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Produced by Wingin' It
- Co-produced by Robin Livingston
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- Robert Halim Friedman (vocals, guitars,
percussion)
- Vakila Marjo ter Veld (vocals)
- Robin Livingston (drums, bass, keyboards,
percussion)
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- All songs written by Vakila Marjo ter Veld and Robert Halim
Friedman
- ©2005 Jah Nur Music (BMI) with these
exceptions:
- "Redemption Song" (Bob Marley) ©1980 Fifty Six Hope
Road/Odnil Music Limited (ASCAP)*
- "Natural Mystic" (Bob Marley) ©1977 Fifty Six Hope
Road/Odnil Music Limited (ASCAP)*
- *All rights for North America controlled by Fairwood Music
USA (ASCAP) on behalf of Blue Mountain Music, Ltd., and by
Fairwood Music, Ltd. (PRS) for the rest of the world.
- "Brother Warrior" (Kate Wolf) ©1984 Another Sundown
Publishing Co. (BMI)
- "Give Yourself To Love" (Kate Wolf) ©1982 Another
Sundown Publishing Co. (BMI)
- "Awake Awhile" lyrics ©1996 Daniel Ladinsky
- Lyrics adapted from Daniel Ladinsky's translation of I
Heard God Laughing: Renderings of Hafiz and used with
permission.
- "The Crush Is On" is preceded by morning birds near the Taj
Mahal courtesy of the 1982 India Tour of SheikhVasheest Davenport
and friends.
- "Allah Hu Jah" is preceded by the voices of Bob Marley and
the I-Threes from the documentary film Time Will Tell ©1992
Island Visual Arts Ltd.
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- Cover painting and graphics elements: Susan St. Thomas
(www.stthomasstudio.com)
- Graphic design: Robin Livingston at Ursa Minor Arts &
Media (www.ursaminor.com)
- Recorded at: Ursa Minor Arts & Media, San Rafael,
CA
- Engineering: Robin Livingston
- Assistant engineering: Mike Thompson
- Mastering: Ken Lee Mastering, Oakland, CA
- Altar photography: Ursa Minor Arts & Media
- Outdoor photography: Jami Jamison (www.jamijamison.com)
- Centerpiece altar conception: Vakila
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- ©O2005 Jah Nur Music
- Visit www.jahnur.com
for more information.
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- Thanks and praise to the One.
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- And to all the people who have given us their loving
support to manifest this CD:
- Our heart-felt gratitude, within the Love of the
One.
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The Crush Is On
- The crush is on, the crush is on.
- They're pickin' the grapes for the wines that soon come.
- The harvest is on, there's plenty to do,
- and plenty to bring in from the harvesting crew.
- But, you know, ever since I got a crush on You
- my heart dances to a different tune.
- For me, it's always harvest time,
- here in the Valley of the Moon.
- Here in the Valley of the Moon.
- Here in the Valley of the Moon.
- For me, it's always harvest time.
- Here in the Valley of the Moon.
- Where the owl meets the sky in the heat of the night
- with a cry for its prey to run,
- around the time we lay in the moonlight,
- You and I within the love of the One.
- And the wine that intoxicates us so,
- it is not served in the Blue Moon Saloon.
- It's the wine of love at harvest time
- here in the Valley of the Moon.
- Here in the Valley of the Moon.
- Here in the Valley of the Moon.
- It's the wine of love at harvest time
- here in the Valley of the Moon.
- It's the wine of love at harvest time
- here in the Valley of the Moon.
© 2005 ter Veld / Friedman
- Lyrics & Music by Halim & Vakila
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Love Me Like You Do
- May this love forever shine
- with a light so clear and true.
- May it radiate from me
- so that all around me feel
- what it's like to know You.
- Oh, You love me like You do.
- Oh, the blessings that You bring
- when You love me like You do.
- How the union of our spirits
- makes creation feel brand new.
- Love me like You do, oh, You love me like You do.
- Love me like You do, oh, You love me like You do.
- I just want this love to shine
- forever clear and true,
- and all around me feel
- what it's like to know You.
- Love me like You do, oh, You love me like You do.
- Love me like You do, oh, You love me like You do.
- Over and ever again,
- I just want this love to shine
- for the healing of the nations,
- for the younger generations.
- When you give yourself to love,
- you'll find love is what you give
- for the healing of the nations,
- for the younger generations.
- Oh, love me like You do, oh, You love me like You do.
- Love me like You do, oh, You love me like You do.
- Love me like You do, yeah, You love me like You do.
© 2005 ter Veld / Friedman
- Lyrics by Vakila, Music by Halim
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Awake Awhile
- Awake awhile.
- It doesn't have to be forever,
- just right now.
- One step upon the Sky's soft skirt would be enough.
- Awake awhile.
- Yes, one moment of love will last for days,
- will last for days.
