about
this is a song about keeping calm in the midst of chaos.
we're living in a time where our government is bitterly divided, there's a pandemic that has shut down the world (except in Dallas, FFS), and a
sore loser who, rather than concede an election, decided to incite insurrection. at the time of this writing, the POTUS is about to be impeached for a second time in 2 years!
because he lost, our country is on the verge of another Civil War, only stupider.
everything is burning is an observation, nothing more.
police are murdering unarmed Black people on video, while DC police are taking selfies with marauders in the Capitol seige.of duty cops are seen wearing t-shirts emblazoned with "CIVIL WAR II"across the front, while everyone holds their breath waiting for POTUS's next, latest outrage.
this song is a call to turn off that BS, get up off the couch, and move!
dance like everyone is watching
confront "Karen"before she calls the cops
turn the music UP!
DANCE!
lyrics
REACHING HIGHER
Music by Vernon/ Lyrics by Vernon & Elizah
Everything is burning. Better get up and run
The crazy keeps a’comin. And it prolly has a gun
WAIT! Can’t call the police. Babe I thought you knew
The time is now for waking up ‘cause we got work to do
Got to move your body cause it feels so good
Go ‘head cause a ruckus Girl. I wish you would
Dancin’ to the music like it’s Hollywood
Time to get to business. Let the music grant your wishes
Take you higher higher higher
Higher higher higher
Got to be reaching higher higher higher
Higher higher higher
I’m sick of being broke. Tired of all the pain
The system’s working overtime to make us lonely and insane
Things you thought were certain, they’re dying all around
Let’s call out all the liars and let’s tear the system down HEY
Got to move your body cause it feels so good
Go ‘head cause a ruckus Girl. I wish you would
Dancin’ to the music like it’s Hollywood
Time to get to business. Let the music grant your wishes
Take you higher higher higher
You know you got to be REACHING HIGHER higher higher
Higher higher higher
Higher higher higher
Guitar solo
What has happened to your money? What has happened to your time?
Where is your motivation? What has happened to your mind?
There’s NO such thing as money
There’s NO such thing as gold
There’s NO such thing as a revelation ‘cause all we got is soul
Got to move your body cause it feels so good
Go ‘head cause a ruckus Girl. I wish you would
Dancin’ to the music like it’s Hollywood
Got to move your body cause it feels so good
Go ‘head cause a ruckus Girl. I wish you would
Dancin’ to the music like it’s Hollywood
Time to get to business. Let the music grant your wishes
Take you higher
credits
from
The Sticky Live Funk,
released December 23, 2020
lead vocals: Vernon Williams
background vocals: Vernon and Amy
guitars: VW
bass: Daniel Mench-Thurlow
drums: Keith Fallis
percussion: Angela Gabriel
trombone: Micah J. Hood
tenor sax: Daniel Mench-Thurlow
keyboards: Christopher Sydney Ishee
written and produced by
Vernon W. and Amy Lindquist
Engineered by: Kabby Kabakoff
Mixed by: Peter Larkin
Mastered by: Will Dyer
all tracks recorded at Kabby Sound Studios, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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