One Love, by Ari Lesser

One Love

by Ari Lesser

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1.	Purim Poetry Slam 05:03		buy track
2.	17th of Tammuz Blues 04:46		buy track
3.	The Artist 02:32	lyrics	buy track
The Artist Almighty One I Love Your Art From Galaxies down to my heart Description I can barely start But color sets each stroke apart If everything was one white wall Would white really be white at all Might it be the same as blue With nothing to compare it to Black and white are shades of gray Night seems dark because of day And day is bright because of night So without evil is there right Either one requires two And through the contrast we can view What lies next to what is true And understand what we should do It takes a few wicked souls To steer us clear of those black holes The darkest color has its role In the bigger picture of the hole But life is not black white and gray Look around you night and day Every color every shade The worlds a rainbow on display Red rocks, orange fruits Yellow sun, green shoots Blue skies, purple flower All proclaiming One great power You are the greatest artist of all The earth is Your canvass shaped like a ball You miss no spot no matter how small But every time You hear me call You change Your painting as I wish One my list no prayer is missed Clothes on my back, food on my dish A beautiful women to hold and kiss My life is bliss I ask no more Lend Your paint brush to the poor I don’t deserve this rich reward But thank You for Your painting Lord
4.	Seeds 05:05		buy track
5.	Garden Of Eden 04:49	lyrics	buy track
Garden of Eden Tired of working, sick of the weeding Done with deceit, and the greed, and competing Over the inbreeding, bleeding meat-eating And cheating, misleading lead men need a beating Bible’s the only book that I been reading Repeating my prayer to the Lord I’m pleading Calling to God trying to set up a meeting I want to go back to the Garden of Eden If I was in Eden now that would be blessed Wake up in the morning I wouldn’t get dressed Walk around naked just me and my wife Living in Eden is living the life The Garden is great, least that’s what I hear The weather is perfect, the water is clear No violence no hatred no trouble no fear Everyone lives for like nine hundred years And no One counts besides the Most High Maker of all from the earth to the sky God is the greatest, standing alone Made me a woman from out of my bone There for me, always, when I need to talk My Lord, my Shield, my Shepherd my Rock My Parent, my Teacher, my Lover, my Friend From in the beginning, until the end Tired of working, sick of the weeding Done with deceit, and the greed, and competing Over the inbreeding, bleeding meat-eating And cheating, misleading lead men need a beating Bible’s the only book that I been reading Repeating my prayer to the Lord I’m pleading Calling to God trying to set up a meeting I want to go back to the Garden of Eden The Garden of Eden is always at peace The Almighty One is the only police And once you get in, if you want to stay There’s only one law that you have to obey “The tree of knowledge you shall not try” That’s fine with me I don’t make my pie With good and evil, that’s not my goal Wouldn’t touch that fruit with a ten-foot pole One tree’s off limits, do I really care? There’s pineapple peach, plum, papaya, and pear Orange, apple, apricot, cocoa, cranberry Avocado, olive, almond, and cherry Mango, grapefruit, pecan, cashew Walnut, banana, and coconut too Every kind of tree and the fruit for free The Garden of Eden’s the place for me Tired of working, sick of the weeding Done with deceit, and the greed, and competing Over the inbreeding, bleeding meat-eating And cheating, misleading lead men need a beating Bible’s the only book that I been reading Repeating my prayer to the Lord I’m pleading Calling to God trying to set up a meeting I want to go back to the Garden of Eden The Garden of Eden is just like the zoo Without any cages so you’re in it too God’s always making some creature that’s new And all the creations are brought before you God let’s you name them what ever you wish That one’s a Flamingorillionfish This is a Hippoplatypussycat, that A Alligatorangutangeroorat” On top of all that the animals talk You’d make new friends on every walk Speak to a skunk, say hi to a fly Share words with birds, way up in the sky Call out a cow, yak with a yak Talk to a turtle, he’ll talk right back The snake might say you should eat from the tree Of knowledge but then you would end up like me Tired of working, sick of the weeding Done with deceit, and the greed, and competing Over the inbreeding, bleeding meat-eating And cheating, misleading lead men need a beating Bible’s the only book that I been reading Repeating my prayer to the Lord I’m pleading Calling to God trying to set up a meeting I want to go back to the Garden of Eden
