Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 It is fantastic. I have a really nice mix CD I made for a friend to introduce her to Sweet Honey. If you want to send me your snail mail address privately, I'll drop it in the mail. (Also, I'd be happy to send this very inspiring mix to others, as long as I'm not inundated!) I don't want to get too off topic here, so if you respond, please respond privately. Blessings, Iswari Ammachi, Devi's Daughter <devi.daughter@g...> wrote: > oh, how i love sweet honey in the rock! seen them many times in > concert, but don't remember this song! thanks, iswari! > > > I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > > I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > > I'm gonna stay on the battlefield til I die. > > > > I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > > I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > > I'm gonna stay on the battlefield til I die. > > Ardis Jackson <ardis1@v...> wrote: > >Welcome back Iswari!! Thank you for this very timely hymn. > > > >Pahari Maa > > > > > >>> Linda, when I read your words below, I couldn't help but be reminded > >>> of this poem (which > >>> was beautifully sung by Sweet Honey in the Rock), an adaptation of an > >>> old spiritual song: > >>> > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield til I die. > >>> > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield til I die. > >>> > >>> i had come into the city carrying life in my eyes > >>> amid rumors of death, > >>> calling out to everyone who would listen > >>> it is time to move us all into another century > >>> time for freedom and racial and sexual justice > >>> time for women and children and men time for hands unbound > >>> i had come into the city wearing peaceful breasts > >>> and the spaces between us smiled > >>> i had come into the city carrying life in my eyes. > >>> i had come into the city carrying life in my eyes. > >>> > >>> And they followed us in their cars with their computers > >>> and their tongues crawled with caterpillars > >>> and they bumped us off the road turned over our cars, > >>> and they bombed our buildings killed our babies, > >>> and they shot our doctors maintaining our bodies, > >>> and their courts changed into confessionals > >>> but we kept on organizing we kept on teaching believing > >>> loving doing what was holy moving to a higher ground > >>> even though our hands were full of slaughtered teeth > >>> but we held out our eyes delirious with grace. > >>> but we held out our eyes delirious with grace. > >>> > >>> I'm gonna treat everybody right > >>> I'm gonna treat everybody right > >>> I'm gonna treat everybody right til I die. > >>> > >>> I'm gonna treat everybody right > >>> I'm gonna treat everybody right > >>> I'm gonna treat everybody right til I die. > >>> > >>> come. i say come, you sitting still in domestic bacteria > >>> come. i say come, you standing still in double-breasted mornings > >>> come. i say come, and return to the fight. > >>> this fight for the earth > >>> this fight for our children > >>> this fight for our life > >>> we need your hurricane voices > >>> we need your sacred hands > >>> > >>> i say, come, sister, brother to the battlefield > >>> come into the rain forests > >>> come into the hood > >>> come into the barrio > >>> come into the schools > >>> come into the abortion clinics > >>> come into the prisons > >>> come and caress our spines > >>> > >>> i say come, wrap your feet around justice > >>> i say come, wrap your tongues around truth > >>> i say come, wrap your hands with deeds and prayer > >>> you brown ones > >>> you yellow ones > >>> you black ones > >>> you gay ones > >>> you white ones > >>> you lesbian ones > >>> > >>> Comecomecomecomecome to this battlefield > >>> called life, called life, called life. . . . > >>> > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield til I die. > >>> > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield > >>> I'm gonna stay on the battlefield til I die. > >>> > >>> ~ Sonia Sanchez, for Sweet Honey in the Rock > >>> > >>> (Yes, I'm back! More soon... Love, Iswari) > >>> > >>> Ammachi, nierika@a... wrote: > >>> > I also know that Amma, God/dess, needs our hands and feet and > >>> > minds, our creative ideas, etc. to make a real difference. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Hinduism religion > >>> Different religions beliefs > >>> Mata amritanandamayi > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> â–ª Visit your group "Ammachi" on the web. > >>> > >>> â–ª > >>> Ammachi > >>> > >>> â–ª Terms of > >>> Service. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > "Naan Amme Snehikkunnu" > > Be Love, > Egyirba (Berijoy) > http://www.egyirba.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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