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Songs with a Purpose Autism Acceptance Streamraiser: 2021 Compilation Album

by Songs with a Purpose

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I know I’ve got a crooked smile And my feet turn out when i walk I know i always have a stain on my shirt And my s’s sound funny when i talk I know i tend to repeat myself But would it count if i only said it once? I wrote this song so i could see myself In the verse and the chorus and it goes like La la la la I’m a dandelion weed La la la la I paint an orange yellow scene La la la la They don’t want me on the green But I come back every spring A dandelion in a rose filled world I’m a dress wearing tomboy kind of girl I’ve got my own way of being and i like to smile So if you want to laugh, let’s hang a while I like my oatmeal cold and my coffee hot I get angry fast but i forgive a lot I gave my heart to God in 2004 I don’t tend to dwell on the past anymore La la la la I’m a dandelion weed La la la la I paint an orange yellow scene La la la la They don’t want me on the green But I come back every spring Can’t get rid of me
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I don’t know what I want All I know is I want to be loved Whether I speak it into existence, or it’s gifted from the stars above But everyone I meet seems to break my heart and drag it through the streets And now I’ve become a tundra, when all I want is to feel some heat I just want to be happy I just want to be your everything So whoever you are, Please dial the number you see on your screen I just want to be happy I just want to be happy I just want to be happy But that’s not something I know how to be I don’t know what you want All I know is I want to love you My heart gets wrapped up in daydreams but darling, that’s all it can do When my head kills itself over the things that aren’t but might I hope that we can make it to the other side of the night I just want you to be happy I just want to be your everything You know you have my number, So call me whenever you’re free I just want you to be happy (Believe me, I want that too) I just want you to be happy (I know this is nothing new) I just want you to be happy But that’s not something I know how to do
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I can’t speak clearly even when asked to clarify Clear my throat my shit still raspy is it fair if I Ask you what makes you happy we could be here all day I don’t mind I got time I’d rather listen than talk I wanna take a walk Down memory lane That’s better than me trying to sit here and explain this brain I wanna save you the pain That shit runs deep in me Trust me you might be able to understand if I’m lucky but then again you do know me very well I can tell You read me better than the author Everyday I just gotta thank my heavenly father For the way he made his daughter He took his time with you More time then I take to respond This process in my mind Got me wanting to press replay on the shit I say My message I can never convey I rather lay And stare in your eyes And pretend we have all the time In the world It don’t work like that As a matter of fact I wish I could get time back Better yet I wanna press fast forward Speed up the growth It might reduce the pain Of living through each day Hoping tomorrow I can make it to the promise land Its not looking to promisin Clouded head I can’t see the sun Where’d you go? I can’t see the sun Where’d you go? I can’t see sunshine I can’t see sunrise Sunset on them brown eyes I got my heart ripped out my chest Tried my best to stop the bleeding for you For you (x2) Yea you know it’s Peezy in here You know it by the way that I ride this beat I’m too easy wit So don’t tease me wit it I told babe We in the front seat but now we both backstage Love her by the way that she says my name Or when she calls me babe Or even by the way that she walks on pavement Lips nose teeth eyes amazing Hot day she my lemonade Scratch that she my drumstick from the ice cream truck 2010 tuesday Ion care about what you say I miss conversations Wit lil shawty daily Can’t relate to pain I felt when baby Had to lose my baby Stupid that I thought that I could hide my sins in shadows Building my own battles Now all that I do is think bout milkshake dates And games we played We laid all day in shade It shake my head up like a rattle I’m like a baby to a rattle Head up in the clouds I’m Clouded Issa Cloudy day I can’t see sunshine I can’t see sunrise Sunset on them brown eyes I got my heart ripped out my chest Tried my best to stop the bleeding for you For you (x4) What a day What a day Another day of trying to convince myself I’m ok Another day gon to waste Because there was no money I made Nothing funny about today More hell raise than holy praise More lonely days on the way Fighting fire with fire That’s the only way
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Constantly tired cause I’m constantly moving baby Making excuses to get you into my room I’m getting tired of these games we’ve been playing lately But stop me if you think that this is all way too soon Are we moving too fast? Throw on some Kanye and put your love on lockdown Remember you told me that this time would be the last I can’t get enough of you, we’re in too deep to stop now But please slow down baby, I think I just need to ask This can’t be love but don’t call it a waste of time We’ll play pretend and I’ll love you just for the night
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ur slowly melting around ppl u claim to like if they like u so much, why are they okay with u dying? im slowly fading away, why wont u love me back? ive cried for u all night, why wont u just call me ur baby? i cant seem to find my way back to a time before u wrapped ur arm around me in the cold brought by winter but the alcohol on ur breath stung my nose and throat i couldnt stand it any longer so i left u on ur own. u didnt even care i guess i get where ur coming from, u had sweat in ur hair i ran my fingers thru every strand. i cannot believe, what u mean to me. ur breath smells like lime, this happens every time but i can’t seem to find my way back to a time before u drank away ur problems in the cold brought by winter, but the alcohol in my mouth warmed my entire body now i understand ur point of view, all thats left to say is im sorry.
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It’s been a long night But I am finally sleeping alright It’s been a long time coming I hope you take this in stride I thought that I ran away Because I needed some space I thought I’d come back one day But as it turns out I like things this way Well as a matter of fact I am not coming back As much as I’d like to It is not right to This is not an attack Don’t you take it like that I don’t want to hurt you But I don’t believe you It’s not been easy Deciding to leave you all behind But if you saw what I see You might just understand why I know that you’re gonna miss me And for you I feel mutually But this house to which you cleave Is no longer big enough for me Well as a matter of fact I am not your dad I know that you want me But you cannot have me
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I’ve been feeling smaller than the smallest kid I knew when I was five. Paying close attention to the way I feel when everything feels fine. And if I showed a picture of the way my brain looks now to yesterday. Surely it’d convince me just how suddenly the stubbornness can change. Things are things are things are good. If this isn’t nice, what is? Hurry then get dressed I pull the sheet over my head and I lie I cant seem to pause Full effect and yet no cause Shut my eyes I can take my time I can decide I can pay no mind But rarely do I Things are things are things are good. If this isn’t nice, what is? The rarest moments, sweet Feel like lifetimes between me And reasons why. But the moments I repeat Are the moments I don’t need Stuck in mind. (But things are things are things are good. If this isn’t nice, what is?) The grimmest thoughts I keep Are painting primrose places deep With shades of night. And the messed up things I think Are messing up the nights I need To even try. If things are things are things are good. And if this isn’t nice, what is? I’m Things are things are things are good. If this isn’t nice, what is?

