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Where Is Love? (a protest ep)

by Lauren Balthrop

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Where is love Where is it hiding Where has it gone Who is it guiding I can remember a time When I felt love’s shining light Has the flame burned out Have the shadows cast doubt On what is true or not But I believe love is all we need Do you remember a time When you felt love’s shining light Has it’s glow gone dim Left the world feeling grim Quickly losing hope for hate But I still believe love is all we need
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I was born a black boy My name is Emmett Till I walked this earth for fourteen years Then one night I was killed For speaking to a woman Whose skin was as white as dough That's a sin in Mississippi But how was I to know I'd come down from Chicago To visit with my kin Up there I was a cheeky kid I guess I always been But the harm they put upon me Was too hard for what I done For I was just a black boy I never hurt no one They took me from my uncle's house Mose Wright was his name He'd later stand and without hesitation Point the blame At the ones who beat and cut me And shot me with a gun Then threw me in the river Like I was trash when they were done I was sent back to my mother At least what was left of me She kept my casket open For the whole wide world to see The awful desecration And the evidence of hate You could not recognize me The mutilation was so great There came a cry for justice then To be finally fulfilled All because of me, a black boy My name is Emmett Till But I'd have rather lived 'Til I was too old to die young Not miss all I left behind All that might have come The summer clouds above my head The grass beneath my feet The warmth of a good woman Her kisses soft and sweet Perhaps to be a father With a black boy of my own And watch him grow into A kinder world than I had known Where no child would be murdered For the color of his skin And love would be the only thing Inside the hearts of men They say the horror of that night Is still haunting heaven still Where I am one more black boy My name is Emmett Till
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Lyrics: Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today Father, father We don't need to escalate You see, war is not the answer For only love can conquer hate You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Talk to me, so you can see Oh, what's going on What's going on Yeah, what's going on Ah, what's going on Mother, mother, everybody thinks we're wrong Oh, but who are they to judge us Simply 'cause our hair is long Oh, you know we've got to find a way To bring some understanding here today Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality C'mon talk to me So you can see What's going on
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Say their names One and all So we remember Say their names One and all So we don’t forget The pain and hurt they endured How they suffered Say their names Over and over So we remember With a love in your heart Fight for justice With their name in your mind Try to walk in their shoes Feel what it’s like To live behind a wall You can’t break down alone With your voice ringing loud Join the choir With your body and soul Try to learn compassion And feel what it’s like To live behind a wall You can’t break down alone Pledge allegiance To the movement, to the rhythm Of freedom, Of glory To writing ourselves a new story
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One man come in the name of love One man come and go One man come he to justify One man to overthrow In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love One man caught on a barbed wire fence One man he resist One man washed on an empty beach One man betrayed with a kiss In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love Early evening, April four Shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love
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Say their names One and all So we remember Say their names One and all So we don’t forget The pain and hurt they endured How they suffered Say their names Over and over So we remember With a love in your heart Fight for justice With their name in your mind Try to walk in their shoes Feel what it’s like To live behind a wall You can’t break down alone With your voice ringing loud Join the choir With your body and soul Try to learn compassion And feel what it’s like To live behind a wall You can’t break down alone Pledge allegiance To the movement, to the rhythm Of freedom, Of glory To writing ourselves a new story

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A collection of original and cover protest songs supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.

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released October 30, 2020

See the individual song pages for track credits! This protest EP would be nothing without the help of my contributors, especially James Paul Mitchell!

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Lauren Balthrop Nashville, Tennessee

Lauren Balthrop, a folk-pop singer songwriter hailing from Nashville, has a crystal-fueled voice. Her second album, THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT, is a collection of 11 songs spanning heartbreak, self-doubt and nostalgia coming later this year. Lauren has found her voice in these songs. Look for it later this year on Olivia Records. ... more

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