This Is A Song About Hope

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By Kevin Alan Lamb

We close ourselves from the world when we need to be open
I put these words on paper to be sung by those still hoping
For better days and a better way with men and women that say what they mean and mean what the say

It can’t be so hard sing it with me one time
H – o – p – e, for all boys and girls to be born free
H – e – l – p, from blessed people like you and me
C – a – r – e, for depressed souls given the chance to decide what to be

To open your heart you must first open your eyes
One man’s fortune and blue skies do so little for the man damned in thunderstorms who cries
Vision comes with a price
It’s hard to want to save the world and always play nice

It can’t be so hard sing it with me one time
L – o – v – e, for all the boys and girls that never knew it
T – i – m – e, from blessed people to help them get through it
C – a – r – e, for the less fortunate and our commitment to them.

We close ourselves from the world when we need to be open
I put these words on paper to be sung by those still hoping
For better days and a better way with men and women that say what they mean and mean what the say

It can’t be so hard to change the way people think and feel
Most of us don’t know real problems – too busy confusing fiction for what is real

Why is it so hard? Sing it with me one time
H – o – p – e, for all boys and girls to be born free
H – e – l – p, from blessed people like you and me
C – a – r – e, for depressed souls given the chance to one-day decide what to be.

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By Kevin Alan Lamb

With flowers in her hair no timid man would dare to steal a kiss, on lips that remind that love will never be lost, only missed. Spring is the time for flowers — life is in the air, it is in our blood, in our eccentric celebrations — stare if you must. We run wild and playful as we dance from the streets to the grassy fields and the Electric Forest.

We celebrate our love of music and each other while the moment is before us. Dreams lived while fools throw their wishes down a well. Song and dance is the perfect trance-like concoction. Our happiness and joy the cleanest intoxication. You will never take us from the music we love — we are addicts — to the perfect drug. It gives far more than it takes; unites us around the world and in a single place. The head and the heart – the best part of being so imperfectly human no matter how far we stray from the smiles on our faces, like home- there are places within ourselves we must always return while some must learn more about the way we feel, the way we love, and the healing power of a hug.

Some find the music we love with people we love and we laugh at the world and the trivial problems that we let bring us down.We scream lyrics that have carried us through the thick and the thin, the real shit of it all. We dance wild into sweat and exhaustion and we do it together because each other is all we really have in any of this.

Everything will return to the earth but our memories are everlasting, they will live on in the world around us, in the people we love and even some we barely know. Because that’s what living is — and we live hard, with our hearts, with our care, with our conscience and with an understanding that all life is precious and freedom should not be a commodity – even though it is. So to free others we must come together and form a community of the world – the United Fucking Planet! One love. And we must keep living hard together. Better together. Jack Johnson is a righteous man. Most people listen to that song and think it’s about a man and a woman, a romance, a relationship… not me. I prefer to believe it’s about mankind. Our species.

Happiness is best shared so we sing, we dance, we bleed, and we rejoice together because we are healing the world the best we can: The best we know how. We’re not waiting for a bill to be passed, or salvation to be showered from above. It all starts with us! And why not? Wouldn’t you rather control your destiny? With your own two hands.

We go to school, read books, write papers, get jobs, maybe start a family, then what?

I insist on more! Let us inspire radical change one hug at a time. Fear is our enemy. The darkness is fueled by fear, but love will prevail if an army in the form of an uprising for all that is good… all that is fair assembles and refuses to be defeated!

It starts with choice – choice and commitment. Though difficult–seemingly impossible for some– there is no mountain unclimbed with choice and commitment. Have you ever believed in something so much that it hurt? Believed in something enough to know nothing else really mattered without it? Our lives are filled with relative truths, needs and circumstance. The more we conform, the less we live, the deeper we bury ourselves in our trivial relative circumstances.

So we must live hard! With the people we love. Whether that is in Michigan or Hawaii is irrelevant. Life is to be lived both near and far and love to be given here and there. We must celebrate without compromising the well-being of others. We must live and lead by example and change each other if we have any hope in changing the world. It must start with ourselves: with me; with you; with the entitled; with the entitled; with the wealthy and with the poor.

There is no escaping our divine need for positive growth! I was cognisant of my use of growth over change. The notion of change is smeared with politics; with hate; with fear; ignorance and apathy. So we must grow; and growth must occur within before we let it out.

We will grow together if we help each other get better. We are in dire need of healing. We are a depressed, lonely, and vengeful people. By no means is it all we are; and by no means does it define us; but darkness is among us and if it’s in one of us it is within all of us.

