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Just a Number (chapt. 29)

from Kiwi's Songs by Lawrence Collins

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1st track from the album Acoustronika, a scream for freedom in a society that tends to dehumanise us away behind tax numbers, ID numbers, social security numbers...
"Our strength lay in our community, but the strength of our community lay in our individuality. We were free, absolutely free, and yet never alone."

1ere chanson sur l'album "Acoustronika" Un cri de liberté dans une société moderne qui a tendance à nous dé-humaniser derrière des numéros d'identité, d'impots etc...
"Nous avions appris à chérir autrui, à chérir notre liberté d'expression et de pensée, mais aussi la liberté d'être nous-mêmes, tout en sachant exactement qui nous voulions être. Et en même temps, le fait de partager, d'échanger et d'apprendre, d'être attentif à l'autre, nous donnait un réel sentiment d'accomplissement et d'épanouissement."

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The machine drives
Every aspect of our lives
We’ve become the pawns
Of a monster we’ve spawned-
Where did we go wrong?

It tears you down and spits you out
On a printed page…
It tears you down and spits you out-
Can you feel the rage?

Walls and numbers,
Screens and screams
Nothing seems to matter
When profit is queen
And greed is King..
How did this begin?

It tears you down and spits you out
On a printed page…
It tears you down and spits you out-
Do you feel the rage?

Walk the line, (I’m not just a number)
Keep your nose clean, (on a piece of paper)
You’re just a part
Of the Machine… You know… (talk to me…)

Eyes down, (I’m not just a number)
Keep your head straight, (on a piece of paper)
Don’t talk back,
Just sit and wait… you know… (please, talk to me…)

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from Kiwi's Songs, released May 1, 2020
words & music by Lawrence Collins

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lawrence collins band Bordeaux, France

Lawrence Collins is an american-egyptian singer songwriter, born in France and brought up in France, England, India, and the United States who speaks 4 languages fluently. His music reflects a life spent travelling and experimenting with different cultures, and he has produced 8 studio albums, a movie soundtrack, a live album, and played over 1700 shows during his 20 year career. ... more

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