The scars we try hard to forget

Cat Stevens hangs on with my favorite album, but Dance by Mutabaruka is my favorite song.

I embedded this one because cool slideshow, here’s one that doesn’t run forty-five seconds over.

cause out of de music comes de tinkin of de mind
an’ de people move on leavin nothin behind
de laughter an’ pain become as one
like de action of our ancestors risin from de lan’

I Think I’m Noam Chomsky

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Tim Holland (born September 25, 1977), better known by his stage name Sole, is an American rapper and producer from Portland, Maine. He is co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon. He has been a member of the groups Northern Exposure, Live Poets, Deep Puddle Dynamics, So-Called Artists, Sole and the Skyrider Band and Waco Boyz.

Find Sole at soleone.org