how to win

from dig deep by charlie otto

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No matter how hard they try
They can’t hold the waters back
Like a wave that has come for the shore
We’re inevitable and when we decide
That we’re fighting for the lives
Of the least of us, then we’ve won

In this land, we have soldiers
To righteously defend
What we killed for and stole not too long ago
So before I decide that I’m owed a better life
I can wonder whose bodies its built upon

No matter how hard you play you will always lose a game
Called exploit everyone who has less than you
And I say when we decide that we’re fighting for the lives
Of the least of use, then we’ve won

For some, there’s no war, one can’t wait to help themselves
And no thought they should spare for the damage done
We’ll find it hard to make them quit
As long as we keep paying them
To provide every spoil that a war can buy

No matter how hard you wage, the spoils go to waste
And the lives you uprooted start dragging on you
And only when we decide to include them in the price
Will the things we buy be enough

There are those who build walls to divide us left and right
For they know that their castles are made of sand

No matter how high they build
They can’t hold the waters back
Like a wave that has come for the shore
We’re inevitable and as we embrace
The smaller lives, we will gain their power and smash
Every wall, and they will fall, freeing all of us

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from dig deep, released December 9, 2017

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charlie otto Chicago, Illinois

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chicago electronic music

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Cole's

Chicago, IL
May 4

Martyrs'

Chicago, IL
May 18

Mayfest

Chicago, IL
May 24

summer camp: solshine

Chillicothe, IL

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