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[“Levitate” by Ben Mulwana and the Village]
[steady electric guitar music]
Mmm
Ooh oh oh oh oh yeah
I built the room we’re standing in
Stone by stone like an invalid
I can’t seem to figure out how to live in it
‘Cause even the ceiling’s closer than I remember now
But the brewer is stronger than the brew
That means that I am taller than the roof, babe
Or maybe I just shook something loose
But look at this floor, I’ve been making it levitate
Levitate with my mind
Oh, I’ve been making it levitate
With my mind, whoa
[groovy blues rock music]
I heard some voices in my mind
Long enough to keep my brain on me
But they refuse, insist that instead
I should be free
Yeah
Yeah!
But the line is tighter than the noose
Like the killer’s sharper than the weapon they use
So my mind is stronger than my mood
But take a look at this floor
And I’ve been making it levitate, yeah
With my mind
Ooh, I’ve been making it levitate
Levitate with my mind, oh
Oh oh
Ben Mulwana: My name is Ben Mulwana. I live in Kenosha, Wisconsin now, but I am from Uganda, east Africa. I love my culture. I love my background, where I’m from, and I think my music, I try to bring a lot of that in to the stage, is to say, like, “My background’s different. I am still an immigrant. I, you know, I am still not from this space, but I am from this space because we’re here together, and, like, you guys are loving this, I’m loving this, and we can all just kinda celebrate in this moment, you know, our differences, our commonalities, all the things that I try to put into my music.”
[groovy blues rock music]
I heard some voices in my mind
Long enough to keep my brain on me
But they refuse, insist that instead
I should be free, yeah
But words are larger than the page
Like the author’s sharper than the weapon they use
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