Another excerpt from “Just Living on Caffeine, Dreams and Love.”

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By Kevin Alan Lamb

Without senses I could not perceive the traces of the ocean my soul wished to leave behind for others who did not ever see, touch or taste its beauty

Without insisting, who knows if they’d ever even know what they’ve been missing, like bearing witness to shooting stars without wishing

Because wishes and dreams fill the seas that never sleep

In their own right, gargantuan mountains to climb so steep

But once tantalized with even a peek of a sunrise dare you deprive your only two eyes of the sight that knows not lies or deceit, only purity of a new day rising, such beauty uncompromising

It’s time you set your eyes on sites that keep us up nights

Just to behold their beauty everlasting

Like an angel casting his line for us men and women to see

Perhaps even believe that there is more than what we merely perceive

That once given life, it would never leave, and traces of your time spent on this planet earth would always loom and reside and be sprinkled upon land and the seven seas as far wide as even an elephant sees, because an elephant never forgets and what man does not know he can’t ever expect and what is unexpected will never need to be resurrected, because once is enough and it will fill lifetimes of memories and creations and realizations that everything we could ever wish to create was made possible the moment we were given birth and a name and enough courage to roll the dice and offer hope to this game of life and a constant battle between darkness and light, blindness and sight, goodness and spite

So with our chance we set our sails west and pray for wind because without it we will be consumed by the waves created by those who sinned too often and never with any regret because they either didn’t care or expect action to be met with reaction as if things were made increasingly slippery with traction

But where is reason in this stormy season and our plight to avoid flight and stay upright atop these mighty tidal waves and be the flicker of light that saves the story from ending just yet because it can’t ever be just what they expect we must endure and continue to prevail or the goodness in all of us will have already failed and I am not the type who sets to sea simply to say that he has sailed.

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We’re not famous but we will be soon

By Kevin Alan Lamb

We’re not famous but we will be soon, known for bringing the world good news!
We’re not famous yet but we’re changing the way people think and feel
We’re just regular people that listened to Bob Marley and the Beatles and wanted to make their lyrics real
We’re not perfect but we try our best to shine positive light on those who need and deserve it
Have you ever dreamed a dream then chased it?
Have you ever made a wish then created it?
Have you ever listened to a song and felt it was written for you?
Have you ever believed in something enough that you would die for it?
We carry Good Signs because someone had to
We carry Good Signs because people are desperately searching for them
We carry Good Signs because people love them
We carry Good Signs because – really – they carry us
Do you love making people smile?
Do you love making people laugh?
Do you love not good but great things that last?
Do you wish to heal others and perhaps repent your past?
We’re not famous but we will be soon
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be known for celebrating with the world and bringing good news?
We’re not famous but we’re changing the way people think and feel
We’re just regular people that listened to Bob Marley and the Beatles and felt their lyrics enough to make them real.

 

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Too much and not enough

By Kevin Alan Lamb

Too much to do and not enough time

Let it all go and put down some rhymes
Words will sit on paper and carry on long after I’m gone
Even the best of love only lasts so long

Too much to do and too little sleep to dream
A day dreamer eludes the boiling hot sun and its gleam
She pushes your buttons so it’s time to tap them keys
I may be a foolish man but ill never mistake wants for needs

From ink on paper to fingers on screen
Only 28 years in — the things I have seen
Finding my style and stumbling into routine
Just getting started and it’s about time oceans parted

Rip open the heavens and bless the earth
Whiskey , women and wine inside a man instill the need to curse
When the great gates open and your creator judges I hope you remembered to rehearse
Or make one last prayer that it’s all just a dream and out walks a scantly dressed nurse

Too much to do and not enough time
So lets take the whiskey, women and wine and find a beach mighty fine
Let it all go and feel the world below
Tonight the stars become the gazers I hope you enjoy the show.

