Give me some
steak and eggs with toast.
Or that
crispy fried chicken.
Tea, coffee and a coke.
Sometimes it’s all eaten.
Sometimes it’s left there.
Believe
it can’t ever be,
It’s never, ever fair.
Food that has no sustenance
that sticks in your craw.
Though James and Peter John and Andrew
will tell you that it’s law.
Baked potato sliced in half
butter oozing through,
Southern meal just for you
salt rubbed on the wound.
Just shut up now and chew.
Enchiladas, sausages,
ribs and tater tots.
George Junius and Leo Jones
just two among the lot.
Truth ain’t what they got.
Murder fought with murder
all done in His name.
Dead and gone now,
buried deep.
Who we gotta blame?
The Innocent
The Guilty
sat up on the block.
Murder fought with murder.
Tick tick tock.
Odell Barnes last mea
l
The richest of them all
He called for
“Justice, and please equality”
For dessert, he asked solemnly.
For Peace.
from
NoteSpeak 12,
released February 24, 2023
Lisa Marie Simmons - Lead Vocal, Lyrics, Composer (All Tracks)
Marco Cremaschini - Keyboards, Arrangements, Composer (All Tracks), Percussion 12
Marco Cocconi - Electric and Acoustic Bass - (All Tracks)
Federico Negri - Drums (All Tracks), Composer 5
Manuel Caliumi - Alto Saxophone (All Tracks), Composer 5
Laura Masotto - Violin 2, 8
Denise Dimè - Vocals, Lyrics 4
Dionne Draper - Vocals 9
Ernest Ikwanga - Guitars 2, 4, 11
Mauro Negri - Tenor Saxophone 1, 6, 10, 11
Federico Pierantoni - Trombone 1, 6 , 10, 11
Fulvio Sigurtà - Trumpet, Flugelhorn 1, 6, 10, 11
Donata Greco - Flute 1
Weedie Braimah - Percussion 8, 11
Maurizio Giannone - Percussion 4
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Digitube Studio, sound engineer Carlo Cantini
Executive Producer Louis Marks
Producers:
Isell Denson
Rosey Bloch
Natalia Semler
Jeff Bloch
Anna Perrino
Painting/Cover Art Elena Crisanti
Photography by Peter Abraham and Giacomo Pini
Graphics Monica Polato
For Isell Denson, Shirley Kellum, and Tony Allen
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