Digital Program
Original music inspired by Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle
presents
Original Music Inspired by
Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower
November 9, 2024
at Hugo House
Special thanks to presenting partner Seattle Public Library for generous support
Additional thanks to event partners Clarion West & Wa Na Wari
Hosted by Amber Flame
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Featuring Musical Performances from
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Helen America
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Reggie Garrett & Christine Gunn
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Original Music Inspired by Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower
PERFORMER-PROVIDED LYRICS
Rights to all song lyrics ©/℗ the individual artists, reprinted here—exactly as submitted—with permission
Nottingham & Wicks
Earthseed Destiny
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(4-bar intro)
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Walking, walking
Gathering like stones
One by one we’ve grown
This is no world for being alone in
Must take root among the stars
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Together, together
Digging in the dirt
Measuring our worth
Love is what our destiny’s sown in
Must take root among the stars
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So we hang on to our feelings of hope
Instead of dread and despair
All we’ve got helping us to cope
Is the change and truth we all share
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Survival—
How to protect and defend
Gotta reshape and transcend
Need to make friends with our shadows
We must revel in our scars
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-solo- (x2)
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So we hang on to our feelings of hope
Instead of dread and despair
All we’ve got helping us to cope
Is the change and truth we all share
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Revival—
Among the ashes and bone
Acorn seeds are thrown
This is no world for being alone in
Must take root among the stars
(vamp)
Vince Martinez
I Feel You
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When I was just a child
If we were forced out to the wild
I knew we wouldn’t have a clue
So when things came unraveled
had my pack set for my travels
Was ready for the move
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Hold my thoughts dont talk about it
Though I know one day I’ll shout it
Preachers pulpit and the truth
Cause I keep this seed within me
And hope you will forgive me
Just know that I feel you
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Is this world filled with devils
Are they survivors or they rebels
Sell their soul for a shoe
Do they delight in the fire
Burn it bright for their desire
Painted face what behind you
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Weren’t you all once my neighbors
Now all I see is are stranger strangers
A sea of danger coming due
I’ll keep my family by me
Don’t you dare to dare try me
Despite the right I feel you
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All this violence and pain
It’s the name of this game
And I refuse to lose
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I don’t claim to know it all
But I think I’ll survive this fall
Cause I still I feel you
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God is change but you can change it
Fold it, mold it, rearrange it
It doesn’t care it’s not fair to you
And while I didn’t stumble on it
It feels as though I ought to own it
And take it to the moon
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It’s hard to trust another person
It’s the worst type of burden
Will they stay or betray you
Are they the base of basic instincts
Or are they true and truly distinct
Either way I feel you
