it’s safe,
Mount up your horse you won’t be late

Umm, I don't have a horse

There’s a sketchy log bridge that goes to the ridge
Your minivan's lifted but you might need a winch
Here’s a first aid kit and a tourniquet
There is a Bigfoot likes to hide in a ditch
You'll know he's near cause there’s an awful stench
But you could rich for a photo of him

Highway 1 to Half-Moon Bay
That’s the fastest route from here to San Jose
So mount up your horse, sister - go get paid

I don’t have a horse
Oh my God, I gotta lay off those mushrooms & get back to the song

Better leave soon for Bonny Doon
Why couldn’t I go to work on Zoom?
Or get a job at Brookdale Lodge cleaning rooms?
And why do I live up Alba Road?

This monsoon commute’s not average
I’m at a disadvantage
Going to pack me a breakfast sandwich
And ease on down this mountain road

Chainsaw in the trunk,
Road slide, 4 wheel drive & I still got stuck,
don’t swear much, but Holy ****
I guess I just ran out of luck

Ooh, I'm fixin' to cry,
When a lady showed up other side of the slide
A shovel in her hands and some homemade pie
Never met her before in my life
She said I came to help you get to work on time

She called in a favor
A man showed up with an excavator
Said I heard you need some gas for your generator,
I got no cash - you can pay me later
Wow, thanks, really?
Yes, we’re neighbors - don’t you live up Alba Road?

Why yes, as a matter of fact I do!

Made it to work right on the dot
Co-worker sent me a Tik Tok
Of our boss complaining in a video
Couldn’t get to work, the carpool lane was closed
Well let me just turn around now and go back home

Fires, slides, downed trees and floods
And you live there why?
Because! What is there not to love about living here?

(Soul Interlude)

People here been through so much
Neighbors are still generous
Even when it’s strenuous
And you’re stuck up Alba Road.

Fires, downed trees, floods, and slides
They proved we can survive
Now the river’s asking us to rise

Can you hear it, the river?
If you can't you better get to Felton Mountain Spirit
Get straightened out, learn to talk to that river

(Outro)

River Rise: 2023 SLV Traffic Remix

River Rise: SLV 2023 Traffic Remix

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(superflow intro) 

Got a lot on my mind and more on my heart
Anybody paying attention can see I’m falling apart
(keep it real like that)

Bonny Doon, I hope you get home soon
Love to Last Chance Road
Out by Big Basin fire families been 
Waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting

Still not home yet, been such a long time
If you told me then I’d spend a thousand days 
struggling this way  
I’d have called you a liar.
(I’m broke and tired) 

To my neighbors in BeLo, up Alba Road
I miss you

Who just dropped this beat in here?
It wasn’t me
Well pick it up
Did anybody drop a beat?

A superflow
Let’s go, Tuesday Flowz

Wildfire survivor, still smoked out  
Three years of fears I’m in a hope drought  
Mind frame consumed engulfed in doubt  
Thick as them flames that came and 
Burned my damn house down  

I got blues to subdue, rules to review  
Pursue a path home and see it through? 
Shoot, my daddy didn't raise no fool  
I see my misery's an industry  
Y’all feel me?        

What do you need?
I need everything
I need everything
I need systems that work
People to keep their word
And for you to understand 
How hard this is and how much it hurts
      
Let me tell you ‘bout it
Freak lightning bolts came with no rain  
After years'o drought, course it sparked hot flames  
Fear heightening, this ain't no game  
Am I really packing up my car and
Trying to run from climate change?  

Helicopters, water dropping  
Car wouldn't start, but I wasn't stopping  
Hiked a ways, found my neighbor, got a jump  
Helped me throw what I could save in the trunk  

Evacuate, heart rate rising  
Power line fell while I was driving  
My escape was a mess
But red tape rebuild process? 
A noose tight'ning round my neck  
Smoke clear three years, I still can't catch my breath  

Got me burning, got me burning
(hot)

I don’t think they exactly substantiate your claim of amnesia

Politicians must be on anesthesia  
Memory short - promises to make it easier  
Get a grand jury, issue some subpoenas  
Tired of hypocrisy and know-it-all demeanors  

I got bars to compose 
Foes to depose 
And a bunch of things I really need to know  
Like, ever let your heart be touched by our woes?  
Like, how do you sleep at night? 

What do you need?
Let me see
I’m not sure - 
I need a roof, a floor
Windows, walls, and doors
I need systems that work
More people to keep their word
And for y’all to understand 
How hard this is and how much it hurts

(let’s go)

Where is the shame? No red complexions  
You say we're to blame
And rate yourself straight perfection?  
Fire survivors making real connections  
We'll see how your face looks come the next election  

Look, I focus on resilience  
Listen close, you can clearly hear my brilliance  
I’m Tuesday Flowz, middle name is True Grit  
Sh*** ground me down, and it’s hard to stay positive  

Yes, I’m a mess, but not piece of sh** 
Traumatic stress, I can’t just snap out of it  
Friends generous, got a place to sleep  
But home is where I can take a sh** in peace  

These tragedies call for rational actions  
Strategies for bureaucratic impasses  
Unsavory hustlers stacking cash off our ashes  
Shady contractors want deposits via cash app  
Craving a smooch, I'm sure you know where my ass is  
Now tell me how you'd smooth and hash out all these clashes  

Insurance, permits, FEMA, geologists  
Banks, septic tanks, and deep grief amidst all of it?

(old rapper outro)

I need systems that work
Us to love each other and keep our word
And for y’all to understand 
How hard this is,how much it hurts

(we’re still here, we need you)

Oh no 
I can’t, um click my heels together three times
I don’t have a permit for my ruby slippers, unfortunately
There’s no place like home...

Tuesday Flowz

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