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Human Rights Music Bibliography by Artist- Jazz


 

 

Artist

            Doc Jazz

            Paul Hardcastle

Isley Brothers

Jamiroquai

Staple Singers

 

 

Doc Jazz

            Intifadah

            The Wall Must Fall

 

Artist:                                     Doc Jazz

Song:                                    Intifadah

Album:                        Front Door Key

Producer:                        Forrest Thomas

Year:                        2007

Label:                        Doc Jazz                       

Genre:                                    Jazz

URL:                       

http://www.docjazz.com/mambo/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,82/

Lyrics:                       

http://www.docjazz.com/mambo/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,82/

 

Occupation is a hazardous game

If you get your hands dirty it will burn you like a flame

They want us to bow down surrender our home town

For building colonies creating a show down

 

It's not political or meta-analytical

It's plain and straight war crimes targeting civilians

North American Indians, Australian Aboriginals

The people of the land all wiped into oblivion

 

It is never right to steal another people's country

Your uebermensch philosophy has smothered your morality

No fake excuses, no media control

Can cover up the crime

It is vivid to us all

 

Because in Palestine

There are people trying Just to live their life in peace

Though they're occupied

You can't control their lives

Because they're fighting to be free

Have you heard the story about 1948

I'm sure you've heard a story but not what took place

Ethnic cleansing like the kind you saw in Kosovo

Protected by the powerful and treated o so loveable

 

Justice? seems they don't know what that is

They say: power is a healthy way of solving this quiz

Military power, economical power

Without continuous infusions they wouldn't last an hour

 

You better stop breaking our bones

You better stop wrecking our homes

You better stop stealing our lands

Beware of the anger of the innocent

 

Because in Palestine

There are people trying

Just to live their life in peace

Though they're occupied

You can't control their lives

Because they're fighting to be free

 

It's a tragedy of inhumanity

Would you rather close your eyes?

Can't go on this way

Just wake up someday

Or you will have to pay the price

 

People of the world beware of Zionism

It's a racist ideology like National Socialism

United Nations Resolution 3379

You wiped it from the records but not from our minds

 

We will never give up

We're ready for the fight

Never give up

Beloved Palestine

Never give up

The struggle to survive

We're rising up

To rescue Palestine

 

We will never give up

We're ready for the fight

Never give up

Beloved Palestine

We're rising up

Intifadah

We're rising up

Intifadah

 

Artist:                                     Doc Jazz

Song:                                    The Wall Must Fall

Album:                                    Front Door Key           

Producer:                        Forrest Thomas

Year:                        2005

Label:                        Doc Jazz           

Genre:                                    Jazz

URL:                        http://www.docjazz.com/mambo/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,82/

Lyrics:                        http://www.docjazz.com/mambo/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,82/

 

Time flies

When you're having fun

Anyone who's been there can tell

 

But as days pass

Things are being done

And the story becomes harder to sell

If crime pays

Business is a boom

Your corporate devils soaring up high

 

But their violent ways

Are starting to consume

The fabric of the parachute

That keeps them in the sky

Chorus: 
Even while you build your walls

Your self-conception is false

This land will never be yours

 

Cause the more hatred you cause

The more youll grieve for the loss

when the Apartheid wall falls

 

War games

Are what you know so well

Do you really think it works out to last

 

Fire and flames

Can make a living hell

But they'll never serve to fix up your past

 

Justice

do you know what it means

or do you think its something meant to avoid

 

But u must face

The inevitable scene

Your Apartheid wall is gonna be

Eventually destroyed

 

Paul Hardcastle

            19

 

Artist:                                    Paul Hardcastle

Song:                                    19

Album:                        Paul Hardcastle

Producer:                        Paul Hardcastle

Year:                                    1985

Label:                                    Chrysalis

Genre:                                    Jazz

URL:                                    www.youtube.com/watch?v=byCCmBwRjGw

Lyrics:                                    http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/songs/h/hardcastle-19.htm

 

In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war,
but it wasn't.
It was different in many ways, as so were those that did the fighting.
In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26...
In Vietnam he was 19.
In inininininin Vietnam he was 19.

(TV announcer's voice)
The shooting and fighting of the past two weeks continued today
25 miles west of Saigon
        I really wasn't sure what was going on (Vet's Voice)

Nininini Nineteen, 19, Ni-nineteen 19
19,19,19,19

In Vietnam the combat soldier typically served a twelve month tour of duty but
was exposed to hostile fire almost everyday
Ninininininininininin 19 nininininninin 19

Hundreds of Thousands of men who saw heavy combat in Vietnam were arrested
since discharge
Their arrest rate is almost twice that of non-veterans of the same age.
There are no accurate figures of how many of these men have been incarcerated.
But, a Veterans Administration study concludes that the greater of Vets
exposure to combat could more likely affect his chances of being arrested or
convicted.

This is one legacy of the Vietnam War

(Singing Girls)
        All those who remember the war
        They won't forget what they've seen..
        Destruction of men in their prime
        whose average was 19
        Dedededededede-Destruction
        Dedededededede-Destruction
        War, War
        Dededede-Destruction, wa-wa-War, wa-War, War
        Dedededededede-Destruction
        War, War

After World War II the Men came home together on troop ships, but the Vietnam
Vet often arrived home within 48 hours of jungle combat
Perhaps the most dramatic difference between World War II and Vietnam was
coming home.. .none of them received a hero's welcome
None of them received a heroes welcome, none of them, none of them
Nenene Nenene None of them, none of them, none of them (etc...)
None of them received a hero's welcome
None of them received a hero's welcome

According to a Veteran's Administration study
Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered from what Psychiatrists call
Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to Ten years after coming home almost eight-hundred-thousand men are
still fighting the Vietnam War

(Singing Girls)
        Dedededededede-Destruction

Nininininininininin Nineteen, 19, Ni-nineteen 19
19,19,19,19
Nininininininininin Nineteen, 19, Ni-nineteen 19
19,19,19,19

(Soldiers Voice)
        When we came back it was different.. Everybody wants to know "How'd it
happened to those guys over there
There's gotta be something wrong somewhere
We did what we had to do
There's gotta be something wrong somewhere
People wanted us to be ashamed of what it made us
Dad had no idea what he went to fight and he is now
All we want to do is come home
All we want to do is come home
What did we do it for
All we want to do is come home
Was it worth it?