6.	Kosher Meat 04:22		buy track
7.	Water 02:32	lyrics	buy track
Water Lord I love Your flowing stream Turning desert valleys green In the sun, all day it gleams Drifting on at night like dreams Winding everywhere with ease Over rocks and under trees On its way back to the seas Cool and gentle as the breeze Rivers flow out from Your hand Raising life in barren land Bringing bounty up from sand Quenching thirst of beast and man Spring brings and icy flow From Your mountains capped in snow Water falls, down it goes To thirsty valleys far below Your river has an endless length Crops are pushed up by Your strength People sing Your Name in thanks While they play beside her banks But Your clean stream seems to reach fewer For she is afflicted by evildoers In their greed they use and abuse her Turning Your river into their sewer Dumping until she’s darker than tar Poisoning water near and afar Then bottling up every clean reservoir Trying to sell us what’s already ours God I pray you give your worst To those who make the water cursed May they dwell in a hell on Earth Surrounded by rivers but dying of thirst Give them a taste of their toxic waste Pour pollution back in their face Wash them away from the human race Your children are thirsty Lord make haste
8.	Where I Stand 03:46	lyrics	buy track
Where I Stand With God I stand as I walk through the land You speak to my heart I obey the command Of the Almighty One, there is none more grand Canyons are less than the crease of Your hand Mountains are no more than grains of sand The oceans a drop from Your watering can And the greatest distance I’ve ever spanned Is less than the stretch of Your rubber band The earth is a speck of dust in flight The moon is a mirror reflecting the light Shining from flames of the sun burning bright Like all the stars we see at night How many Candles could a man count If he spent each night of his life I doubt He’d even get close to the right amount And they’ll burn long after he burns out But even the stars are born and die And to You their life is the blink of an eye All eternity’s not a day gone by Everything seems short, next to the Most High The tallest tree is a puny plant The burliest beast is a tiny ant The great white shark is a shrimpy shrimp And the mightiest man is mostly a chimp So lose your ego, hide your pride Your not in control, your along for the ride Silence your mind, open your heart wide And feel one love from the source inside All wisdom is within you Don’t need a book to know what to do Trust your heart it’s always true Open it up let your souls shine through Through dull doors of the daily grind And clouded thoughts of your gloomy mind Shine your light til your eyes are blind To lies, and truth is all you find Bind yourself in righteous ways Sing with joy give thanks and praise God will guide you through the maze Of life, protect you all your days Around you angels will be sent The Most High is much more immense Than the strongest wall, or the longest fence All the gold in the world don’t make no sense When it comes to defense, can’t buy the best God does not take American Express But don’t get stressed if you want to be blessed Just got to set One above the rest I will not bow to any other man For One Lord rules over every land Almighty God Most High and Grand At Your right hand is where I stand
9.	Traveler's Prayer 06:09		buy track
10.	Abraham 04:00	lyrics	buy track
Abraham Father Abraham was born Into the world of Babylon A sinful place where people prayed To idols they themselves had made Even at home he was all alone Refusing to bow to a piece of stone Family idols he smashed to bits For he knew the Lord exists Shunned by all and called a traitor Cause he knew God was greater Than an object made by man And he was the first to understand He had two sons and both were blessed By the Almighty One, with great success They obeyed the Lord’s command And to this day they rule the land Lets put our differences behind us Out of sight and out of mind cause If you look where we begin You and me are kin It seems now we’re back at the start The world is being torn apart By wicked greedy violent men Who worship idols once again The young are corrupted by the old Bought and sold for a piece of gold Given guns and taught to kill Believing murder is God’s will The Ten commandments they forget Their alter is their TV set Bowing down to glowing screens Ignoring God they praise machines No matter where I turn my eyes Babylon is on the rise Everyone thinks God is man Where is the clan of Abraham? Lets put our differences behind us Out of sight and out of mind cause If you look where we begin You and me are kin Islam and Israel are at odds As though they worship different Gods Jews and Muslims don’t be tricked You have no reason for conflict Share the land put down your gun You both love the Almighty One And wicked men love nothing more Than to see those who fear God at war Stop fighting with one another Grab a hammer bring your brother Follow in your father’s path Many idols must be smashed Drugs and guns and television We are One with no division Rip to shreds your books of hate Do not wait til it’s to late Lets put our differences behind us Out of sight and out of mind cause If you look where we begin You and me are kin