about

This is a compilation of original songs (both studio versions and live performances) by artists who performed on the Songs with a Purpose Autism Acceptance Streamraiser, a charity livestream music festival, which took place on April 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 2021, that raised money for The Musical Autist, a nonprofit organization creating platforms for autistic culture and advocacy through community music therapy, and Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), a nonprofit organization run by and for autistic people, created to serve the autistic community by advocating for systems change and ensuring that the voices of autistic people are heard in policy debates and the halls of power.

This compilation album is meant to serve as further promotion for the artists who performed on the streamraiser, and the immense talent they all have, as well as a means to raise even more money for these great autism-centric organizations.

If you want more information on what these organizations are doing and how you can help, outside of buying our compilation album, please visit the links down below.

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TMA:

themusicalautist.org

www.facebook.com/themusicalautist
www.instagram.com/themusicalautist/
www.instagram.com/elevatingautisticmusicians/


ASAN:

autisticadvocacy.org
secure.everyaction.com/uEXr_TqeBkqmQMlvi7itXg2 (DONATE)

www.facebook.com/AutisticAdvocacy
twitter.com/autselfadvocacy
www.instagram.com/autisticselfadvocacy/

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The Autism Acceptance streamraiser and subsequent compilation album are sponsored by Songs with a Purpose (SWAP): a non-profit coalition, where creativity meets philanthropy; where musicians come together to utilize their art for good and help those in need. 

credits

released April 13, 2021

Dandelion: originally from “Jennifer Msumba,” by Jennifer Msumba

Extra (Live): originally performed by Mathilda Khadira

She Knows: originally released as a single, by Chloé Hayden

Mama Mountains: originally from “Mess of a Mind,” by Bel Holiday (feat. Mamoon)

The Final Goodbye: originally from “Orange,” by Will Karambelas

Mountain of Life (Live): originally performed by Will Swartz

Together as One (Live): originally performed by Sunny Cefaratti

I Want You (To Be Happy): originally released as a single, by Mitchell Matthews

Cloudy: originally from “What a Day,” by Zoie Magic (feat. Peezy)

idk yet: originally by Ghost to Ghost

How Does It Feel?: originally released as a single, by CORI

Are We Moving Too Fast?: originally from “The Move,” by Malibu ’92

winter drinking: originally released as a single, by TOM

Love Hurts (Live): originally performed by David Figueroa

7:00 (Live): originally performed by Onyekaorise

meant2be (Live): originally performed by Kelly Sova

loving lake: originally released as a single, by Clover

Not Coming Back: originally released as a single, by Carley Sunn

Things Are Good: originally from “Mutability,” by Hudson Freeman

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