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NEPEAN
02:56
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Come to Nepean it's a great place to be in
It's almost like the countryside
There's places to play
And people to know
Everyone is stuck inside
There's a corner store that the 90's forgot
And a bunch of fields where teenagers get drunk a lot
There's no buses that come to Nepean after midnight unless you live in Barrhaven
We only have sketchy bars
Accessible only by cars in this area
Our strip malls and and parking lots are our main import
Our traffic jams are the top export
CHORUS
NEPEAN NEPEAN NEPEAN
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It's your birthday
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Pay Me In Exposure
03:08
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Half Sleeping
Half Living
Half Breathing
Half Dying
Full Time
No Time
We haven't even begun the decade yet
Tomorrow is gone, we sold it yesterday
We used a high interest pay day lender
To pay our rent with legal tender
A choice between food and shelter
Has life gotten better?
Our dreams often fade away
Why did our aspirations do the same?
The criminals are not in the streets
They're hidden in the offices of the rich
CHORUS
I'm a California Influencer
Pay me in exposure
I'm a stockholder of the banks
Pay me in foreclosures
I'm the Dean of the university
Pay me with your decades
I'm the the CEO of an MNC
Let's make you pay for your own water
For those in abject poverty I will not pay a dollar
I need that to influence your political powers
I'd make you pay for your own soul, but that's not allowed by governments yet
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It's Instrumental
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A Poem for the Future
03:23
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I go to where I want to
I am my fate
The walls that you put up are crumbling
As the messengers of the rich and pedaling their hate
Who knows what tomorrow will bring
Among all the people who stand in the street
The 5-0 are coming, to destroy everything within reach
The dust is settling
The world is not complete
It's been broken and hidden for decades by crooked politicians and their cheats
The broken spirits are rising
maybe it will be surprising to think we can do something
about the problems of society
To live in a society of torment
To breathe, with a racing heart filled with fear
The clouds of hate will open to a sky which is clear
Power to the people
Power to the poor
Power to the many who are not here anymore
Power within
Power to the protesters who are saying "Black Lives Matter Everywhere"
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Brian Wallin Ottawa, Ontario
Brian Wallin is a multi-instrumentalist Algonquin from the magical land known as Nepean, Ontario, with roots embedded in Kitigan Zibi. He has been in many projects such as: How Far To Mexico, Ethnotechnique, Problematic, Lloyd Smiley Band. He looks to dabble in whatever music he can make. Willing to experiment with his sound, watch out for this zesty new artist as he makes that music stuff. ... more
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