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Work (Blackbird Studios)
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On Tour
Singer/Songwriter
Work (Blackbird Studios) was released on December 31, 2021 by Brooklyn Basement Records as a part of the album The Builder (Volume 2)
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Release DateDecember 31, 2021
LabelBrooklyn Basement Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM63

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ron Pope
Ron Pope
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ron Pope
Ron Pope
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ron Pope
Ron Pope
Producer
Paul Hammer
Paul Hammer
Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer

Lyrics

Carhartt jacket on, 5:30 am, feelin’ like the ace of spades,
Fifteen years old, work ‘til the sun comes, then I’m off to school again.
Working my back as a young man, taught me I’d rather work my mind,
So we’d cop a little smoke and crack a couple jokes, just trying to learn to survive.
I wanted to work to live, no not just live to work,
I had a deep pain in my bones beneath my t-shirt.
I was a young man signing an old man’s song, paying with my last dimes,
But working to live beats living to work anytime.
I had a teacher, she told my mother,
That she’d better find me a trade,
Because boys like me, well we all grow up,
To be long term guests of the state.
I worked hard because I had to, I never found much luck,
‘Til I built my world ‘round a Georgia girl who told me that I was enough.
Sometimes at night I wake with a shiver, sweat soakin’ clean through my sheet,
But then I remember I am who I am, and not who they said I would be.
I wasn’t born with nothin’ except a voice and common sense,
Maybe that’s why I took running the first chance that I had.
Written by: Ron Pope
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