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As well as being a proficient singer/songwriter Jennie also writes poetry.
No Longer - audio poem
Life*
We walk along our paths in life Not knowing where to go And all around us pain and strife Is going with the flow A battle fought and lost Before another takes its place And always at the cost To more than just the human race The pain we've caused And not much time To put the picture right And all remains the same Between the black man and the white And everybody's looking Not much further than their nose With power here And hunger there That's how this system grows It's hard to tell a man Oh yes you can if you work harder If at the end of it He cannot ever fill his larder And what to those of you Who cannot make it on your own? Like with our old In winters cold We leave them all alone With all the victories they have won GOD Save the Queen you say Stuck in a home aint too much fun For the hero's of today And everybody's waiting for Somebody else to change We point the poison finger At the one we wish to blame And what is this And what is that And where is it we're going Just look inside your self For questions answered by the knowing The common gift that everyone Was given from above Has all been long forgotten But the gift we had was love And what about the child they found Lay murdered in the park And ladies too afraid To leave their homes when it gets dark And power telling people What it is that they must do When all the people really want to say is I LOVE YOU And what about the homeless Sitting begging in the street And what about the Africans With not a bite to eat And what about the Arabs And the Persians waging war Their victims lying dead Upon a muddy blood stained floor And what about our trees No longer fixed within our soil Yes we have cursed our mother earth The last thing we should spoil
I Need A Miracle To get me out of here I wanna move on out And turn it up a gear I wanna try it all Before the day I die I wanna spread my Wings and fly I wanna be in love I wanna give it up I wanna have a word a With a GOD above I wanna take my time Before the end is nigh I wanna spread my Wings and fly I wanna better life I wanna have a ball I wanna get my fill then enjoy it all I wanna make my wave Before I hit the grave Don't wanna regret One single day Freedoms just around the corner I wanna let you know I gotta warn ya Freedoms just around the corner I wanna pack my bags And get away from here
I Wanna And I said I wanna be in heaven For my tea I gotta get away I wanna conversation with my lord I got a lot to say I wanna call a meeting With the world I wanna get it straight We've had enough of Living in a world Of cruelty and hate And I said What d'ya think we Could be doing wrong God Show us how to put it right Can't you make another miracle lord? Happen almost overnight I wanna find a solution to ease Everybody's pain I wanna find a way to live in peace So we can love again I wanna move that mountain Out the way So that we can see I wanna live in peace Upon the earth Where everybody's free And I said What d'ya think we Could be doing wrong God Show us how to put it right Can't you make another miracle lord? Happen almost overnight I wanna have my say In court today I think I should be heard I wanna represent the world And say I found a cure that works I wanna new idea To open up everybody's minds I gotta feeling You can help me lord If you can spare the time And I said What d'ya think we Could be doing wrong God Show us how to put it right Can't you make another miracle lord? Happen almost overnight
*Jennie (Red Jen) reads 'Life' on the CD 'What the Word' Volume 1, Invisible Records 1999.
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