This song has some really deep meaning as well as it has a good feel of sound.
I had been thinking about performing the song, but this week's theme just gave me the needed push to go ahead... "Ethics + Freedom"
It talks about the Policeman and the Prison guard who treat the prisoner in a depraved manner. It then shows that the person who thinks of himself as free is perhaps as well a prisoner in some way. In this case it talks about the "free man" still being under the clutches of the politician and those who hold power.
So it admonishes him that thinks he's free to actually reason and realize that both the free and the imprisoned are actually still prisoners in some respect.
And so in the song the supposed prisoner is asking the Jailer why he keeps calling him a prisoner when they are in fact both "prisoners".
This song is a true work of poetry by Asa. A very beautiful musical story.
In the quest of being a good man and claiming to have freedom, remember that no one is truly a "stand-alone island", free to do as he/she wishes.
Perhaps that's the twist between Ethics and Freedom!
Enjoy the piece!
Lyrics:
I'm in chains, you're in chains too
I wear uniforms and you wear uniforms too
I'm a prisoner
You're a prisoner too, Mr. Jailer
Oh
I have fears, you have fears too
I will die, but yourself will die too
Life is beautiful
Don't you think so too, Mr. Jailer?
I'm talking to you jailer!
Stop calling me a prisoner
Let he who is without sin be the first to cast the stone
Mr. Jailer
Mr. Jailer man
You suppress all my strategies
You oppress whoa whoa every part of me
What you don't know
You're a victim too, Mr. Jailer
Oh!
You don't care about my point of view
If I die another will work for you
So you treat me like a modern slave, Mr. Jailer
I'm talking to you jailer!
Stop calling me a prisoner
Let he who is without sin be the first to cast the stone
Mr. Jailer
Mr. Jailer man
You see
If you walking in a market place
Don't throw stones
Even if you do, you just might hit one of your own
Life is not about your policies
All the time
So you better rearrange your philosophies
And be good to your fellow man, Jailer!
Stop calling me a prisoner
Let he who is without sin be the first to cast the stone
Mr. Jailer
Oh, I'm talking to you jailer!
Stop calling me a prisoner
Let he who is without sin be the first to cast the stone
Mr. Jailer
Mr. Jailer
I hear my baby say
I wanna be president
I want your money
From my government
What he don't know, what he would know, what he can know
(Jailer) Jailer (Jailer) Jailer
Oh be good whoa, be good whoa, be good woah
Somebody be good whoa, be good whoa, be good
Oh oh be good whoa, be good whoa, be good whoa (Jailer, Jailer)
Saxophone: Proel Eflat Alto Saxophone
Reed: Rico 2.5 (Modified)
Mouthpiece: Generic Jazz Metallic mouthpiece
Microphone: Behringer C3
Edited and Mixed on: Audacity
Backtrack Source: AfricaKaraoke
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