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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lonnie Holley
Lonnie Holley
Vocals
Joe Minter
Joe Minter
Vocals
Open Mike Eagle
Open Mike Eagle
Vocals
Jacknife Lee
Jacknife Lee
Keyboards
Davide Rossi
Davide Rossi
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lonnie Holley
Lonnie Holley
Songwriter
Jacknife Lee
Jacknife Lee
Songwriter
Michael W. Eagle II
Michael W. Eagle II
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jacknife Lee
Jacknife Lee
Producer
Miles Johnson
Miles Johnson
Creative Director

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Through you
To you through me
From the Peacemaker
Let those that have ears to hear, let them hear
I'm talking just a cry in the wilderness
That's all I'm is, just a cry in the wilderness
Let those who have ears to hear, let them hear
Let my people go and leave my children alone
It's just a cry in the wilderness
The Peacemaker
We might not have it all together
But together we have it all
Let's come together
[Verse 2]
And as I growed older
And now able to see
That it has been the same stars
The same stars our ancestors used to see
[Verse 3]
The ships came rolling in
Oh, those slave ships
With the cargo of shackled bodies
Shackled and bound
Layin' back
Layin' back
Water splashin' all over our bodies
Lookin' up between the boards
Lookin' up at the starlight
At the starlights
The same stars
Be the same stars
[Verse 4]
The Dogon namin' constellations
Long-draining conversations
Odd-framed observations
I was burned in a star once
I learned to put on a hard front
It's so much, I'm hard pressed
I'm gold dust and star dust
My nose wide as Olmec's
I breathed in the codex
My sol plexus stretched wide
I outstretched the Bowflex
Go southwest
Seek free reign without mess
Spirit made without flesh
A supernova, slow death
I want what's owed and no less
It's Black fist to North Star
We came here from deep rifts
Exchange quips in the sports bars
Thrown stones from cardboard
Put hard light in ghost bones
Postpone the Star Wars
[Verse 5]
Humans all around the Earth
Gazing up at those stars
Gazing up at those stars
That I laid on my back to see
When I was just a little boy
The same body
As we pass from body to body to body
Generation to generation
Only our tissue is new
Only our body tissues is new
[Outro]
Those stars
Still shining
The same stars
Written by: Jacknife Lee, Lonnie Holley, Michael W. Eagle II

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