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Can't Turn Away (Activist Version​)​(​Feat Jerome Collins and Brian Jablo)

from I'm Possible by O.Z Bangaz

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"Can't Turn Away" was created by O.Z Bangaz to create or further the dialogue and conversations that came about from world events that involved iindividuals like Trevon Martin, Freddy Grey, Laquan McDonald, and so many more

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VERSE 1

HOW MANY YEARS AGO DID MARVIN ASK WHAT’S GOING ON?
ARE WE CLOSER TO THE ANSWER? SOME WOULD ARGUE NO.
MOTHERS STILL CRYING
BROTHERS STILL DYING
FATHERS INCARCERATED FROM LAWS OF BLACK HATRED
SISTERS GROWING SEEDS FROM A GENERATION OF WEEDS
THAT SHOW NO LOVE FOR THE LADIES
BUT OUT THERE MAKING THE BABIES
THAT’S GROWING UP TO BE CRAZY
CAUSE ALL THEY KNOW IS STRUGGLE
STRUGGLE AND DRAMA
TRAUMA AND TROUBLE
NEEDING STRUCTURE
BUT ONLY GETTING DESTRUCTION
DREAMING FOR MORE BUT REALITY BRINGS DEDUCTIONS
IF YOU FED UP- YOU GOT EVERY RIGHT TO BE
YOU WANT THE SHACKLES OFF PERMANETLY

CHORUS

WHY DON’T YOU TAKE SOME TIME
TO EASE INTO A BRAND NEW MIND
CAN’T TURN AWAY
CAN’T BE AFRAID
CAN’T STOP TIL FREEDOMS MINE

VERSE 2

POP CULTURE WOULD HAVE US FOCUS ON ZOMBIES
BUT EVERYDAY I SEE THE WALKING DEAD HUSTLING FOR MONEY
SLANGING ON CORNERS SO THEY FAM WON’T GO HUNGRY
BUT DISREGARDING OTHER FAMILIES AS THEY CREATE NEW JUNKIES
THAT ABANDON LIFE WITH EVERY NEW HIGH
I SEE STRANGE FRUIT HANGING WITH BILLY HOLIDAY’S EYE’S
AND THE ROPE IS TWISTED WITH PROPAGANDARIST PLIES
THEY WANT US ALL LIKE HELLEN KELLER BEFORE SHE HAD ANNE SULLIVAN
DEAF AND BLIND – INACTIVE AGAINST THE PLAN
I SUPPORT NO PEACE TILL JUSTICE
THEY WANT US QUIET –SILENT – TILL WE CEASE TO EXIST.

CHORUS

WHY DON’T YOU TAKE SOME TIME
TO EASE INTO A BRAND NEW MIND
CAN’T TURN AWAY
CAN’T BE AFRAID
CAN’T STOP TIL FREEDOMS MINE

(News clip or guitar solo depending on the version)

CHORUS

WHY DON’T YOU TAKE SOME TIME
TO EASE INTO A BRAND NEW MIND
CAN’T TURN AWAY
CAN’T BE AFRAID
CAN’T STOP TIL FREEDOMS MINE

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from I'm Possible, released February 26, 2016
Written, composed, produced, mixed, and performed by Ozivell Ecford/ O.Z Bangaz
Co-composed by Brian Jablo
Guest Musician (Guitar): Brian Jablo
Guest Vocalist; Jerome Collins
Mastered by Joe Tessone of Mystery Street Recording in Chicago

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O.Z Bangaz Chicago, Illinois

Ozivell “O.Z Bangaz” Ecford is a songwriter, composer, and producer. He is a staffed artist (composer, director, actor, and playwright) with the award winning Storycatchers Theatre, and has worked with other companies like the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Old Town School of Folk Music to name a few. However, making Hip Hop Club Bangers is O.Z's passion. Thus the name O.Z Bangaz. ... more

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