The Advocating Creator

I recently found this song that a Facebook friend of mine tagged.

It’s called Everybody’s Free (to Wear Sunscreen) by Baz Luhrmann. I had never heard of this artist before or, indeed,heard anything like this extraordinary song.

The Verve - Lucky Man

But I have found the lyrics and the song quite uplifting and inspiring when I have been in the right mood.

Of course music is a very important part of my life. In fact, when I identify less positive times in my life, I see that these times are usually the same times that I listen to no/very little music (ignoring the direction of causation).

So, first I would like to share with you the Everybody’s Free video and its lyrics - I hope you enjoy it.

Everybody’s Free by Baz Luhrmann

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI]

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99 ….
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing everyday that scares you Sing Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself. Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.. Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth. But trust me on the sunscreen…

I’d like to share with you another song which I also find extremely motivational/uplifting for your enjoyment, it’s called Push by Pharoahe Monch.

Push by Pharoahe Monch

Pushin’, pushin’, pushin’, pushin’

I live my life
One day at a time
Whoa my head
So I don’t lose my mind
Sometimes you might fall down
But you get back up
Get on your journey
Yeah, keep on pushin’
Pushin’, pushin’, pushin’

I walked downstairs
And my body’s light
Done pushed my struggles
Endured my pride
I fear no man
I know wrong from right
We push until the day we see the light
And we keep on pushin’
Pushin’, pushin’, pushin’

Your weak-ass compubot power shots mix fly over me
My accurate jabs connect like rotary
Make you notice me, be like:
“Damn, dudes on some totally when he rides the bass line like Ginóbili”
I’m vocally unmatched, nobly
With the flow, slow on the ground
But mo’ public than notary
Push, in this era of G.W. Bush
We must load mental ammunition and bust
Thus, I’m a hold you down, I got you
One more repetition I’m a spot you
This is for my blue collar workin’, beer guzzlin’
Bootleg, DVD sellin’, keep hustling
Push, if you represent the struggle then push
Peep the pieces of the puzzle and push
Never let ‘em place a muzzle just push

Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
(Push, push, push, push)

The final song I’d like to share with you is another one of my all-time favourites.

Lucky Man - The Verve

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qujfdzLJPyU]

It’s like
It’s like
It’s like

Happiness, more or less
It’s just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my

Happiness, coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know just where I am

But how many corners do I have to turn?
How many times do I have to learn
All the love I have is in my mind?

Well, I’m a lucky man
With fire in my hands

Happiness, something in my own place
I’m stood here naked
Smiling, I feel no disgrace
With who I am

Happiness, coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know just who I am

And how many corners do I have to turn?
How many times do I have to learn
All the love I have is in my mind?

I hope you understand
I hope you understand

You know
You know
You know

Happiness, more or less
It’s just a change in me
Something in my liberty

Happiness, coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know

Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my

Gotta love that’ll never die
Gotta love that’ll never die
No, no

Oh, oh, oh, I’m a lucky man

It’s just a change in me
Something in my liberty
It’s just a change in me
Something in my liberty

It’s just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my

It’s just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my

I hope you have enjoyed this music.