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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

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from Zamboanga: Poverty. War. Music., 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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