- Rest all your elaborate plans
- and tactics for knowing Love,
- for they are all, they're all
- just frozen spring buds,
- far, so far,
- from Summer's divine gold.
- Jah Love, give me back my wings,
- lift me, lift me nearer, nearer.
- Awake, my dear, be kind to your sleeping heart,
- And take it out, take it out
- Into the vast fields of light
- and let it breathe, let it breathe.
- Say: "Love, give me back my wings, lift me,
- lift me nearer."
- And say to the sun and moon, say to our dear Friend,
- "Beloved, I will take you up, now,
- on that wonderful Dance you promised."
- Love, give me back my wings, lift me,
- lift me nearer, nearer.
Lyrics © 1996 Daniel Ladinsky
- Lyrics adapted from Daniel Ladinsky's translation of
- I Heard God Laughing: Renderings of Hafiz
- and used by permission.
- Music © 2005 Robert Halim Friedman
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- Allah Hu Jah
- Allah Hu, Allah Hu.
- Allah Hu, Allah Hu, Jah.
- Allah Hu, Allah Hu, Jah.
- One Love, One Heart.
- One Love, One Heart.
- One Love, One Heart.
- Ishq Allah Mahbud Lillah. *
- Ishq Allah Mahbud Lillah.
- Ishq Allah Mahbud Lillah.
- Ishq Allah Mahbud Lillah.
- Allah Hu, Jah. Allah Hu, Jah.
- Allah Hu, Jah. Allah Hu, Jah.
- Hu, One Love, Livity.
- One Heart, Reality.
- One Love, Livity.
- One Heart, Reality.
- La Illaha Il' Allah. ** Hayy Allah. ***
- La Illaha Il' Allah. Hayy Allah.
- La Illaha Il' Allah. Hayy Allah.
- La Illaha Il' Allah.
- One Love, One Heart.
- One Love, One Heart.
- One Love, One Heart.
- Allah Hu, Jah. Allah Hu, Jah.
- Allah Hu, Jah. Allah Hu, Jah.
- Jah.
- Jah.
- (* trans.: "God is Love, Lover and Beloved")
- (** trans.: "Nothing is, except for God")
- (*** trans.: "God is Life")
© 2005 ter Veld / Friedman
- Lyrics by Halim & Vakila, Music by Halim
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- With Love Like This
- As I walked out through the open door,
- like I've done so many times before,
- I got shaken to the core,
- I didn't think I could take one step more.
- Still, I had to go on.
- Oh yeah, oh yeah.
- Oh yeah, oh yeah.
- "Take my hand," You said, "I'll see you through.
- Never forget that I'm not leaving you.
- I'll stay with you, baby, trust in me,
- through the ecstasy and the agony."
- And I know, now,
- You won't let go, now. Oh, no.
- Oh no, oh no.
- With love like this, how can I ever stray?
- When the doors are open, there's always a way.
- And darkness cannot stand the light of day.
- What more can I say?
- Walk within the light of consciousness.
- The stages of life are thus revealed to us.
- And love in it's simplicity
- will lead us home into Reality.
- And I and I go on.
- With love like this, how can I ever stray?
- When the doors are open, there's always a way.
- And darkness cannot stand the light of day.
- What more can I say?
- Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
© 2005 ter Veld / Friedman
- Lyrics by Vakila, Music by Halim
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Oh, Listen Within
- Oh, people of my generation,
- ego got ahold of your inspiration.
- You're giving talks about meditation.
- Sounds more like self-gratification.
- You were on the right track,
- but now it seems you're turning back.
- And grounding out on the internet
- doesn't keep your spirit fed.
- Oh, listen within, you people of this nation:
- This world needs more wisdom and less information.
- So you 're gonna write a book, now,
- and get some recognition.
- Maybe you want to be a star,
- but only God makes that decision.
- You've got to move to higher ground
- and get yourself from lost to found.
- Return again to your true being.
- Look, now, don't pretend you're not seeing.
- Stop commercializing your soul.
- Let go your desire to control.
- Wake up now and you'll arrive
- In the sacred web of life.
- Oh, listen within, you people of this nation:
- This world needs more wisdom and less information.
- Return to insp-Iration.
- Irie meditation.
- Return to insp-Iration.
- Irie meditation.
- irie meditation, irie meditation, irie meditation, One
love,
- irie meditation.
© 2005 ter Veld / Friedman
- Lyrics by Vakila, Music by Halim & Vakila
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Yuba
- Dragonflies dance above the sparkling waters,
- and fly over deep green pools
- where the young trout jump for joy, they jump for joy.
- The fish dream of the fine taste of their dragonfly
vision,
- as they play and entice each other upstream
- through the canyon corridor of rock, madrone,
- blue sky and pine,
- where, I suppose, lies their destiny.
- Visions of paradise
- captured in time.