11.	Ahavah Rabah 02:41		buy track
12.	Shema 04:06		buy track
13.	The Ten Plagues 05:55		buy track
14.	Miriam 05:00		buy track
15.	Joshua 05:47		buy track
16.	Our God Is Marching On! 03:48	lyrics	buy track
Our God Is Marching On! Our journey here has not been not fun Our faces were burned by the sweltering sun We crossed trying hills and desolate plains Sleeping in mud, being drenched by the rain During this march our bodies were tested But though our feet may be tired, our souls are rested They said we wouldn’t get here, but we held our ground And didn’t let anybody turn us around It took four dark nights and five long days But our efforts earned us presidential praise Lyndon B. Johnson has pledged the might Of the federal government, to cast off this blight The way we have come with tears hath been watered Treading our paths through the blood of the slaughtered Out of the gloomy past, till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast Today I tell this city, I say to this state To all of America, we won’t be stopped by hate You can burn our churches, bomb our homes, physically hurt us But now that we are on the move you cannot divert us Until our dreams are realized we will march on March on segregated housing until every ghetto’s gone March on poverty, ‘til no starved man walks the street Until no parent must skip a meal, so that their child may eat Let us march on ballot boxes until racism falls Let us march on like Joshua, bring down Jericho’s walls Listen, my people, the battle’s in our hands So we will march on until they meet our demands And I know that today somebody’s asking, when? How long will prejudice blind the vision of men? When will wounded justice now found only in our dreams Be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme How long? Not long, and this I know No lie can live forever, you shall reap what you sow Not long is how long justice will be postponed Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own The arc of the universe is long but we all know it bends Towards justice, How Long? Not long my friends Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored He has loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword His truth is marching on He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment seat O, be swift, my soul to answer Him! Be jubilant my feet! Our God is marching on Glory glory hallelujah! Glory glory hallelujah! Glory glory hallelujah! His truth is marching on
17.	Samson 02:23		buy track
18.	King David 14:52		buy track
19.	Mount Zion 03:56	lyrics	buy track
Mount Zion Bow myself down I just see the floor Rise to my knees I can see some more A few blocks round on level ground Sit on the roof I can see down town Up hill I can tell where the city ends On a mountain it seems the horizon bends In space, it’s apparent the earth’s a ball But from Mount Zion I can see it all Well I don’t know but I have been told That the greatest things are not bought and sold So many mountains of silver and gold Won’t buy me that which I want to behold Climbing Mount Zion is my only goal Reaching the highest peaks of my soul Connecting my heart with the greater Whole To meet the Director Who’s in control Some in positions of power may cling Onto their thrones and the feeling it brings But prime ministers, queens, and kings Are puppets of the One who pulls the strings Their crowned jewels and diamond rings Aren’t worth a song that the sparrow sings Soaring over all on a pair of wings From Zion alone can be seen all things Bow myself down I just see the floor Rise to my knees I can see some more A few blocks round on level ground Sit on the roof I can see down town Up hill I can tell where the city ends On a mountain it seems the horizon bends In space, it’s apparent the earth’s a ball But from Mount Zion I can see it all Objects in the mirror aren’t as they appear Close my eyes and the vision’s clear Shut my ears, I can finally hear Open up my heart and I have no fear I stay on the path like a pioneer Looking for life on the last frontier Seeking something higher than the atmosphere Might seem out of reach but it’s all right here From the kangaroo who lives in the zoo To the human being with the highest IQ Hindu or Muslim or Christian or Jew From Poland to Pakistan to Peru Got to give credit where credit is due To the Almighty One within me and you Stand with God, You’ll understand it’s true The Most High is the highest point of view Bow myself down I just see the floor Rise to my knees I can see some more A few blocks round on level ground Sit on the roof I can see down town Up hill I can tell where the city ends On a mountain it seems the horizon bends In space, it’s apparent the earth’s a ball But from Mount Zion I can see it all
