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We had a show on MLK day a few years ago. This song was written for that show, a meditation on Dr King, his legacy and the world we are in today.
How far have we come? What, if anything, has changed?
How much of the world can we not see clearly because of our position in it, our perspective of it?
I have a strong desire to wake up. And keep waking up . . .

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Poverty and privilege, innocence and shame
Staring at our problems, no one takes the blame
Looking in the mirror, won't you say her name
50 years of progress, but nothing's really changed

I ain't woke, but I'm waking
These chains they ain't broke, but their breaking
This world is ours for the making
So won't you take my hand, and help me make a stand

Mass incarceration, we watch our people burn
Inferior education leaves no where left to turn
Unjust legislation, exploiting Native land
Environmental decimation, won't we ever understand?
This shit is out of hand!

I ain't woke, but I'm waking
These chains they ain't broke, but their breaking
This world is ours for the making
So won't you take my hand, and help me make a stand

For our fathers and our mothers
For our sisters and our brothers
For our children, for each other
For our future won't you take my hand?

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released November 12, 2021
Written by Mike Bennett
Produced by Austin Mendenhall
Mixed and Engineered by Jay Goodman

Guitar and Vocals: Mike Bennett
Vocals: Nandi Kayyy
Drums: Mark Bell
Bass: Akos Forgacs
Percussion: Jacquelene Acevedo
Organ: Matt Oestreicher
Contra Mandolin: Anand Bennett

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Mike Bennett and the SoulGlo Orchestra New York

Power-funk for the people. Mike Bennett & The SoulGlo Orchestra's music is hard-hitting funk meets soulful grooves. SoulGlo released their self-titled EP SoulGlo in January 2017, and their two singles Catch My Breath and Natural Selection in July 2017. SoulGlo has performed across NYC in venues such as Mercury Lounge, Rockwood Music Hall, Gold Sounds, Shrine, Arlene's Grocery, and the Bitter End. ... more

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