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    This album contains the songs of Kemp Harris, the winner of the Songs for Social Change Contest of 2021 sponsored by the Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, RAWA, and the top finalists in the competition. The songs on this album address current social and economic challenges facing the world. The artists and their songs span a variety of genres with their messages.
    There are 13 songs on the album.
    released February 22, 2022

    Includes unlimited streaming of Songs for Social Change Volume 6 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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about

The sincerity of Roos Meijer’s alt-folk finds a way to the heart of even the most casual listener as she lends her voice to extraordinary but unheard people from around the world. Drawing inspiration from a diversity of genres, including folk, classical, indie-rock, and Arabic music, Roos bridges many rivers of the musical landscape and leads you to new pastures. With an understated but profound sense of detail, in both song and arrangement, her music finds and navigates emotional fine lines that are seldom expressed in popular music.

lyrics

Isn’t it strange, building a wall for our freedom?
Isn’t it strange, to only care for our own?

Isn’t it strange
That we keep on fighting
Do bullets really save lives?

Isn’t it strange
That we keep ignoring
The cries of the ones who survived?

Can’t we agree
To live and love in harmony?
Cause if I’m not wrong
We are sharing this world ‘til we’re gone
So why don’t we give it a try?

Isn’t it strange
How love is illegal
While having a gun is alright?

Isn’t it strange
How we are destroying
Our borrowed home for humankind?

Can’t we agree
To live and love in harmony?
Cause if I’m not wrong
We are sharing this world ‘til we’re gone
So why don’t we give it a try?

Isn’t it strange
How we keep on pointing
To everyone but ourselves

Isn’t it time then
To gather our forces
Why don’t we give it a try?

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from Songs for Social Change Volume 6, released February 22, 2022

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