As you know, the Wet’suwet’en hereditary leaders’ request for the Coastal GasLink’s pipeline to stay out of their ancestral territory has created a lot of hard feelings nationwide. Don’t get me wrong, I think feelings around this issue are valid – just not the racist ones. The rise in public acts of racism and white supremacy groups is not okay. Educate yourself.
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Have you read the papers? Have you heard the news?
What source did you read and was it telling you the truth?
The columns always start by bringing you up to speed
In favour of the economy over the history

You might live in isolation, separate from the land
With the convenience of a credit card and receipt in your hand
But there are people who have fought, there are people who have died
For the Earth on which you've built your house and kiss your kids goodnight

I dare you to reason
That was someone else's sin
Tonight my medicine is burning for Wet'suwet'en

The colonizer's policies are a favourite instrument
Turning savages - I mean "Indians" - into law abiding citizens
So today, we have a problem: people don't see sovereignty
They treat hereditary leaders like anthropology

You're inconvenienced by the protests, inconvenienced by the trains
Racism and inconvenience might as well take the same name
If it were your inheritance, ancestral duty to protect
The RCMP would see your privilege, and treat it with respect

I dare you to save face
With reconciliation
Tonight my medicine is burning for Wet'suwet'en

I dare you to reason
This was someone else's sin
Tonight my medicine is burning for Wet'suwet'en

Stand up, fight back


released March 13, 2020
Written by Collin Jerod Orchyk 2020.
ft. Virgil Caza on drums and background vocals
artwork by Marja McKay
licensed
all rights reserved

For Wet'suwet'en

04 - Thursday Evening (Pornography)

03 - Wednesday Afternoon

02 - Tuesday Evening

01 - Monday Morning

Written, recorded, produced and mixed by Collin Orchyk.
Mastered by Jazz Kitchen Studios.
Artwork by Maria Simmons.
2020. Copyright. All rights reserved.

Kisses from Kensington is a fun, fictional love song dedicated to Toronto’s Kensington Market. The story belongs to the narrator, who wants nothing more than to be alone with a girl, but they are deterred by their surrounding community. Kensington Market in itself is a character in the song, and you will hear that in the lyrics.

It was written and produced entirely in my bedroom. The instrumentation was inspired by the time I spent this past summer listening to reggae. My goal audience is for people who will appreciate hearing the blend of street poetry, catchy pop choruses, and colorful rhythm.

Laundry hanging
In the street
Uncles waiting for
Something to eat
You’re in the kitchen
Looking fine
Want you to be
Mine mine mine

Fire hydrants
And children playing
Keeping cool on the
Hottest day and
Air conditionin’s
Hard to find
Want you to be
Mine mine mine

If we could only be alone for a little while
Promises would all come true
Promises would all come true

Neighbour singing
In their car
Guitar strumming
In the park
Your shortest shorts expose your thighs…
Want you to be
Mine mine mine

Your boss is calling
Let it ring
Don’t you worry
‘bout a thing
Everything gonna be alright
Want you to be all
Mine mine mine

Kisses from Kensington

I've been hiding out
as if I were a criminal
all clammed up in my shell
wondering if she can tell
when all the boys go home
I'll grab another round
when all the boys go home
I'll ask her out

she's friends with one of mine
there's small talk through the night
I'm scared she'll read my mind
and won't like what she finds
when all the boys go home
what if she stays back?
when all the boys go home
and I have nothing to offer

there's this feeling in my gut
I will never describe
am I afraid to be alone
with myself tonight?
when all the boys go home
will I be alone?
when all the boys go home

Collin Jerod Orchyk 2020. All rights reserved. Copyright.

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