A song composed by Jeremy Karodia about life, or lack of it, in addiction. This is a song about the consequences that addiction brings...but its also a song about the joys of recovery. The words speak about having no spiritual principles such as humility, honesty and no faith in a higher power to finding a 12 step programme filled with bliss in recovery from addiction. 
Since some of the lyrics in the song can be heard in the rooms at Narcotics Anonymous, the composition is credited to both Jeremy and Anonymous.
Written, composed, performed, arranged and produced by Jeremy Karodia and Anonymous.
Mixed and Mastered by Greg Nottingham @jazzworx.
Copyright Jeremy Karodia 2021.

Dead Man Walking by Jeremy Karodia

I composed "Storm in a skin" as a tribute to a very close friend of mine who has over the years overcome many hurdles and challenges in her life and managed to survive. In fact some of the lyrics in the song are words that she uses often and iI thought it befitting to use them in this song.

LYRICS
Storm in a skin.
Written and composed by Jeremy Karodia. 
Additional lyrics by Somayya Kader.

When time began to flow,
In a second her light was born,
From its well of joy she glowed,
And exhaled herself into song,

Chorus
She's an eagle in the wind,
She's a storm in a skin, 
A tsunami that won't die,
A phoenix that will fly. 


When life took away love from her,
It took them to paradise,
When she seemed to become unglued, 
The sunset rose in her eyes,

Chorus
She's an eagle in the wind,
She's a storm in a skin, 
A tsunami that won't die,
A phoenix that will fly.

She ain't sweet saccharine, 
She's a tiger who just won't cry,
She will whimper in a corner, 
Until it's time to rise up and roar.

Chorus
She's an eagle in the wind,
She's a storm in a skin, 
A tsunami that won't die,
A phoenix that will fly.

She's an eagle in the wind,
She's a storm in a skin, 
A tsunami that won't die,
A phoenix that will fly.

Credits:
Jeremy Karodia: Guitars and Vocals.
Music arranged and produced by Jeremy Karodia.
Copyright 2018

Storm in a skin

an instrumental song composed by JEREMY KARODIA from the band THE MAVRIX...its in demo stage since I played, arranged and composed the song alone. its a song we are going to produce with live musicians with different styles but for now its a teaser taste...just played from the heart
COPYRIGHT JEREMY KARODIA 2018

Shadow Of My Life

TROUBADOUR...the wondering, wandering musician...forever searching and expressing...that is who i am. this song I composed is in the making...the melody is done using guitar whilst the lyrics are being penned to sing to it. the essence of the lyrics will be metaphorical describing the engagement and interaction between the troubadour and the audience. as the cover suggests, the black wolf is dependent on the white wolf and vice verse. in the same way the song with lyrics suggest that without an audience the troubadour does not exist and without the troubadour the audience cannot exist. we are after all a part of the natural universe...one with no beginning and no end...from destiny to eternity...

COPYWRITE@jeremykarodia 2018

troubadour

Troubadour

Written and composed by musician Jeremy Karodia, "Shape of the beast" is a song about the rhinoceros. The poaching of their horns by unscrupulous and greedy cartels means that this animal is facing extinction unless we educate ourselves and stand up in unison. The title, “Shape of the beast”, is ambiguous in that it depicts the power of the rhino but it also depicts the greedy machinery that feeds itself by poaching.
Performed by Jeremy Karodia.
Arranged and produced by Jeremy Karodia
Cover image courtesy Geran de Klerk
COPYRIGHT JEREMY KARODIA 2019

Shape of the beast

“Seed”, written, composed, arranged, produced and performed by musician Jeremy Karodia in 2013 is sung as a seed in the first narrative. The song is based on the threat of the extinction of our natural seed banks. From a holistic point of view the threat of global climate change and patency of indigenous species by multinational corporations threatens the virtual extinction of our fauna and flora and life as we know it. Just as water and air are being privatised, so are our natural seeds which are being threatened by GMO versions which literally obliterate our natural seed supply, thereby effecting extreme food scarcity and world hunger. Social injustices are all related to these things and as the SEED says… if I die…we die…simple as that. 
SEED
Written, composed and performed by Jeremy Karodia
Photography courtesy of Eddy Van Leuvan 
COPYRIGHT: SEED JEREMY KARODIA 2013

LYRICS

                                                                                                      
SEED 
words and music by jeremy karodia copyright 2013
                                          
VERSE 1
i am what i am, i am from a seed, 
i am an idea, a thought that's unseen. 
i am the common word passed down through centuries, 
i am the light and shade that gives you sanctuary.

the winds contrived to carry me to places of pristine blue, 
and the raindrops came to bury me to anchor my roots. 
and then in early spring i blossomed and grew 
and out from the ground my fragrance covered you.

in a hue of life, in a maze of love i could be lost in time for the poverty of man.

chorus
now your conscience can renew me if you fight for what is right,
if you stand up in resistance we will be defined,
we are what we are, we are from a seed, we are the idea that can be freed.


VERSE 2
who are these men of darkness, these demons who went astray? 
who hide behind their walnut desks and lead us to end of days, 
i'm the fabric that binds us but i'm threatened by their ways, 
i"m replaced by their bitter seeds what does your conscience say?

genetically modified i'm consumed by their lies,
can you feel the earth move to lay down to die? 
for their patency and greed you will bow down to cry
and when i'm gone your children will pay the ultimate price.

clouded by the mist and shrouded by the pain we could be lost forever never to rise again

chorus
now your conscience can renew me if you fight for what is right,
if you stand up in resistance we will be defined,
we are what we are, we are from a seed, we are the idea that can be freed.X 2


VERSE 3
the ancient well of knowledge will be covered by their deeds,
and down on bended knee as you reap their magic seeds,
hunger will be your companion, famine will fill the streets
and the thread that tied us together will be a broken tapestry.

disease and starvation like ghosts across the land,
all that will remain will be our footprints in the sand,
from the dead infertile grounds to the dry river beds,
we'll be left to rue the damage dealt by their hands.

in a hue of life, in a maze of love i could be lost in time for the poverty of man

chorus
now your conscience can renew me if you fight for what is right,
if you stand up in resistance we will be defined,
we are what we are, we are from a seed, we are the idea that can be freed.

SEED by JEREMY KARODIA

One summer evening in 2014, whilst sipping on a coffee and kissing a burnt orange sunset, I composed a song called Coffee Kisses. This is the instrumental version of it.
Copyright Jeremy Karodia 2014

Coffee Kisses by Jeremy Karodia

I composed "Good Friend" some 30 years ago when I was teaching music at Fordsburg Primary School.  It was a tribute to 2 colleagues who transferred and to Grade 7 students who were leaving for high school.
Over the years I was asked to perform this song at events to honour friends who left us both geographically and spiritually.
On reflection, so many years later, I realize that friends may leave but friendships are never lost...they are eternally emblazoned in our hearts...
JK. 
copyright jeremykarodia 2020

Good Friend by JEREMY KARODIA

I am a musician who plays guitar, singer/songwriter, arranger and producer. I have been playing and composing music since an early age. I have arranged and produced over 35 albums. I am part of a band called The Mavrix from South Africa that was formed in 1984, an acoustic folk/jazz band composing songs based on the struggles of humanity. This is my first foray into composing, singing, playing and producing as a solo artist.

Jeremy Karodia

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