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Brace Yourself

from The Sound of Alekesam by Alekesam

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lyrics

as you listen to the records spinning at home
far far away somebody's gunning for the thrown
bidding for your mind
stalling for some time
your agenda don't matter
wipe that sleep out your eye

when it comes knocking at your door
close your eyes and pray
brace yourself, its too late to be safe
brace yourself
rising rising rising rising

no aisle to reach across
just enough respect
pinching all the pennies to make sense of your check
if all that you need is the best you can get
than try and sum it up in a buck forty or less

when it comes knocking at your door
close your eyes and pray
brace yourself, its too late to be safe
brace yourself, its too late to be safe
brace yourself, its too late to be safe
brace yourself
rising rising rising rising

over population
under education
incarceration
either first or last, ain't no middle in this class
used to catch bottles now you've barely got a glass

its knockin' at your door
close your eyes and pray
its knockin' at your door
close your eyes and pray
brace yourself, its too late to be safe
brace yourself, its too late to be safe
brace yourself, its too late to be safe
why don't you franchise, teach yourself to think
brace yourself

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from The Sound of Alekesam, released May 15, 2012
Performed by Alekesam

Written by Selema Masekela, Sunny Levine, Zach Cowie, Giuseppe Patane, Eamon Ryland, Phil Spector

Produced by Sunny Levine

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Alekesam Los Angeles, California

Alekesam is the musical congruence of Sal Masekela and Sunny Levine. Theirs is a second generation musical union as the sons of longtime musical conspirators, Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine. ‘All Is Forgiven’ is the first song off their forthcoming second album, the follow up to their 2012 debut, The Sound Of Alekesam. ... more

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