Bleedin' Truth

by Joi Olympia

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The women take their lead today
The white man he backs down and prays
It's somethin his hands they ain't used to doin
The world it doesn't know its place
It's just afraid of seein change
The way that he and she are freely joined

So don't ask
For today
When tomorrow's
Just the same
As it's always been
Afraid of noise

And you take
Your own name
And pretend
That this shame
Won't find a way to last for always

Inside you see the bleeding truth
Of mangled dreams that feed off you
And money that is only paper knowledge
When hardships toss and turn with news
That war can harmonize the blues
You realize your justice goes unnoticed

So today
We will pray
For the lawyers that all say
That theyre just doin their job
Until mornin
And the work that we do
As a union; it ain't true
Just a lie and we know we're the problem

The poor man gives away his coat
To keep a friend from gettin cold
Happy knowin he ain't bein used

The richest man will make a toast
And vow to help the lesser souls
But champagne first, we'll start on it tomorrow.

And his friends,
they ain't true.
Just afraid
what he would do
With his money and his power
To control them

And the poor man
Is proof
That the more stuff you use
It wont make a single friend
Who's honest

Cultivate the foolish youth
Teach em that there's always proof
In wilder times we never see with ease

Now yesterday is crystal clear
Today is blurry and surreal
And we never really know about tomorrow

And the politics we grew
And the churches
Stand anew
We keep on building blindly

The man
who lays the bricks
Is aware of all your tricks
But no one dares to ask him

So take
what you've been told
There is no finer gold
Than learning
For the sake of knowin

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released November 10, 2016

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Joi Olympia Brooklyn, New York

Joi Olympia writes and records all of her own music at her home-studio in Brooklyn. She plays every instrument on the tracks you hear (guitar, bass, violin, tambourine, drums, bongos, washboard, back-up vocals, and sometimes rice in a bowl). Currently, she is writing a cohesive song cycle based on the artist's who lived and worked at the Chelsea Hotel. ... more

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