 

 

Isley Brothers

            Harvest for the World

 

Artist:                                    Isley Brothers

Song:                                    Harvest for the World

Album:                        Single

Producer:                        The Isley Brothers, Chris Jasper

Year:                                    1976

Label:                                    Sony

Genre:                                    Jazz

URL:                                    www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_OsEISBGo

Lyrics:                        http://www.lyricsdomain.com/9/isley_brothers/harvest_for_the_world.html

 

All babies together
Everyone a seed
Half of us are satisfied
Half of us in need

Love’s bountiful in us
Tarnished by our greed
Oh, when will there be
A harvest for the world

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey

A nation planted
So concerned with gain
As the seasons come and go
Greater grows the pain

And far too many
Feelin’ the strain
Oh, when will there be
A harvest for the world

Yeah, yeah

Gather every man
Gather every woman
Celebrate your lives
Give thanks for your children (No)

Gather everyone (Gather everyone)
Gather all together (Gather all together)
Overlookin’ none (Overlookin’ none)
Hopin’ life gets better for the world

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh

Dress me up for battle
When all I want is peace
Those of us who pay the price
Come home with the least

And nation after nation
Turnin’ into beasts
Oh, when will there be
A harvest for the world

Yeah, hey
When will there be
I wanna know now, now
When will there be a harvest {Harvest for the world}
When will there be a harvest {Harvest for the world}
When will there be a harvest {Harvest for the world}
When will there be a harvest {Harvest for the world}
When will there be a harvest {Harvest for the world}
When will there be a harvest {Harvest for the world}
When will there be {Harvest for the world}
When will there be {Harvest for the world}
Everybody {Harvest for the world}
Oh, talkin’ bout the children {Harvest for the world}
When will there be a harvest {Harvest for the world}
When will there be {Harvest for the world}

 

Jamiroquai

            Too Young To Die

 

Artist:                                    Jamiroquai

Song:                                    Too Young To Die

Album:                        Emergency on Planet Earth

Producer:                        Jamiroquai

Year:                                    1993

Label:                                    Colombia

Genre:                                    Jazz

URL:                                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ykhaxE3tFI

Lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jamiroquai/too+young+to+die_20069382.html

 

Everybody, dont want no war, cos were all too young to die
Many people, all around the world now, seen their brothers fry?
Whats the motive?
In your madness youve made my people cry
So politicians, this time keep your distance
Cos were too young to die
You know were too young to die,
You know were too young to die,
You know were too young to die,
You know were too young to die.

Whats the answer? to our problems.
I think weve gone to high,
Little children never said a word now, but still they have to die
It wont be long, dancing like we do now,
To put this sad world right
So you dont worry, suffer no more,
Cos were too young to die,
You know were too young to die,
You know were too young to die,
You know were too young to die,
You know were too young to die.

You know were too young to die,
You know were too young to die,
You know were too young to die,
You know were too young to die.

All gone when they drop the bomb.
Can politicians reassure? cos here I am pressuming that nobody here wants a war.
Theres so many people praying just to find out if theyre staying.
But lately, stately governments and disillusioned leader,
So full of empty promises but rarely do they feed us,
Put our backs against the wall, or dont we count at all.

Can you decide, are you mesmerised.
Do you know which side youre standing?
Cos when it falls gonna take us all.
Gotta know what were demanding, I never lie, cant hear you cry,
Coming from on high,
Were too young to die!

 

Staple Singers

            When Will We Be Paid For the Work We’ve Done

 

Artist:                                    Staple Singers

Song:                                    When Will We Be Paid For the Work We’ve Done

Album:                        Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair

Producer:                        N/A

Year:                        2004

Label:                        Kent Soul

Genre:                                    Jazz

URL:                                     http://contreinfo.info/article.php3?id_article=480           

Lyrics:                                    http://contreinfo.info/article.php3?id_article=480

 

When will we be paid for the work we’ve done

When will we be paid for the work we’ve done

 

We worked this country

From shore to shore

Our women cooked all your food

And washed all your clothes

We picked cotton and laid the railroad steel

Worked our hands down to the bone at your lumber mill

When will we be paid for the work we’ve done
When will we be paid for the work we’ve done

Fought in your wars, in every land
To keep this country free, y’all
For women, children, and men
But anytime we ask for pay or a loan
That’s when everything seems to turn out wrong
We’ve been beat up, called name, shot down, and stoned
Every time we do right, somebody say we’re wrong

When will we be paid for the work we’ve done
When will we be paid for the work we’ve done

Oh, oh when, when will we be paid ?
We’ve given up our sweat, now
And all of our tears
Stumbled through this life
For more than 300 years I,
I wanna know, the work we’ve done
When will be paid for the work we’ve done

Tell me
When will we be paid for the work we’ve done
When will we be paid for the work we’ve done

Will we ever be proud
Of "My country, tis of thee"
Will we ever sing out loud
Sweet land of Liberty

When will we be paid
For the work we’ve done

When will we be paid for the work we’ve done
When will we be paid for the work we’ve done

 

 



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