- This fragile beauty.
- I remember
- living life more sublime.
- The clear water, it's so cold,
- at first, just like ice.
- But its touch so refreshing
- if you, quick, jump in twice.
- The sun, it's so hot, your blood starts to sizzle.
- The rocks are comfortable when you find the right spot
- by the river sensual in its life in time, I wonder,
- how is it living in eternity?
- Visions of paradise
- captured in time.
- This fragile beauty.
- I remember, I remember, I remember, yes, I do and I will.
- ("Ya Wahabo" at the end is Arabic for
- "the quality of God that is ever-flowing like water")
© 2005 ter Veld / Friedman
- Lyrics & Music by Halim & Vakila
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Playing With Fire
- The wise look for the reason behind the reason.
- The one who knows does not react.
- When you look at the picture from a higher point of view,
- you see humanity balancing on the threshold,
- holding their breath trying to perceive
- what will now unfold.
- The children of this world are playing with fire.
- They're crying "Justice" and they're crying "Revenge".
- When you lash out in anger
- you will hurt your brothers and sisters.
- How much do you really understand?
- Now you're flying the flags that stand for freedom.
- Soon you'll be dropping the bombs that fall for war.
- Remember, never give up on love,
- however big or however small.
- Practice forgiveness, realize Unity,
- and do your best for the good of all.
- Everything seems so hard now
- and there's so much confusion.
- Don't let your emotions create more illusion.
- Those chaotic rhythms can rob your life away.
- How can we rise above
- these judgments we hear everyday?
- Please don't wave your flag in my face
- unless it represents the whole human race.
- Remember, never give up on love.
- Remember, never give up on love,
- however big or however small.
- Practice forgiveness, realize Unity,
- and do your best for the good of all.
- Remember, never give up on love.
- Never give up on love.
- Remember.
© 2005 ter Veld / Friedman
- Lyrics by Vakila, Music by Halim
Light Into Darkness
- The downtown suits will do their thing,
- but only God knows what each moment will bring.
- So don't you let the downpressors
- take this voice that sings
- Light into darkness.
- Say you will not fall into their game:
- Their materialists and their televisions laying blame
- so you would forget to stand firm
- and give thanks and praise in Jah's name.
- Light into darkness.
- Sing love.
- Say you will not fall into their game:
- Their materialists and their televisions laying blame
- so you would forget to stand firm
- and give thanks and praise in Jah's name.
- Light into darkness.
- Sing love.
- You know, I ain't got much to say,
- but I've got something to do.
- People, I can sing for me, and
- children, if I can I will sing for you:
- Sing light into darkness.
- Sing love.
- The downtown suits will do their thing,
- but only God knows what each moment will bring.
© 2005 Robert Halim Friedman
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Keys to the Kingdom
- God only knows how much I love You.
- God only knows how much I do.
- Praise to the Most High forever for You.
- Darling, I'll always be loving You.
- I gave You my heart and You gave me Your blessings,
- darling, sweet darling, lover and friend.
- Through the great joy of this attunement,
- I came to understand
- that the keys to the kingdom lie in the palm of my hand.
- God only knows how much I love You.
- God only knows how much I do.
- Praise to the Most High forever for You.
- Darling, I'll always be loving You.
- Though sometimes it feels like You're keeping me waiting
- while I am here longing my nights away.
- I know the Reality, and this great love
- will never fade away.
- We may be together again at the dawn of this day.
- God only knows how much I love You.
- Jah only knows how much I do.
- Praise to the Most High forever for You.
- Darling, I'll always be loving You.
© 2005 Vakila Marjo ter Veld
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- Pignic 2000
- It's a cool breeze blowin'
- and the rain is gettin' to my eyes.
- It's a Labor Day weekend of love and I'm thinkin'
- there should be stars in these Laytonville skies.
- This land has kept me sleepless all night
- with one message, "Wake on up!",
- and as its beauty lifts me in flight
- I heard it right.
- I see postings of symbols and signs,
- They're exciting to the mind and eye.
- Some may lead you far on the way
- toward the heavenly sky.
- If I sang the signs that help tell us
- where to go and what to do,
- I'd sing them clear and true, 'cause
- Jah is comin' right on through
- and I love you. Yes.
- Creek is rising but the water is slow
- flowing round a corner, just touching the shore.
- Rain's letting up, I hear those Pig Nic bands tunin'.
- Just give me some room,
- there's a beautiful lady beneath the moon
- and I'll be dancing soon.
- It's a cold night growin',
- the tears are runnin' down from my eyes.
- Ain't it funny how life is so full
- of wonder and surprise.
- There's not a whisper of thunder
- in this California sky but it's easy
- to be curled up together so we don't freeze.
- I know she loves me, and Oh, God, I know you love me,
too.
- Yay. Yay. Yay.
© 2005 Robert Halim Friedman
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