Find Peace [Song]

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FIND PEACE
By Mighty Shadow

Something wrong in this world we living in
Something wrong, something needs some fixing
Mother Earth is crying, our children are dying
Innocent humans dying by the million
The HIV catastrophe, an enemy with high degrees, so yeah, yeah!
Evil on the rampage, like we are heading for the Stone Age
There'll be a lot of dry bones underneath those big stones.

It's a crazy situation
And every nation, oh yeah, yeah, is in confusion, oh my
We have universal problems
And we don't know how to solve them
Peace cross over the bridge
Peace gone up in the ridge
Peace escape from the mind
Peace is so hard to find
And they searching in Trinidad
From Toco to Fyzabad
And they searching the Middle East
And they hoping to find some peace
But don't you give up now
These problems can be solved
There is lots of peace wherever there is love.

Cries of war and terrorism
Heading for massive destruction
When will it be over? Maybe in the future?
When the ozone layer expose Father Nature
And the sun gets hot like a boiling pot
And melts the ice, who will pay the price?
Will it be the guilty, or the poor and needy?
Will it be everyone of this generation?

It's a crazy situation, oh yeah, yeah
And every nation is in confusion, oh my
We have universal problems
And we don't know how to solve them, oh no, no
Peace cross over the bridge
Peace gone up in the ridge
Peace escape from the mind
Peace is so hard to find
And they searching in Pakistan
They searching in Afghanistan
They searching in Bethlehem
They searching in Jerusalem
But don't you give up now
These problems can be solved
You'll find lots of peace, just try and find some love.

Too much hate in this world we living in
Where there's hate, there is no forgiving
Cattle breed more cattle, evil breeds more evil
Selfishness is stupid, selfish are the wicked
And when selfishness control your mind
You are possessed, you're human blind
You look in a mirror and see yourself superior
But there are other mirrors and many more ideas.

Oh, it's a crazy situation
And every nation, oh yeah, yeah, is in confusion, I'm telling you
We have universal problems
And we don't know how to solve them
Peace cross over the bridge
Peace gone up in the ridge
Peace escape from the mind
Peace is so hard to find
And they searching in Venezuela
They searching down in Kenya
They searching in North Korea
They searching in America
But don't you give up now
These problems can be solved
There is lots of peace wherever there is love
Find love and you would find peace, yeah, yeah
You would find peace...

Something wrong in this world we living in
Something wrong, something needs some fixing
Hell is getting closer, beware of the fire
Whether war or terror, it's the same disaster
The gate of Hell is breaking down, and demons roam from town to town
Don't let them possess you, ask the Lord to protect you
And innocent children. Ask him to protect them

From this crazy situation
Where every nation is in confusion, oh me, oh my
We have universal problems
And we don't know, no, no, how to solve them
Peace cross over the bridge
Peace gone up in the ridge
Peace escape from the mind
Peace is so hard to find

And they searching in Italy
They searching in Germany
They searching in Russia
They searching in China
But don't you give up now
These problems can be solved
You'll find lots of peace, just try and find some love.

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!

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A Note From The Gull

Maybe I need to think about this some more but off the top of my head, I don't know another calypsonian who can manage so completely, while refusing to be bogged down by complicated references and mental gymnastics, to seize the listener's attention. Does he, like the Bassman, get into your head like an earworm, or do the rhythms of his music and consciousness sidle up to and synchronise so perfectly with our inner rhythm that we are not quite sure if Shadow is meeting us where we are or is he leading us out of ourselves into his realm. However it happens, the end result is that the connection is made and his message is received. When the Mighty Shadow beckons, I am willing to go along. This song, like many of his songs, beguiles us with its simplicity and delights with the depth of its wisdom.

"Too much hate in this world we living in
Where there's hate, there is no forgiving
Cattle breed more cattle, evil breeds more evil
Selfishness is stupid, selfish are the wicked
And when selfishness control your mind
You are possessed, you're human blind
You look in a mirror and see yourself superior
But there are other mirrors and many more ideas...

But don't you give up now
These problems can be solved
There is lots of peace wherever there is love
Find love and you would find peace, yeah, yeah
You would find peace..."

Thanks for the music, Mighty Shadow!

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare