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Zamboanga: Poverty. War. Music.

by Barclay Martin

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1.
Raindrops 05:35
Boulder by boulder we walk over stones to your home Through truncated rhythm of rain as the hills turn to gold Songs of the ages that reach to the roots of the earth And the empty space that breathes in the hour just before birth Bless this child she holds the ocean in her hand And may she walk between the raindrops that shimmer on the land Rest in the evening the earth gives us all that we need Ancestors live not in memory, but in memory's release And darkness descends on the crowd as songs begin to rise Rebel soldiers and the starlight slipping through evening's disguise Bless this child she holds the ocean in her hand And may she walk between the raindrops that shimmer on the land ...and may she walk between the raindrops that shimmer on the land
2.
Miracle 04:00
Won’t you take the time to know me well? The constant music mission bell And you decide As days go by Won’t you take the time to know me well? Can you see a mother’s hands get worn away? The balance and the beautiful array And her bones Can’t bear the cold Can you see a mother’s hands get worn away? The miracle lay sleeping in the dark And the soldiers in the checkpoints all remark No one can see We still believe The miracle lay sleeping in the dark Ooh…. Won’t you step inside my humble home? Til kindness is the only thing we know My father’s face A mother’s grace Won’t you step inside my humble home Did you hear the sound of crying in the night The solitude of monumental light And in us all Do you recall? The sound Can you hear the song of children all around? And the messages of mercy still resound A mother’s prayer Suspends the air Can you hear the song of children all around?
3.
This war keeps on raging but I’m not ashamed To sing out One day I’ll see my words turn to rain That waters the ground So I will sing as loud As loud as I can sing ‘til you and I intertwine to become everything And we will sing like the soldiers of peace And we will sing like the soldiers of peace We are not poverty We are not captivity We are not the fear that binds us in the night We are freedom We are beauty We are soldiers of peace reaching for the light And we will sing like the soldiers of peace And we will sing like the soldiers of peace My sword is my song And my song is a message of love to you You know we’ve got to stick together to rise above All that we do So I will sing as loud, as loud as I can sing ‘til you and I intertwine to become everything And we will sing like the soldiers of peace And we will sing like the soldiers of peace
4.
My name is Julio Eduardo Rojas I am 49 years old I live with my family on the edge of a wire Through the jaws of the city below My wife and my daughters and my sons They are light of my days Our home is made of another made of another man’s dreams In the morning he’s gonna tear it down Baby sleeps Lightly as the rain When demolition comes How can I explain Demolition day My name is Mercy I was born under light of a crescent moon I have no home to claim But for these four walls and a ceiling of holes Are all that keep my family from the rain My mother and my grandfather and my children live here This plot of lonesome tired earth Our home is made of another man’s wishes In the morning he’s gonna tear it down Baby sleeps Lightly as the rain When demolition comes How can I explain Demolition day
5.
Start to rise and dream Let your kindness breathe We're made of starlight and stars Dreams that regard There's always a song to sing And we will live with the Earth and people are worth more than anything Peaceful people come Whispers of Providence We’ve come to gather and learn Stately and stirred The barrier's burning down Education's call For one and all There's Grace upon the ground What a day to rejoice Lift up your voice People will rise with you The world has turned Since the day you learned That freedom of choice is true When the rain falls On the mountain You will rise and Dream again And the future Of her children Lies within them To the end Start to rise and dream Let your kindness breathe
6.
Silver Moon Sleeps On top of the lake Angels have flown After the rain And every night The music will rise To the air You’re living inside The sound of the breeze Carrying water anointed by thieves Brother bestows The palest of glows On the ground Souls like me might never know The beauty of the music started long ago The journey’s been far too long Won’t you please sing a song For me Crust of the earth Hungry and wild Blessed by the delicate song of a child Please won’t you stay I’ve come all this way Just to listen Songs of her children Cover the land They invite you to know them Any way that you can The other side of the earth A penniless child is laughing Souls like me might never know The beauty of the music started long ago The journey’s been far too long Won’t you please sing a song For me Silver moon sleeps On top of the lake Angels have flown After the rain And every night The music will rise To the air
7.
Teach Me 03:34
If it takes all night If it takes all day I’ll reach out my hand For you to lead the way For you’re reeling in the wheels And the streets of smoke When poverty prevails Grinds your dreams to the stones Won’t you teach me about love? You who wear the holes in your clothes Know about beauty You who feel the pangs of hunger Know about plenty You who cherish the rhythm of the generations Know a family Won’t you teach me about love? I have everything I want But is it everything I need? Is it everything I need? If it takes all night If it takes all day I’ll reach out my hand For you to lead the way The cries like a whisper Whipping through the night Disappearing in the veil of Artificial light Won’t you teach me about love?
8.
Diginity 03:56
Early morning meditation Harvest in the country The buyers come to haul away the bounty I’m a servant to this land Work my whole life with my hands But the money left me cold and left me hungry Cropdusters crucible Left its claws in the ground On the shoulders of children find the future Profits are made from the workers of a nation There’s a scar on the hand of Mother Nature We are fathers We are daughters But there’s poison in the water The farmer’s hands are bruised and bleeding Just a humble worker’s dreams Carry on to sow the seeds They have dignity So take what you can get The governor sends her regrets And reminds you that to love is to fear it The population cries I’ve had enough of your lies But there’s nobody there to hear it So here’s a song for you To a man who always knew In your gentle disposition lies resistance I can see your garden grow Feel the wind begin to blow As flamenco rhythms echo in the distance We are fathers We are daughters But there’s poison in the water The farmer’s hands are bruised and bleeding Just a humble worker’s dreams Carry on to sow the seeds They have dignity
9.
The Wheel 05:12
It's midnight again Lonely, but hardly the end Of the day This prayer that I pray For our children to grow And we'll call this town The end of the line for now My family tries But never finds A way out I know that Learning is all we have To break the chains While the wheel of poverty remains For late night boys Running through streets of noise The market is closed And I feel like a ghost In the rain For those good night girls Dreaming of baby's curls Wishing they knew Just what to do They're getting crushed by the wheel I know that Learning is all we have To break the chains While the wheel of poverty remains Kalingkawasa kapit-os (hangtud tanaan) Until we all are free from poverty…
10.
Give us the mercy to live out our days I lost a step or two in the blaze Of the angels and colors That crashed to the ground Leaving forgiveness where music resounds And your love lies awake At night Your love lies awake At night Summon the shadows and slow passing cars The guns that will burn out and turn into stars All this talking of heaven when words can’t be found Can we lift up each other From these chains we are bound And your love lies awake At night Your love lies awake At night I know the hunger exists in us all Letters from lovers that you can’t recall So release these confessions at last to the air Stately the silence Yet something is there And your love lies awake At night Your love lies awake At night Give us the mercy To live out our days

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Released in partnership with the international humanitarian organization Unbound, the songs from "Zamboanga" are part of a soundtrack to the documentary film "Rise and Dream", set in the Philippines.

Proceeds from the sale of this record go to support scholarships for striving students in the 21 countries where Unbound works.

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released May 14, 2014

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Barclay Martin Kansas City, Missouri

A blend of singer/songwriter folk, pop, and world music, his songs are a celebration of culture that could only come through traveling the world.

Through his love of music and the gift of travel, Martin realized the role that music has to play in celebrating work that uplifts us all. Music can serve as photographs of who we are as people—it can also serve as a reminder of how connected we are.
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