Name: High and Lowly
Duration: P00H06M48S
Description: Dedicated to the social and political underdog in all parts of the world.

High and Lowly

from Voiceless by Patrick Jasper Lee

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Dedicated to the social and political underdog in all parts of the world.

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I don’t understand how you do what you do
How you measure who you are
You can’t fit the people into the smallest cage
I don’t know who you think you are
I don’t understand how you work it all out
We pay to live; we pay to die
Can’t make it work; I don’t know what it’s about
You seem immune to all our cries
Cos it’s about the high and lowly
You just can’t fight the high if you’re lowly.

Can you presume the right to have so much more
When no one has extra in the end
You entered the world the same as everyone else
Yet you’re entitled to offend
Assumptions and reasons they don’t figure at all
You stand guard at every door
Opportunity is a natural thing
Yet you think we ask for so much more
Cos it’s about….

Is it for the high to claim the right
When we’re starving, injured, dying,
Is it for the lowly to be answerable
When we’re war-torn, homeless, penniless – but we’re trying
There’s no room for people on their own
No place for love
There’s no chance for children to come home
If there’s something out there won’t it stretch down and help us from above
Cos it’s about….

If I’m in cardboard sleeping on the ground
If I’m out there wandering, don’t know where I’m bound
If I try to make it work even though my skin is brown
I can make it as long as I can fake it, fake it, fake it
If I’m in danger floating out upon the sea
If I’m in tears cos everything’s taken from me
If I protest at a world falling apart at the seams
I can make it as long as I can fake it, fake it, fake it.

So why don’t you tell us why you do what you do
And how you measure who you are
How you fit the people into the smallest cage
I don’t know who you think you are.

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from Voiceless, released November 7, 2019

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Patrick Jasper Lee Wales, UK

I am something of an activist with my music & literature. As an indigenous Rom Gypsy my cultural and artistic work explores the highs and lows of life/soul. I champion tribal origins, and the underdog in our modern times. I am tired of what this society tends to throw at us, especially innocent folk. I believe the awesome beauty of nature & the arts remains our only hope in this chaotic world. ... more

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