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It Is What It Is

by David Seume

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1.
The Fire 02:55
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If you trust in the truth to inspire, please stoke the fire I’m gonna find a way to you Peace signals goin higher, from the grassroots fire I’m gonna find a way to you I won’t be too far away But if you’re skewing the view to conspire, and you know you a liar I’m gonna get away from you Smoke yo blowin’s goin higher, you’re tongue is tied to the mire I’m gonna get away from you I will be so far away No love’s message don’t get tired, there’s always coal in the fire And I pray they light the way for you.
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Friends Like These 04:42
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Well with friends like these, who needs enemies? Got me on my knees, in my begging jeans, saying Alright alright alright Bad things come in threes, so will ya please ease Back up off of me? Yeah you lie, steal and cheat, saying Alright alright alright Alright alright alright (It’s time to go now, it’s time to go) (I see the door now, I see the door) My oh my—I can’t look at you in the same way My oh my—I can’t even recognize your face You try to shut me down, friend of me You wanna run me down, take away my dreams
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Baby Now 03:43
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Hit a note right on the head Go to bed and no I’m not upset Tap the floor and turn around Be assured you got your feet up off the ground Here we go, baby now Kissing my soul, baby now I am losing control, baby now So here we go, baby now Don’t let the words fly over your head Like a butterfly outside catch ‘em with your net And if the rhythym and the soul got control of your parts Dig a deep hole and seeing there’s your heart Believing you’re a star
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I'd Be Without You 03:26
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My life is caught in the deep end I might drown cause I can’t swim Oh my, is that a shark fin? Oh no, you gotta stop stressin You’d think that things would change Cause nothing seems to be going your way You’d think that things would change Nothing’s going your way My trials and tribulations (don’t worry, everything’ll be okay) You spoiled child, quit misbehavin (don’t bother, here comes the sunny day) Oh my, it’s the state of the nation (a sunny day—oh yeah) Oh no, you don’t get complacent (a sunny day—oh yeah) Without you, without you, would I know what to do? Without you, without you, could I just skate on through? Without you, what would I do? I’d be without you
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Leavin 02:35
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I’m hard pressed for another rhyme Trying but I need more time It’s jumped and bumped and honey it’s a line I’m trying to walk So what’s with all the talk, about you Leavin I’m fighting for another trial Plead the fifth and somehow keep it all down But you’re so much prettier when I’m not around So I’m trying to walk But what’s with all the talk, you got me Seein double now Bleedin from my mouth Pleadin on my knees, beggin please Come back home, back to me In Kansas City
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Apple Tree 04:54
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Where ya going I can’t take you I’m already there So you’re showing up I don’t believe you why’d you cut your hair? Girl I’d bet my bottom dollar you’re a little scared But there’s no need to worry now, life it just ain’t fair. I see you do you see me? Take a look outside, cause I’m hiding around the other side of the apple tree Leaves are changing color now, I’m still in trouble now But I’m gonna give you anything you need All the spring the fall the summer Winter’s coming with my number I don’t understand the weather Can you take me? We’ll go together Our warm feeling’s surely dying I can tell the birds are flying Straight away for something better Can you take me? We’ll go together If you say goodbye I’ll go, but I want you to know That I was gonna give you anything you need
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Speaking of the Devil 03:05
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Speaking of the devil—then he turned around the corner Speaking of the devil—and I found he was after me Speaking of the devil—so I turned around the corner Speaking of the devil—and I find I’m looking back at me I think I’m drowning in my fears I look fine but I’ve aged years With every second year that goes by I want something different, so give me something different I better take off my clothes They got dirty shoveling coals Stripping me of my energy Can’t get too much of her thing, she’s a lady Liberty Speaking of the devil Voices telling me go hear The Underground Sound at the show, boy Certainly you’ll see you’re too small Your PC is so PC, call it love technology Now it’s stay put at home The box’ll never leave you alone So take a flight with society Can the garbage heap the trash, burn your money keep the ash Aah ah aah ah
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Emily 03:49
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Your automatic response is blaming me Are you prophetic, these are the things you’ve seen? It’s not romantic, in fact, it’s troubling The mood is frantic, reacting with no chemistry Emily You plant a seed of jealousy Emily You’re psychopathic, stop thinking we’ll grow old The birds are calling, but you’re still out cold You star in reruns and I’m changing the channel Might make me happier if I could just be left alone I don’t have the missing pieces you’re looking for I skipped some pages, but you wrote some more This tragic ending is my one reward So briefly stated, Emily, I ain’t yours
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Something You May Wanna Know 04:34
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Why you calling me crazy? Saying nothing can save me—yeah no one can save me. And these wars we’re waging Where they gotten us lately? When all imagination turns to reason And all our transformations are the seasons What will be the answer that you’re given? And who will be the One that you believe in? I got something you may wanna know If love is the answer, why don’t we make it? We’re too busy lying, not getting naked Telling me after all this time we been faking? Love is the answer. These wars just ain’t worth fighting for You’ll know the truth when you knock on the door There’s too much to lose just to be ignored Love is the answer so you question the war. It’s only because I wanna make sure you don’t get too far away from me We might’ve been impaired but what was shared you don’t get back, not easily And I don’t want it back I just thought I’d say something sweet to you No I don’t want it back No I don’t want it back.
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Will Ya Be My Friend 04:07
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I want you, I want you And that is all Is that enough for you? Or will I have to tell you I love you? Cause if I do, baby Maybe I don’t know When I ain’t got a penny to spend I’m asking will ya be my friend? Is that asking too much? Or am I coming off looking like a fool? Cause if I am, baby Surely I don’t know
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Revolution Son 03:26
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This is the question that I wanna ask ya Have you heard the coming call of disaster? Yeah it’s clear the trouble’s coming faster But not for the reason that they’re telling you. And in’t it the feeling that they wanna control us? We been seeing though they blindfold us They keeping secrets and they gunning for more trust It don’t seem right, and it ain’t what we’ll do. The Revolution Son is shining down on everyone Yeah it’s clear the end is coming faster But what will you do on the morning after? We got a Father but you’re calling us bastards Why do you curse us when it isn’t true? Don’t you say, easy does it now If anything, you ought to lift me up among the clouds Don’t you say, easy does it now We need more, we need more truth soldiers on the ground For the Revolution Son

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released January 1, 2009

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David Seume released his album, It Is What It Is, in December 2008. Seume wrote and arranged it and recorded it at home.

Since, Seume journeyed many miles in his ’82 VW van, played a little bit, and joined up with Fullbloods on bass. ... more

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