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Black Planet

by Adam McIntyre

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Black Planet, ooh!
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Now is not the time for your bullshit Now is not the time for your clothes Now is not the time for conspiracy theories Now is the time for you to funk it up Now is not the time for yo mama jokes Now is not the time to tape the brakes Now is not the time to ask to speak to the manager Now is the time for a guitar break It is time for creation Time for you to be who you are It is time to hear the note of your vibe It is time it is time, it’s your time Now is not the time, procrastination There is no evil like burning time Time that could be spent helping someone Be Here right Now and do your work in time Funkitup
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Got your bacon Got your big gun With your big truck And you're big ho You don’t wanna see No liberal in a clip-on with a bank roll Lost your appetite; This place was For Whites It’s a changing world Makes you feel small And you fantasize About forbidden kinds You jerk off to the dreams You can’t feel right Then you lash out Then you cash out You got your plans laid What would your mama say? You think you do but you don’t understand Bet you feel like a man Bet you feel like a man now Bet you feel like a man, man Bet you feel like a man It doesn’t matter if you pass on your seed Everybody just wants to be free It’s big talk, baby I know But it’s reality Not reality show All that pistol does Is make you suffer more It doesn’t help you find yourself a lover, no Instead you’ll wind up dead You could just create instead Would you mumble rap? Or sing country I pick rock and roll I feel funky Try something new Vomit up the poison that’s killing you Bet you feel like a man Bet you feel like a man now Bet you feel like a man, man Bet you feel like a man You think you’re who you say? You think you’re what you think But you’re what you do Do what kindness brings You think you’re who you say? You think you’re what you think But you’re what you do Do what kindness brings Bet you feel like a man Bet you feel like a man now Bet you feel like a man, man Bet you feel like a man
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I’ve been cooped up too long With my laundry I need to put away All I see is people that are wrong Their perspective is forced and bent and swayed Today I saw a crash People got out and talked some trash Instead of checking on each other They fought with their brother and ran My battery is low My well has run dry My brain can’t take it no more Feel like I’m gonna die Let’s go Let’s go away Our problems will have to stay Hold the mail, turn off the phone Tell everybody We’re off on our own In the light of a blue moon The ocean reflects the sky I am between them In body but not in mind Down there ocean life glows My heart does as well Up there birds can fly And my mind can take flight so well My heart is ready to open My feet are ready to climb My brain is ready to be curious And i feel like it’s a beautiful night Let’s go Let’s go away Our problems will have to stay Hold the mail, turn off the phone Tell everybody We’re off on our own It’s been so long since I had Quiet to write and think It’s been too long since I could stare in your eyes And drink you in 
It’s good for me and for you too It’s good for us to be reminded of who we are Let’s go Let’s go away Our problems will have to stay Hold the mail, turn off the phone Tell everybody We’re off on our own
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Irish Paul is a master He’s tuned in all day When I ask how he does it He just says he gets out the way Try to be the light In what it is you do When a sea of darkness Is in your way The truth sounds different When you’ve heard lies for so long So be an instrument of truth And step out the way Truth has a path: the easiest way If you’re blocking it Step out of the way (Step out the way) Don’t you get tired Of being someone that you’re not Just because you put on a suit Doesn’t mean your soul forgot It takes so much time and money To keep those lies in the air You’re gonna cry cry cry tears of joy When their power isn’t there If you cannot lead Then the warning you must head: “Don’t block the bath, get out the way” The truth has a path: the easiest way If your ego’s blocking you from making a change You don’t have to be that anymore You can step out the way (Step out the way) If you wanna be you Or someone new Step out the way Step out the way If you don’t wanna hear the truth Won’t look at the proof Step out the way If life says to move You know what to do Step out the way Step out the way If you don’t speak up when someone gets beat up What kind of man are you, anyway? Step out the way Step out the way
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Black Planet, ooh!
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I wanna dance But I think I’m damned Like a dead man walking Backwards Turning circles in the sand Cuz I’ve got my two left feet Pressing on But it’s awkward Really nervous about the Son of Sam And The Man And oppressive heat I’m so concerned that the pot will boil And we’ll fail democracy All I’ve got to be is here right now Got a car I used to drive around With a list that’s never fully done $60 in gas a week Just to sit in the Atlanta sun Oh, but now All I’ve got to be is here right now This’ll get better And this’ll get bad And our kids will grow up with a disease that we never had I wanna shoot off fireworks I wanna go back to the beach But the freedom I took for granted Is so far out of reach 
All I’ve got to be is here right now All you’ve got to be is here right now
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Voodoo 13:39

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Homage to Prince and his Minneapolis funk. Includes a tip of the hat to Miles Davis's "Bitches Brew" as well.

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Proceeds from the Bandcamp sales of Black Planet will go to BEAM, Black Emotional And Mental Health, dedicated to helping black people gain access to mental health support.

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released September 18, 2020

Written, recorded and mixed by Adam McIntyre, April - June 2020
Dashill Smith played the trumpet
Roger Manning Jr played keyboards where noted
Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering
Art by Natasha Latalladi
Management by Juliett Rowe
For publicity needs: Jill Kettles – Miss Jill PR – E) Jill@missjillpr.com www.missjillpr.com

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Adam McIntyre Atlanta, Georgia

Adam McIntyre is the frontman for Atlanta rockers The Pinx.

Managed by Juliett Rowe at Panther Creek

For publicity needs: Jill Kettles – Miss Jill PR – E) Jill@missjillpr.com T) 404-213-8542 W) www.missjillpr.com
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