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Tampa Sessions 2 (Live)

by Penn Johnson

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we're standing in the water all our sons and daughters. teachers ancestors relations we gotcha. take it to the limit then turn it back down again. let the past go and let the future be a mystery. history, missin' me, stuck in my head and my soul can’t breathe take it to a time i remember was just you and me. livin in a bubble town so far from the truth and honesty. sheltered by a life not knowin bout the possibilities. it's lost on me, honestly, stuck in a rut with the loss of bees, recipes, testin me, thinkin they hurt when they healing me they healing me yeah place us in a present where spirits roam free, where our borders are all broken and we worship land and sea. flow to the rhythm and tap to this beat. it's a level of a consciousness we all need to receive. aho well I'm here for the oceans and you remind me. to carry my flag and live my life in peace. gravitate to greatness but stay humble i need love letters to creator burn them down with me. watch them float in circles and crumble and bleed. knowin what’s in store for you depends on where your story leads. you could be a bum a bummin or a man inside a suit but regardless of appearance man i see myself in you. such a close connection but still others don’t see how we're all connected by a sacred unity. i share the words of elders through these rhymes and melodies. but pain of those in danger is a commonality. don’t need to spend this money on a military. once we overcome and live our truth we'll avoid catastrophe. aho! oh we climbing high. mile wide. stop the black snake for a higher vibe. it's a wild ride, rising tides, open to life n baby i'm satisfied. movin on up movin on up movin on up to a place we're meant to be. meant to be. groovin on up groovin on up groovin on up feelin fully free. place us in a present where spirits roam free, where our borders are all broken and we worship land and sea. flow to the rhythm and tap to this beat. it's a level of a consciousness we all need to receive. aho my words they burn like fire in your thoughts and memories. i will serve a higher purpose wontcha come and follow me. all through the chakra mountains and the holy valleys I’m a messenger for love and I'm a conduit for peace. didn’t choose this path but still the music found me lost in hazy afternoons and now its clear enough to see. we're movin through the motions closer to our family. and we're mixing songs and potions of these sonic remedies. hold a ceremony and pray for harmony. find my grace and balance in the air we all must breathe. bow down to the light and let the power fill me. i will use this strength for justice bring about the change we need. aho! the change we need. aho!
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if all you see is all you get that’s ok cuz I’ve spent my life trying to forget where i came from, but the truth is hidden behind all the hurried lines that stain this page chorus: well maybe I’m missing something but it seems clear to me that all i have is all i need it's all i need what if we sail away to an uncharted place to call our own. dig learn and rewild have and nurse a child. and make our home. would you stay with me when things get tough and you can’t stand it? so when you and i return to the earth as grains of dirt and space swallows the sun and brings a new age and a new birth who will remember us and how we lived and how we loved?
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join us for sunrise at chapel this medicine heals all your wounds we litter this pasture with laughter ancient tongues and holy stones we listen while others are speaking stories passed down for centuries we enter the doors to another rhythm of what is to be medicine man he shakes his staff sounds they surround no turning back open the gates and let me see the fire calls you 2x dancers they twirl in dresses divine patterns engulf both direction & time remember to breathe inhale love exhale hate no negative thoughts in this sacred space 3x here just in time the ceremony's begun give thanks to the moon salute the east rising sun let the elders spill into your mind inner truth the fire calls you 2x here for a reason taken so many years misdirected by blindness but were shifting our gears embracing our imperfections bathe our souls in the whitest of light we are here while we're here so lets be here lets be here now tonight 3x somewhere far off is a lover 'cross many moons still yet to come she writhes and she smiles her inner child wild she’s calling to me with her drum but i am one with the starlight and ill get there when i return still so many nights left to wander still so many herbs left to burn so close your eyes to awaken as the vision begins now to fade melting designs and the voices though not any word has been said still i will pass down these dreamings share them with those thirsting to know humble myself through awareness find strength in the moonlight's soft glow 3x
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there’s a shadow of ourselves we can’t ignore. holes in walls and scratching at the door. minds clenched tight fight to keep them closed. wine filled eyes falling to the floor but let go of past lives. let go of the things that never caught. let go of serving and pretending you’re something you’re not. let go of old love and let go of second chances. let go of mistakes, forsaken prayers and backward glances each breath brings a new complication. but stumbling blocks prove good for meditation. so if you’re struggling don’t switch your situation. find a new approach and sit with your indignation and let go of past lives. let go of the things that never caught. let go of serving and pretending you’re something you’re not. let go of old love and let go of second chances. let go of mistakes, forsaken prayers and backward glances we all give in to the dark sometimes. weave our way through to another time. learn from our trespasses and retreat inside. emerge standing tall a fully grown butterfly 🦋
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dry your eyes now take your time now realize now you are wise now you can hear them hear them calling from the mountains to the valleys each piece inside another are reflections of you and me cardinal directions steer my vessel but darkness is a clever thief i’ll ride the clouds until the rain comes and the thunder sweeps me off my feet meanwhile the medicine wheel’s turnin as pachamama sings in harmony oohs x ? age old wisdom new traditions constant patterns changing visions you can feel them feel them rising from the forests to the cities each piece inside another is a reflection of you and me cardinal directions steer our vessels but darkness is a clever thief i’ll ride the clouds until the rain comes and the thunder sweeps me off my feet meanwhile the medicine wheel’s turnin as pachamama sings in harmony we are on time shifting third eyes wrapped in silence are our peace cries you can see them see them marching from the sidewalks to the white house each piece inside another is a reminder of you and me while these directions steer our vessels the darkness is a clever thief i’ll kiss the clouds when the next rain comes and the thunder sweeps me off my feet and that medicine wheel’s turnin as all the creatures sing in harmony
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i feel a shift in the wind no end no where to begin foot soliders closing in on a spiritual revolution hey ah hey we sing hey ah hey i hear you call out to me through your mountains your rivers, your trees ocean of breath make your wave don’t obey and don’t you behave i taste the salt of the earth. balance their pain, their anger their hurt. i know their power, their worth. we all have a purpose and we’ve known it since birth hey ah hey i see a future of bliss. awakened warriors walking with mindfulness. sun touched and wide open eyes. ceremony for the seas and skies. i said i know that i am not wrong. i know that i am not wrong. cuz time has passed and been much too long since all creation gathered and sang the same song. hey ah hey 2x i smell the smoke in the air so enemies and demons beware we're building bridges to lead the people down the path of righteousness and it starts with you and me hey hey ah hey 2x i said i know that i am not wrong. i know that i am not wrong. cuz time has passed and been much too long since all creation gathered and sang the same song.

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A collection of medicine songs spun by a young man well-traveled, self-reflective, deeply rooted, and ethereally guided.

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released March 9, 2020

All instruments, vocals, lyrics, and music by Penn Johnson
Recorded Live in Tampa Florida by Joe Gianotti
Mixed and mastered in Bethlehem, PA by Matt Molchany

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