Love & Compassion

from Cosmicology by Adam Stern

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"Love & Compassion" is the 10th song on "Cosmicology."

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Word Love

Verse 1
Penny’s got 2 jobs they work ‘er hard all the time
Hustle scrape-scrounging y'all just trying to stay alive
Single mom immigrant educated ‘cross the pond
Puttin’ food on the table so her three young can thrive
In a hard part of town with broken schools broken glass
Pay the bills pick up the kids she does it all real fast
Super-heroine superwoman doin’ all she can
No time for herself she’s given all she can stand

Chorus
A little love and compassion
Love & compassion
Would it hurt to try
A little love & compassion

Verse 2
Manny farms, but a doctor he dreams to be
But his brother’s gone missing somewhere in the AZ
They’ve crawled the continent, fleeing cartels and poverty
And he’d gladly pay his way if we only let him stay
He's taken no one's job, 100 degrees you on your knees?
Pickin’ berries from the fields while we enjoy his yield
Demonizing vitriol from Washington quacks
He’s man, not an alien it’s time we have his back.

Chorus

Verse 3
Omar takes the N train into work everyday
Well aware that stares and glares are following him on his way
He passes his time knockin’ jams in his cans
Reading writing poetry an educated man
This urban mystic Rumi’s dating Suzy from Queens
Half his friends are Jewish, Omar loves Springsteen
Profile an American, what doe’s that even mean?
Start with looking in the mirror and describing what you’re seein’.

Chorus

Bridge
Cuz I’m here to free myself
No i won't be ruled, no i won't be ruled i won't be ruled by sold fear
Cause I’m blessed to be myself
And I'm gonna weave a way
I'm gonna love my way right over the fear frequencies

Chorus

Outro
Word Love …
Love & Compassion …

“Word Love” by Adam Stern
Music & Lyrics arranged and edited by
David Noily & Adam Stern
© 2011 Moses Blue Entertainment, LLC
Published 2011 Moses Blue Entertainment Publishing (ASCAP)

credits

from Cosmicology, track released November 11, 2011
"Love & Compassion" by Adam Stern
Produced, Arranged, Engineered & Mixed by David Noily
Recorded at Player Lair Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering,
Los Angeles, CA
Drums performed by Lyndon Rochelle
Bass performed by Thomas Drayton
Album Artwork by William Deutsch
Album Photo by Adam Morse
For a full list of album credits, lyrics, bio, news, tour, videos, merchandise & more please visit:
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Vintage soul with a future heart beating right now, Adam Stern is an LA-based artist.

He creates Organic Pop, a sound he calls: “music that draws from the diversity of genres that have shaped my experience: folk, singer songwriter, hip-hop, rock, funk, roots reggae, various world rhythms, and electronic…as they refract through the prism of my heart, soul, imagination, dreams and beliefs.” ... more

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