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Now Or Never
02:13
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Now Or Never
by Israel Joseph I
Maybe you never thought about it
It was never on your mind
But it's now, or never
Waste no more time
It's now, or never
Open up your eyes
Time to make a decision
Got to make it now
As far as I can see
We're gonna be alright
But it's now, or never
Waste no more time
It's now, or never
I know we'll survive
It's now, or never
Open up your eyes
Now, or never
Waste no more time
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2. |
Crisis
03:12
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Crisis
by Israel Joseph I
Crisis
It's a worldwide crisis
You gotta hold on to yourself in this time if you wanna know who you are
Don't tell me what I need
Don't tell me what to say
I'm living this as my creed
I'll gladly pay the price that must be paid
I know myself, see who I am
Fall on the ground, get up again
Burn the fire, let's take a stand
Now the world's falling apart, what's your plan?
In this crisis
It's a worldwide crisis
You gotta hold on to yourself in this time if you wanna know who you are
Sickness and disease, fires burning in the trees
The youth are crying for change while the poor live on their knees
Dependent on making signs
Now they're going to be designed
Where eyes look like a clock that's counting down and running out of time
Crisis
You gotta hold on to yourself in this time if you wanna know who you are
So take cover quick, I heard the bomb is gonna drop
The water tastes like oil, when will this ever stop?
Set it all on fire and everything is going to burn
A lake of fire is what will be, when will they ever learn about this...
Crisis
It's a worldwide crisis
You gotta hold on to yourself in this time if you wanna know who you are
Radiation, coral bleaching, bellies full of trash, all the whales are beaching
75% of all the insects are extinct, soon you're gonna wonder why you didn't ever think about this...
Crisis
It's a worldwide crisis
You gotta hold on to yourself in this time if you wanna know who you are
The oxygen is never pure
Suck it from a can and beg for more
Cry for help and die before fresh air can never reach your door
Not again what have we done?
Being treated like they never cared
Never give up, never fear, and keep your positive faith, in this...
All together, we're gonna win
We've got the numbers, we're gonna win
All together, all who gather, all together
Crisis
It's a worldwide crisis
You gotta hold on to yourself in this time if you wanna know who you are
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3. |
Hard Time Dignity
01:59
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Hard Time Dignity
by Israel Joseph I
Living on the streets there ain't no work today
Nobody wants to hire, and they don't want to pay
I lay down to rest they, say be on your way
Or will kick you and we'll beat you on the ground where you lay
I don't want to be another tale
Some homeless person living in jail
I am still a human being with my dignity, my dignity
"Remain where you are and face the ground"
I don't want to be here, let me go right now
Who made you the judge and the jury and the executioner?
I don't think I care for you
So next time you see me; try to help me instead; of opening my skull with these blows to my head
I don't want to know you and I don't even care
So next time you see me; remember "what's fair is fair"
Can we build on what we had before?
Can we turn it into so much more?
Make a decision
We need a brighter vision
Living on the streets there ain't no work today
Nobody wants to hire, and they don't want to pay
I lay down to rest they say be on your way
Or will kick you and we will beat you on the ground where you lay
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4. |
Let It Go
02:22
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Let It Go
by Israel Joseph I
Wake up all your inner selves inside
It's time to unite and free your mind
Whatever it was before just let it go
The truth is you don't serve that anymore
You never fit in and you're all bottled up inside
Making you feel like you want to run away and die
The world's a crime and that's the truth you'll find
Never give up, never lose your mind
Whatever it was before just let it go
The truth is you don't serve that anymore
Make time to find out who you are
It's important for you to always see
You might be in the sight of others
Your persona and not your personality
Whatever it was...
Whatever it was before just let it go
The truth is you don't serve that anymore
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5. |
Ready Or Not
02:33
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Ready Or Not
by Israel Joseph I
Today you must be strong
For you must stand and fight
To rise above the worries
That inundate your life
Don't give up; you will get what you want
Don't give up; they can't hold you down
Ready or not, here we come
Ready or not, here we come
Believe it and you will achieve
Get up and face the day and you will attain
Stand up and fight it you're never defeated
Though things might be heated
The work gets completed
They want us to fall; but we'll never fall
We're living our lives with our backs on the wall
So busy separating us and you're making us feel alone
We used to party on the streets now we party on the smartphone
I don't know why it has to be this way
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6. |
Love Is Lovely
02:58
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Love Is Lovely
by Israel Joseph I
Hate is so ugly but love is so lovely y'all
You got to live up in this time as I would say
Love is what we've got to give
In order for I to live
Like food for I system
Love is the gift we have to give them
So love
When you see your sister, you got to show her some kindness
When you see your brother, show him some kindness too
That's how we're going to get through y'all
Tell ya. Love. Tell ya.
Like fish that live down in the sea, got to live in a perfect harmony
Like birds that fly up in the sky, got to live with I & I as I would say
Tell ya.
So come on down along the sound, as natty do him little thing, as I would tell you in this time, we got to show Babylon that we can't stop the vibes no, them can't stop the vibes no.
Reggae, now you're going uptown
Reggae, now you going downtown
All right you going uptown to buy some nice shoes as I would tell you
But make sure your spiritual right and you don't sing the blues is I would say
Hate is so ugly but love it a go lovely y'all
Love it a go lovely
Jah Rastafari know
Tell ya
Got to eat good food, and keep your system up and irie
Because you inna this for the longevity
Inna this for some longevity
I & I, a get Jah Jah mercy
I & I, a get Jah Jah mercy
Hate is so ugly, but love is so lovely, as I would say
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7. |
All Unite
02:35
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All Unite
by Israel Joseph I
Never give up the fight
Gonna fight for your rights
Never give up the fight
Until we all Unite
Unite
You say you want a different world
I like what you say
But you never did a thing for anybody anyway
If we're gonna make a change, we've got some work to do
And things will be better by the time we're through
Do your best
Deliver yourself
Born in reality
Your life in actuality
Never give up the fight
Gonna fight for your rights
Never give up the fight
Until we all do what?
