Do or Die / Contagious
by Ani DiFranco
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Do or Die
05:19
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do you ever just want to give up?
me too
are you shocked by what people get
get used to?
do you wake up in a cold sweat?
that’s sane
least you got a little brain left
you got a little brain
cuz there’s foxes in the hen house
and bad news every day
and right there on pennsylvania avenue
the sheet-less kkk
and there’s models wielding microphones
chasing maniacs around
and everything’s on fire
and there’s twisters touching down
and i know you got to fight your adrenaline
just to be a gentleman
and you know i got to fight my amygdala
just to keep hearin ya
but we can do this
if we try
if we do this
like it’s do or die
yes, we can do this
if we try
if we do this
like it’s do or die
so let’s pause
let us regroup
let us recover
let us recoup
let us remember
that we are charmed
let us look down at our hands
and remember we’re armed
cuz yankee doodle dandy didn’t feel free once
so, he used his pen to pick the locks
and yankee doodle dandy did some doosey kind of carpentry
when he fashioned that ballot box
and if you think your vote doesn’t matter
then you’re not paying attention
yes, everything they do
they do to keep you from their invention
yes, if you think your vote doesn’t matter
then you’re not paying attention
everything they do
they do to keep you from their invention
but we can do this
if we try
if we do this
like it’s do or die
yes, we can do this
if we try
if we do this
like it’s do or die
do you ever just want to give up?
well, me too
are you shocked by what people get
get used to?
do you wake up in a cold sweat?
well, that’s sane
least you got a little brain left
you got a little brain
and we can do this
if we try
if we do this
like it’s do or die
yes, we can do this
if we try
if we do this
like it’s do or die
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Contagious
04:27
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they go low
you go high
you bring more
than your own supply
that dirty game
you don’t play
that shit’s contagious
you stay away
that shit’s contagious
you stay away
they go low
you go high
not takin polls
not doin math
not trying to steamroll
a path
not trying to calculate
manipulate
the future or the past
that shit’s contagious
you stay away
that shit’s contagious
just stay away
they go low
you go high
i’m not beneath you
i’m not above
in the center
i put love
in our being
we are the same
but are we playing
that dirty game?
that shit’s contagious
just stay away
they go low
you go high
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credits
released October 19, 2020
Written by Ani
Guitar and vocals - Ani
Drums - Yan Westerlund
Percussion - Brevan Hampden
Triangle, crazy stick - Terence Higgins
Wurlitzer, organ - Phil Cook
Flute - Matt Douglas
Strings Arrangement, bass - Todd Sickafoose
Strings - Delgani
Mixer - Tchad Blake
Mastering - Brent Lambert
Written by Ani
Guitar and vocals - Ani
Drums - Yan Westerlund
Percussion - Brevan Hampden
Triangle, crazy stick - Terence Higgins
Wurlitzer, organ - Phil Cook
Flute - Matt Douglas
Strings Arrangement, bass - Todd Sickafoose
Strings - Delgani
Mixer - Tchad Blake
Mastering - Brent Lambert
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Ani DiFranco New Orleans, Louisiana
Grammy winner and feminist icon Ani DiFranco began her career as a proponent of the artist-run label, creating her own Righteous Babe Records in 1990. Since then she has released over twenty studio albums and supported a broad range of social causes including racial justice, reproductive rights, gender equality, environmental issues and prison reform. ... more
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