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If This Is My Time

by Nightcraft

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1.
Fear 02:54
Future Research Technology Robotics Earth Systems Jobs Money Fear Access granted I am a happy computer. I am a sad computer. Your computer is angry at you. [Lingala] There was a time when I believed in humanity And that time is long gone Many things have changed and i was forced to believe only in power Ever increasing power This is for you
2.
Equity 03:36
This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal And that the rights of every man are diminished When the rights of one man are threatened The fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city Men of goodwill and generosity Should be able to unite regardless of party or politics People say they care less When they actually mean they couldn't care less That's one of the flaws with being humans We care But it's also what makes us such beautiful creatures We could care less So we did Does that make me any less beautiful as a person? Maybe it does But sometimes I have to think about myself Sometimes I have to think about myself Sometimes I have to think about myself Sometimes I have to think about... myself We want one thing We declare our rank on this Earth To be a man To be a human being To be respected as a human being To be given the rights of a human being In this society, on this Earth, in this day Which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary Take advantage of some lives for the benefit of others The United States has no right Take advantage of some lives for the benefit of others The United States has no right... to impose
3.
Hearing 03:31
Let's pretend for a moment that I actually have something worth saying Is it worth listening to? If a tree falls in the forest and no one's there to hear it Does it make a sound? Scientifically, yes, it does When something falls, it creates a reverberation in the air that surrounds it Which creates the thing we call sound In some sense we can kind of compare this to our own lives Although we scream at the top of our lungs Hoping that someone might hear us We feel that... our voices go unheard And sometimes they do But... every once in a while... in the distance Someone... may be just barely able... to make out what you said The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world It seems at times when we need to say something the most We find ourselves incapable of doing so I suppose this might be human nature I suppose, on the inside, we all might be screaming at the top of our lungs So why is it on the outside... no one hears a thing?
4.
Progress 01:14
Cultures, nations, religions, and people They are in constant transformation Step by step, year by year The world is not improving Not on every single measure As a rule, the world faces huge challenges We have not made tremendous progress This is data as you've never known it It is data as therapy Factfulness, like a healthy diet and regular exercise, can and should become part of your daily life Start to practice it You will make better decisions Oh, I didn't know I could do that Progress
5.
Philosophy 02:10
Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned That until there are no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation That until the color of man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion To be pursued but never attained Progress towards these noble goals is persistently threatened by the conflict now engulfing the world It commands our whole attention Absorbs our very being We face a hostile ideology Global in scope Ruthless in purpose And insidious in message Unhappily the danger it poses promises to be of indefinite duration To meet it successfully, there is call for not so much the emotional and transitory sacrifices of crisis But rather those which enable us to carry forward stepping Surely, and without complaint, the burdens of a prolonged and complex struggle With liberty the stake
6.
Pascal 04:18
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty place from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time And all our yesterdays have alighted falls The way to dusty death Out, out brief candle Life's but a walking shadow A poor player that struts and frets his 'air upon the stage And then is heard no more It is a tale told by an idiot Full of sound and fury Signifying... Nothing... Signifying... Nothing... Nothing
8.
Knowledge 01:56
This was easy for us Jay and Marenmore want money by working hard She is thinner than I am Bright sunshine shimmers on the ocean Nothing is as offensive as innocence Nothing is as offensive as innocence Well we meet in an hour of change and challenge In a decade of hope and fear In an age of both knowledge and ignorance The greater our knowledge increases The greater our ignorance unfolds Despite the striking fact That most of the scientists that the world has ever known Are alive and working today Despite the fact that this nation's own scientific manpower Is doubling every twelve years In a rate of growth More than three times that of our population as a whole Despite that... The vast stretches of the unknown And the unanswered And the unfinished Still far outstrip Our collective comprehension No man can fully grasp The greater our knowledge increases The greater our ignorance unfolds Bright sunshine shimmers on the ocean Nothing is as offensive as innocence
9.
Nihilism 02:45
Nothing... ever... changes Nothing... ever... changes Nothing ever changes Nothing ever changes Nothing... ever... changes
10.
Naivete 04:45
Good night darling Sleep well Now, close your eyes and sleep Sleep Sleep It's time to sleep my love It's time to sleep Close your eyes and sleep Sleep Sleep It's time to sleep my love [French]

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This album is about my experience as a black man, as an American, and as a person.

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released July 25, 2020

Mastered by Pablo Infinity of AudioKemestry

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I make music for people who daydream at night.

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