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Free ft. Robert Phillips & the Maple Ave Choir

by Jack Droppers & The Best Intentions

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Free is a song of lament co-written with my good friend, Robert Phillips, about the interconnectedness of our lives and how the presence of systemic injustice/racism against anyone denies freedom to everyone.

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Saw my brother down on his knees,
forced to give his own eulogy
as I was measuring the distance between,
the world we've been given and the world we'll leave

How come most of us that ignore this
read the book and they look like me?
are we baptized in irony?
cause we're not free until we're all free

We’re not free until we’re all free
We’re not free until we’re all free


Brother packed my bag and carried me,
on a voyage 'cross that wayward Sea
Docked his boat and shackled me,
dragged me through a land tilled in red seed.
Father, Father I can’t breathe,
tell my Mother now I’m free
was the hope you made not built for me,
when you were lynched at Calvary?

I’m looking for freedom, I’m pleadin'
Won’t this come a bit sooner?
We’re talkin’ bout revolution

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released October 28, 2020
Recorded at Social Recording Co and Maple Ave Ministries
Produced/mixed by Jake Rye
Mastered by Mike Cervantes

The Maple Ave Choir is: Vanika Brandon, Gezelle Kingdom-Grier, and Quinette Yarbrough

The Best Intentions are: Laura Hobson, Devin Sullivan, James Kessel, Garrett Stier, and Josh Holicki

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Jack Droppers & The Best Intentions Grand Rapids, Michigan

Indie Americana Dad Rock out of Grand Rapids, MI.

The Best Intentions are Laura Hobson, Devin Sullivan, James Kessel, Garrett Stier, and Josh Holicki.

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