Unite
You don't know how to put it, out your house is on fire
The youth are striking, people marching everyday
Cause now they all can see you're just a wicked vampire
You can't stop them now they're sick of police, pollution and climate change
The children are now rising
Above their mental walls
Let's go!
The future they've been given
Is no kind of future at all
So take your time and listen to the young and old
There's fire in their hearts and the wisdom untold
Just think about the future and not just today
Because we won't make it in any other way
Do your best
Deliver yourself
Born in reality
Your life in actuality
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8. |
Protest
02:27
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Protest
Israel Joseph I
Let's go to the protest
Down in the streets
Let's go to the protest down in the streets
They're fighting for the rights of people who need it
They're fighting for you and me
They're fighting for the people who can't be free
Doesn't matter who you are
Doesn't matter what your color is
You can get on board this train
We're going downtown
Let's go to the protest
Down in the streets
Let's go protest
Out in the streets
Free someone you like today
Free someone you never met anyway
Free them now it's time to go
Down to the streets where we're gonna see a big show
We'll make the people high
Let's go to the protest!
They're going to wave some flags today l
Let's go to the protest
Make it a better day for someone besides yourself
You can't sit around and think it's all about you
I'm sick of that stuff
I'm sick of that stuff
Get up off the couch man and go down!
Go down to the protest
Out in the streets
Let's go to the protest out in the streets
Let's go to the protest
It's gonna be the best
Black Power
White power
Asian power
Hispanic power
People power
Animal power
Earth power
Earth resonance frequency
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9. |
War In The Age Of Iron
02:01
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War In The Age Of Iron
by Israel Joseph I
Don't hide away from the things that make you upset
They'll only teach you to be better than yourself
You cannot run from anything; that's true
Just let me be me; and you be you
They can't stop you
You're going to get it
They can't stop you
You're going to get it
The world is not just a commodity
To be bought and sold like a piece of meat
Mothers cry
Fathers cry
Babies die
What's the end result?
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10. |
Shock The System
01:48
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Shock The System
by Israel Joseph I
You thought that it would be so simple to do
Owning everything, while we get used
You want a fascist society
But little do you know; it's not going to be that easy!
Shock the system
Take the power back
Shock the system
Its total disrespect
All of this time we suffered silently
Under the rules of your false authority
One of us dies and the whole world cried
It's changing inside
This time we're gonna RISE UP!
Shock the system
Take the power back
Shock the system
Its total disrespect
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11. |
Love All Around
04:15
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Love All Around
by Israel Joseph I
Can I talk to you for a while
You know I am Jah Jah child
I have a message to give to you from Jah Jah
He says please cooperate
He says please do your best
So you can be great
Don't you hate with Love all around
And don't you fight with Love all around
Try to do your best
In everything you do
That is all you ask of man it says; got to love, got to love one another
Got to live up, got to live up in this time
Got to love, got to love
And then you'll be so free
So free
So don't fight when there's so much Love around
Stop war when there's so much Love around
Because the babies cannot take the strife and they grow up to be angry people
Stop your war when there's so much Love around
So much love around:
Really got to stop the war as I would say
Stop the little war as I would say man you stop all the war is I would tell you
In a this here time too much suffer and crying
In a this here time too much people people dying
Everywhere you see it going on
Natty dread, I tell you when you see it going on
They're dying in the streets they're dying from a gun
They're dying in the street 'cuz they don't want no fun
They want people shelter and they want them run
You see ina the street that a go on
Lighten up the place with Jah Jah vibration
Irie meditation
It was said that Rome is not like Africa we've got the trod back in a coastal lands
Right here now you're in a foundation
You get up off your seat if ina seat you a sit
Jah
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12. |
Punk's Not Dead
02:19
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Punk's Not Dead
by Israel Joseph I
It makes no sense to me
Why they want to be
At odds with everything they see
Including you, including me
Well I don't want no trouble with someone who lives their life in a bubble
Because I know Punk's not dead
And I'm going to take a stand for us
Because I know Punk's not dead
And I'm going to take a stand for us
I can't touch the ground
My chains were never found
They made them for a pound
They will all have to catch me now
Can you explain to me what it really means to be free?
If you can't I'll get it right now
Always trying to bring me down
Telling me I'm some crazy clown
All I know is you deal with vanity
Humanity
With vanity
So it makes no sense to me
Why they want to be
At odds with everything;
with everything that they see
Including me
It makes no sense to me
Because Punk's not dead
I know Punk's not dead
I know Punk's not dead, not dead, not dead, dead, it's not dead
I know Punk's Not dead not dead, not dead, dead, it's not dead
I know Punk's Not dead
I know Punk's Not dead not dead, not dead, not dead
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Israel Joseph I Los Angeles, California
Meltdown
israeljosephi.hearnow.com
guitars, drums, bass guitar, keyboards & vocals by Israel
Joseph I
all songs written, arranged, performed, recorded & mixed by Israel Joseph I
album cover art "Meltdown" by Israel Joseph I 2020
mastered by: Townsend Mastering
"All Unite" bass guitar by Norwood Fisher
Bad Brains, FireBurn: Israel Joseph I releases his latest LP: "Meltdown"
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