20.	Creation 03:46	lyrics	buy track
Creation At dawn when the world is still I stand a top Your highest hill And gaze in wonder at the skill You put into the things You build The earth is filled with Your creations Rushing rivers rock formations Along with living populations Stretching over every nation Thank You, for creating me With open eyes so I can see The beauty of each bird and tree Marvel at Your majesty My king queen father mother Shepherd teacher friend lover You have every angle covered Who’s like You, there is no other God Almighty You are One The universe is Your’s to run Every star not just the sun Reminds us of the work You’ve done And past the stars there must be So much more that we can’t see Or even grasp because we Are but a flea compared to Thee Are we not just a pest Feasting on Your living flesh Consuming water food and breath Until at last we rest in death But worthless as mankind may seem On this earth we reign supreme Given more than we could dream This is the land of human beings While other beasts You simply feed We have far more than we need Planes, trains, wine, weed A life of luxury we lead No need for greed cause we all win Just look at the place we’re in The worlds a giant jungle gym To run jump climb swim A playground where we put on plays Make music in every way Sing until the end of days All I want to do is praise Ask for nothing just give thanks For fruit trees, river banks Lush valleys, jagged peaks Vast oceans, winding creeks Dense cities, open plains Highways, shady lanes Blue skies, clouds, rain I love it all I can’t complain And I am so inspired by You That I will keep creating too For there’s nothing I would rather do With life than making something new
21.	Love And Be Loved 03:06		buy track
22.	The Shepherd (Ezekiel 34) 04:44		buy track
23.	One 03:29	lyrics	buy track
One Most of us live very phony lives We work boring jobs and fake husbands and wives Working nine to five to buy material things Like cars and clothes and diamond rings We easily lose sight of what is actually real Numb to the feelings that we actually feel Lose touch with our surrounding environments And instead see the world in terms of dollars and cents It’s easy to get caught up in your own little mind And forget that all life is completely entwined Cause every blade of grass and all of mankind Will add up to One when they’re all combined So love your neighbors even if they’re different than you Other races, religions, and other species too And just because you and another person don’t agree Doesn’t make you holier than he or she Just follow these rules for a blessed life Don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t cheat on your wife Don’t value an object over something that’s living Respect everybody and always be forgiving Cause the Universe is huge and we’re so small Just a part of the one that encompasses all So let go of your hatred, fill your heart with love For all of us below there is One above This is a song for God Adonai Elohaynu, Adonoi Echad The Lord is God, the Lord is One Everything from a particle of dust to the sun One is the darkness One is the light One is the day, and One is the night One is the land, One is the ocean One is stillness, and One is motion One is resistance, One is compliance One is religion, One is science One is a bird, One is a tree One is in you, and One is in me One is a Muslim, One is a Jew One is a Christian, and a Hindu One is an atheist, One is a Buddhist One is an anarchist, One is a nudist One is what you do, One is what you think One is what you eat, One is what you drink One is in your lungs every time you take a breath One is all life, and One is all death One is what you know, One is a surprise One is invisible in front of your eyes One is music, film, theatre, and art One is the end, One is the start This is a song for God Adonai Elohaynu, Adonoi Echad The Lord is God, the Lord is One Everything from a particle of dust to the sun
24.	Hanukkah 04:35		buy track
25.	Purim Poetry Slam (Feat. Yehoshua Brill) 04:52	lyrics	buy track
