Runnin’ Right Beside You is a song about the freedom of potential movement forward after the grand pause of a pandemic.
With an aggressive reframe and a push to immediately implement green technologies using indigenous knowledge that we are servants of the land, imagine what the future could look like!
Our leaders are not leading, and people are in a state of unrest. Here in so-called Canada, our government drags its feet on getting clean drinking water into all indigenous communities and on proper management of waste (our garbage could be being properly cared for and re-used for energy such as in cities such as Stockholm).
Our government has also dragged its feet around the truth of residential schools for years, and has not fulfilled even a fraction of the calls to action of the TRC which was launched in 2008.
THIS DON’T FEEL RIGHT
I CAN’T DREAM AT NIGHT
MY LEADERS DON’T LEAD.
lyrics
When this whole thing is done we'll be runnin'
I'll be runnin with you too
Kickin up the dust we'll run and run
And I'll be runnin right beside you
Well this feels like five steps forward
And six steps back
Like falling apart and then
Crawling back onto the track
And gettin frustrated
Watchin hope fade
Waitin on leadership
That plays charades
Like
You take the shot
But we're not sure what's up
This is the viral version of best of luck
And nobody knows
Cuz science is still growing up
And the medicine we call on
Is just a young pup
When this whole thing is done we'll be runnin'
I'll be runnin with you too
YEA
Kickin up the dust we'll run and run
And I'll be runnin right beside you
YEA YEA YEA
When this whole thing is done we'll be runnin'
I'll be runnin with you too
YEA
Kickin up the dust we'll run and run
And I'll be runnin right beside you
This don't feel right
I can't DREAM at night
My leaders don't lead
credits
from Running Right Beside You,
released August 20, 2021
Written & Produced by Kinnie Starr
Additional Production & Mix by Lin Gardiner @ The Sound Garden Retreat
