Walk Lightly 'pon the Land (featuring Force and Ilana)

by TapRoots

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lyrics

Walk Lightly 'Pon The Land

As I walk these roads alone this sleepless night
I feel you close, right next to me
You are my breath, my life,
my comfort in this world
The hurt I caused I could not see

We should not wait
the day the rivers all run dry
The coasts are lost into the sea
She cries for you to fight
instead of walking by
Our survival is ecology

Trod lightly ‘pon the land
The hurricane is coming
Trod lightly ‘pon the land
The wild fires glow
Trod lightly ‘pon the land
The oceans are uprising
Trod lightly ‘pon the land
or reap the seeds you sow

Force:
Every step I take
and breathe
It stings
it seems the seasons longer
See the conquerors
the ones who write the history
The mystery is this
how'd we miss the signs
Amidst the rising falling,
call it tides (tied)
rope provided by on high
Hanging dry your eyes it's dire times
The dialect selected
Natural progression
precipice
I'm pressed against it
Present tense the President
convinced the climate isn't climbing
I'm inclined to jest but just can't justify
or find a way to tie rants (tyrants) in.
Flint's flooded in lead pipe lines
government spending instead
Incentives are giving for companies drilling
Building a wall
when all is said and done
nowhere left to run and hide
seek the meek shall inherit what we reap so (sow....)

El agua es vida!
La defenderemos!

credits

released December 18, 2017
Matthew King: guitars, bass, percussion, vocals
John Corda: keys
Ahmed Gonzales: flute
Ilana Morris: vocals
Dave Noonan: drums
Garrick "Force" Perry: rap

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about

TapRoots Massachusetts

TapRoots is the musical project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Matthew King (a.k.a. El Rey Mateo). Born out of the need to explore and blend a variety of musical influences, the music is at once an alchemical cauldron of rock, reggae, salsa, samba, and beyond, tapping into the roots of these traditions while imagining something refreshingly new. ... more