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Acoustic Bluegrass

by Ari Lesser

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My name is Johnny Rappleseed, my garden is your mind And everywhere I go leave a little love behind The earth is my orchard the word is my crop And wherever I wander, I let lyrics drop My songs of hope grow strong and free Branch out like limbs of an olive tree My beak it speaks of peace like a dove Reminding mankind of God’s great love From coast to coast, border to border Cleveland to Eugene, LA to Florida The east to the west, the north to the south I run all around while I run my mouth I don’t need a stage I can do it on the street Finding fertile ground in the hard concrete Cause I don’t plant seeds, I plant CD’s That make love and kindness grow like trees My name is Johnny Rappleseed, my garden is your mind And everywhere I go leave a little love behind The earth is my orchard the word is my crop Wherever I wander, I let lyrics drop Got to keep moving I stay on the roam And when I’m on the road it feels like home Love to go a-wandering never stay on track Val-deri, val-dera, knapsack on my back Walk in the way that the wind is blowing Flying from place to place like a Boeing Touch down in each town I got a show in Where I’ll be next there is no knowing Drop CD’s every time I’m flowing Then when I leave my songs keep going Even if I die my trees still growing Others will reap from the seeds I’m sowing My Name is Johnny Rappleseed, my garden is your mind And everywhere I go leave a little love behind The earth is my orchard the word is my crop Wherever I wander, I let lyrics drop Everywhere I go my trees take root Got food to eat each place they bear fruit Limbs of love are my sheltering shade Worth far more than the money I made I give away songs all day like a gift With pure positivity try to uplift Each track, each verse, each line, each letter I use my words to make the world better Until our cities are greener than plants Til enemies gather together and dance Until each moment is like a first kiss And the whole universe blossoms with bliss My Name is Johnny Rappleseed, my garden is your mind And everywhere I go leave a little love behind The earth is my orchard the word is my crop Wherever I wander, I let lyrics drop
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East & West 03:18
I’m happy as I can be depressed Cause the earth is cursed, to be so blessed My will is free but I feel oppressed By the accidents that I manifest The more I think I know even less Good from bad and no from yes As a matter of fact it’s a wild guess Only way to pass is to skip the test Wake up in time, for your mind to rest From trash stashed in your treasure chest One man’s worst is another man’s best Fly to far east turns into the west What’s the goal when you take a stroll? There whole lot of ways to direct your soul North and south are stuck on a pole East and west just stay on the roll What God sows is what God reaps Everything started in a garden to the east Our family is one, that seems to increase Your cousin’s aunt is your grandpa’s niece Why die for the pie, trying to get a little peace Or fight to make all the violence cease Who came first the eggs or the geese? It doesn’t really matter in the belly of the beast One may starve while another may feast But new life is born out from the deceased And the greatest things are made of the least In a while west turns into the east What’s the goal when you take a stroll? There whole lot of ways to direct your soul North and south are stuck on a pole East and west just stay on the roll I can’t slow down when I express More food for thought that you can digest My mind is multicolored mess Not black white like I game of chess I’m a failure who had success At being homeless now I’m your guest I love your house but I’m not impressed Cause under the covers we’re both undressed You found a bank and lost interest Buy too much and you get possessed One bird’s cage is another bird’s nest Fly to far east turns into the west What’s the goal when you take a stroll? Whole lot of ways to direct your soul North and south are stuck up a pole East and west just stay on the roll
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H2O Flow 03:06
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Abraham 04:22
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
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Hamas 02:40
So you want to criticize Israel that’s cool But if you support Hamas, you’re a fool Unless you want radical Islamic rule And stockpiles of rockets at your kids school Remember they send their own people out strapped With suicide bombs blowing up in their lap You think they seek peace, that’s a bunch of crap They just want to wipe Israel off the map Let me start off slow so you don’t get lost Palestinians are not the same as Hamas Though they may live in the same location Hamas is a terrorist organization They may call themselves freedom fighters But they’re just like the Taliban and Al-Queada Using lethal force on Arabs, Jews And anyone else who disagrees with their views Due to their violence they have been banned From Jordan, Canada, and Japan The whole EU, plus the UK Australia, Egypt, and the USA But in Israel the situation is harder They kidnap Israeli, then use them to barter If one murders Jews he’s raised a martyr Just take a look at Hamas’s own charter They want Islam controlling the whole Middle East Two states don’t interest them in the least So tell me how Jews are supposed to make peace With an enemy who just wants to see us deceased So you want to criticize Israel that’s cool But if you support Hamas, you’re a fool Unless you want radical Islamic rule And stockpiles of rockets at your kids school Remember they send their own people out strapped With suicide bombs blowing up in their lap You think they seek peace, that’s a bunch of crap They just want to wipe Israel off the map Gazans are living in poverty But Hamas just went on a building spree Of underground tunnels, through which they planned To unleash attacks on Israeli land Using eighty thousand tons of cement A valuable resource that could have went To development of new apartments To help Palestinians who can’t pay the rent Iran has given them hundreds of millions But they shoot it all at Israeli civilians Their rockets get blown by the Iron Dome While their own people are starving at home And it’s even worse on the battlefield Where they wield civilians like human shields Israel uses weapons when it’s people are threatened But Hamas uses people to protect their weapons If I was from Gaza I would be pissed But to be honest I wouldn’t resists Cause Hamas’s rivals all wind up dead Tortured before they get shot in the head So you want to criticize Israel that’s cool But if you support Hamas, you’re a fool Unless you want radical Islamic rule And stockpiles of rockets at your kids school Remember they send their own people out strapped With suicide bombs blowing up in their lap You think they seek peace, that’s a bunch of crap They just want to wipe Israel off the map
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Hanukkah 04:35
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Kosher Meat 04:22
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Pearl 04:45
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Miriam 05:27
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Mount Zion 03:22
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Life 03:15
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released August 13, 2013

Guitar, Banjo, & Harmonies: Raymond Lesser
Lyrics & Vocals: Ari Lesser
Cover Art: Sheva Chaya - www.shevachaya.com

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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

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