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Agreed that those who lift the poor and weak are the best leaders. The rest is platitudes and political jargon. Would Harris jump in Joe’s grave as fast as she moved when he announced he was returning the keys? Poor Joe, left with no choice, left us with no explanation why? The good of the country? That really begs a “Why”? Physical ailments, cognitive decline, really bad polls, something please. Harris received Not a single voter’s approval. A palace coup is more like it, just terrible for Joe.

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Powerful song & video:

Keb' Mo' - Put a Woman in Charge w/ Rosanne Cash (Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FciQeRGYFlw&ab_channel=Keb%27Mo%27

YES WE KAM! Go to Vote America & register everyone & their cousins! Blue tidal wave 2024

💜 🌊

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Yes! I shared that one yesterday. It’s SO good!

https://passalongsongs.substack.com/p/its-time?r=13nlz

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founding

When we all lift together, burdens are lightened, and we all benefit. ☺️

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So so true!

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Jul 25Liked by Jena Ball

Save the Country by Laura Nyro-great song!

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One In The Struggle

Written 1985 during Willie Nelson's Farm Aid projects

I am a farmer, I’m trying to grow some food

Locked in a system that don’t do me no good

They think I’m beneath them, like the dirt under my nails

I am a farmer, but my farm is up for sale

I am a worker making money for my boss

When times are good he profits, when they’re bad we take the loss

We’re treated like children: supervised all day

I’d quit in a minute, if I didn’t need the pay

And the bottom line is greed and the

Bottom line is ignorance

and the bottom line is fear and the

Bottom line is power

And the bottom line is here and now

I have to realize

We’re all in this together

In the struggle to survive

We are one in the fight

To take control of our lives

We are one in the struggle,

We are one

I’m unemployed now

My job has taken flight

To some far country,

Where the workers have no rights

I’m deep in debt now

My insurance has expired

My wife is pregnant,

Some days I feel so tired

I am a refugee,

My country is at war

It’s the same old story,

The rich against the poor

And the rich get fatter on the

Lies the poor are fed

When I speak the truth,

They put a price upon my head

And the bottom line is greed and the

Bottom line is ignorance

and the bottom line is fear and the

Bottom line is power

And the bottom line is here and now

I have to realize

We’re all in this together

In the struggle to survive

We are one in the fight

To take control of our lives

We are one in the struggle,

We are one

I am a senior, living the golden years–

The pride of the drug firms, they’re playing on my fears–

And they’re mining my pockets to line their own with gold–

I am a senior, some days I feel so old

I am an Indian

I am an African

I am a woman

I am a homeless one

And the bottom line is greed and the

Bottom line is ignorance

and the bottom line is fear and the

Bottom line is power

And the bottom line is here and now

I have to realize

We’re all in this together

In the struggle to survive

We are one in the fight

To take control of our lives

We are one in the struggle,

We are one

https://youtu.be/GkPuwO_5cyQ

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Stirring words!

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Strong Woman

City girl goes off to college

Then rears three boys on a farm.

Midwestern sky in her tender gaze

And a harvest of joy in her arm.

She’s a strong, strong woman

She can handle the pleasure and pain

She’s a strong, beautiful strong woman

With a heart and a back and a brain.

She works hard ten hours at the office

Threads the commute back home.

Determined to cut through the nonsense

She clears her head with her comb.

She’s a strong, strong woman …

Twenty-some years old, and an artist

Likes living up that ‘Frisco way.

She don’t take crap from nobody

Paints just what she wants to say.

She’s a strong, strong woman …

Bridge

Don’t listen to those voices: the shouldn'ts and can'ts.

It's your own decision: the dress or the pants.

You're a strong, strong woman

You can handle the pleasure and pain.

You're a strong, beautiful strong woman

With a heart and a back and a brain.

Malcolm McKinney 2005

https://youtu.be/F2cNkd1kjzo?si=JK4WxpVYJ_xfQwZq

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Wonderful! You can sing :-) Thank you!

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40% of my posts are me singing.

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