This song goes out to Ahmadinejad The Jews don’t fear you, we fear God We don’t give damn, about your evil plans Cause no man can stand up against God’s hand Not first to curse us, won’t be the last And if I were you a would learn from the past Many came before you to do us wrong But they’re all long gone and we still stand strong In ancient Iran lived I man named Haman Who rose in the capital of Shushan When he walked down the street every man he would meet Was commanded to bow to the ground at his feet But there was one guy, named Mordechai A Jew who served only God Most High Day after day, he refused to obey So Haman decided to make him pay But it wasn’t enough just to kill one man Instead he devised a grand master plan And persuaded the king to kill every Jew From the land Cush all the way Hodu Drew random lots to determine the date Put our people’s lives in the hands of fate And it fell on the thirteenth day of Adar They would slay every Jew both near and far When we heard the news we wept and fasted Sackcloth and ashes spread through the masses We humbled our hearts all of Yisrael Prayed that the wicked Haman would fail This song goes out to Ahmadinejad The Jews don’t fear you, we fear God We don’t give damn, about your evil plans Cause no man can stand up against God’s hand Not first to curse us, won’t be the last And if I were you a would learn from the past Many came before you to do us wrong But they’re all long gone and we still stand strong Haman just could not wait for the date That the Jewish people would meet their fate Cause every day he saw Mordechai at the gate And his heart was filled with so much hate When he complained to his friends and his wife They told Haman, “Just take that Jew’s life” So he built a gallows fifty amos high And tried to have the king, hang Mordechai But the queen secretly turned out to be A girl from a nice Jewish family So she came in to the king, told him That someone was trying to wipe out her kin Enraged anyone would threaten the life Of those close to the queen he chose as a wife The king asked her, “Who’s behind this plan?” She said, “This wicked Haman is the man!” He trembled in terror he lost control He begged queen Esther to spare his soul But the king decided Haman must die On the gallows that he had made for Mordechai This song goes out to Ahmadinejad The Jews don’t fear you, we fear God We don’t give damn, about your evil plans Cause no man can stand up against God’s hand Not first to curse us, won’t be the last And if I were you a would learn from the past Many came before you to do us wrong But they’re all long gone and we still stand strong President of Iran your just like Haman But instead of the gallows you’re building a bomb You want to see Mordechai’s family dead But your wickedness’ll drop down on your own head Open your ears, we won’t disappear Been here three thousand eight hundred years We were slaves to Pharaoh, but God set us free And tossed the Egyptians in the Red Sea The wicked Balak and Bilaam tried messing With us, but their curse turn into a blessing Canaanites tried to fight us but all Of them had to fall like Jericho’s walls Goliath the Philistine talked a lot Before he got knocked him out with a slingshot Assyrians conquered every other land But they ran when they came up against God’s hand Babylon took us into captivity But we’re back, they been gone since BCE And Haman, who decreed every Jew should die Got hanged on the gallows he made for Mordechai Our enemies fade but we still exist Do you really want to add your name to the list? You‘ve warned if you don’t proceed with caution We’ll name a food after you like Hamantaschen This song goes out to Ahmadinejad The Jews don’t fear you, we fear God We don’t give damn, about your evil plans Cause no man can stand up against God’s hand Not first to curse us, won’t be the last And if I were you a would learn from the past Many came before you to do us wrong But they’re all long gone and we still stand strong

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released April 29, 2011

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melch Haolam,

Thanks You for creating the Torah
(infinite inspiration)

Thank You for creating Me
(all the rhymes, and the beats on Water, Garden Of Eden, Creation, Love An Be Loved, One)

Thanks You for creating my Dad
(acoustic guitar on Thanksgiving, Seeds, Where I Stand, Ahavah Rabah, Shema, The Ten Plagues, Miriam, Joshua, Mount Zion, The Shepherd, Abraham)

Thanks You for creating Eli
(the beat on The Artist)

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Ari Lesser Cleveland

Ari Lesser is a singer, songwriter, rapper, and spoken word artist from Cleveland, Ohio. He has performed all over the world, and written hundreds of songs on a wide range of subjects. Ari’s repertoire is expansive, touching on everything from history, to animals, to Star Wars, but now his focus and passion is making music based on the Torah. ... more