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Ben Harper

I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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Existence Song Writing
The spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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God Knees Thanks
Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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Life Longest Picture Take
Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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Enemy Mean Rose
Folk is bare bones music.
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Bare Bones Folks
I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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Become Easy Person Walks
I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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Doing Feels Want
As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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Song Strong Thinking
I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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Bones Lightning Sunset
You have to do what you believe in.
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Believe Self Love Trust
Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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Fall Relationship Resist Temptation
My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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Head Music Work
Now that you’ve grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we’ll never make it out alive…
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Alive Children World
Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can’t explain But I faithfully remain.
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Battle Lost Waste
We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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Cream Crop Crops Shows
It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can’t return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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Boys Discovery Lesson Life

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