 

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The Space Between Heaven and Earth

By Kevin Alan Lamb

Stars fill the space between heaven and earth

How often we gaze upon their allure in wonder before our final resting place in a hearse

Some gain inspiration from their beauty and burning from lifetimes come and past, while others never stop gazing only to quickly learn that belief in and of itself isn’t enough to make dreams last

Soon I will gaze upon the great landscape where the ocean meets the sky

Despite the intervals of time between our last meeting I always return to the coast right when my soul longs for it the most

I am thirsty for the cascading waves, pushed and pulled by the bright-white shinning moon

How I long for a deep an endless ocean that reminds me how insignificant single lifetimes can or cannot be

Beneath the aching stars that paint the night sky, no longer do I seek answers to questions about my capability to inspire hearts and minds both far and wide

It hasn’t happened overnight but I have realized my destiny and purpose on this beautiful blue earth

It hasn’t been easy but I have made tremendous progress, yet, still I know this is just the beginning

I am too hard on myself is the lesson I’ve most recently digested

Life is extraordinary but rarely is experience experienced as expected

No longer do I long for a reciprocal pair of eyes to be consumed by

I have unburdened myself of the weight of romantic love and expectations

That’s not to say that I don’t seek it

It doesn’t mean that I have stopped believing in it

But my hopes and dreams are more grand than the one I love and to whom next I sleep

I have decided to heal the world you see

Because when I starred upon the sea and the stars I noticed that they were staring back at me

Recognition from the source of endless imagination, aspiration and inspiration

No longer could I sit and wonder if I had what it took to make a difference

In that moment I knew I could resist the resistance

Swim upstream with just a spec of hope to change the way the current flows

Breathe less air in my struggle upstream so others could breathe more and begin to believe

Because before all things we must believe in ourselves

And today I am inching closer to the coast that helped imprint a grand design upon my life

My soul begins to dance as I close my eyes and picture the spectacular sight

Perceived problems melt away as my toes curl in the hot, coarse sand

Before I even taste a drink I am intoxicated by the salty ocean breeze that brings tingles to my knees

I consider what it would be like to be a blind man that breathes in the aroma of an ocean he never sees

I consider those who haven’t the blessing or circumstance to swim in the sea

But it doesn’t make me sad because if they wish to they will

Soon, I am moving to an island in the middle of a great ocean

It seems like a notion I read in a book or watched in a movie

I am a beach bum at heart so the island life will never really be new to me

Or maybe it will

I am certain it will be precious

I am thankful that hard work and love has blessed us

Perhaps one day you’ll be staring at the stars lying on the beach next to us.

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Bob Dylan

By Kevin Alan Lamb

I’ve sprinted and stumbled, proclaimed and mumbled, and all the while never strayed too far from a smile
We try and find our way but it doesn’t happen overnight
Living is a journey so I recommend a tent and hiking boots
Release the fear that hides behind all things you choose
Bring a knife if it will bring you comfort and safety
The road ahead is many things but I assure you it is not for the lazy
Hard rains will try and drown you in the night
Sirens will sing for you to sell your soul and you just might
Blues will blanket you like the sunshine you forgot the feel of
Doubt will brood within and trick you into thinking answers lie in empty bottles of whiskey, gin and sin
Loved ones and their grace will fade away without a trace if you let them
Lighting will crash and boom on your hopes and plans and sunny afternoons
Lust will insist truth exists in a pair of lips and a kiss
Logic will scorn you for your flee from reason and willingness to commit treason against your goals and best intentions for a moments bliss in ascension towards an illusion masked by a spectacular pair of tits
Looming light will lead you left when the way is right
Lasting darkness will blind you of the sunrise to come in the morning
Learning is the realization that it is difficult to stay dry when the dark-skies insist upon pouring
Insist they will and insist they wont, wonder and risk, for some a do and a don’t
But what of you and your desires to explore the world, it’s oasis’ and fires?
Bathe in healing waters shed from tears above in kingdoms in the sky
Burn in holy fires — burning your breath as you stop to wonder and ask why there are so many admirers?
Breakaway from certainty, limitation, and hesitation and take a dive into an ocean of imagination
Be better than the blues from which you bled and were bruised
Build belief from relief of the evasion of thieves and their bloodied and rolled up sleeves
Bitch and moan no more for those keeping score it reads fuck you I’m out the door!

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By Kevin Alan Lamb

Standing at the edge of the world, looking into your eyes in the great distance

Always drawn to the part of you, that moves the part me, to this place so close to the ocean and stars

I have always felt you in my heart, despite your absence in my physical space and consciousness

Little time is spent wondering, however, where you are, or why you still remain between the horizon and where the ocean meets the sand

I will not rearrange my plans and change for you

Because I would not ask you to do the same

A man’s visions and missions are like a heat signature forged to his being, releasing an energy that only certain souls can perceive and endure

Certainty is not of place and time, rather commitment of heart and mind

The decision to bear the blessing and burden of pursuing your dreams and full potential of your abilities

When considering needs, a certain type of man needs both less and more

Less material, but miles and mountains more of everything else

Experiences, friendships, smiles, laughs, goals, sweat, responsibilities, and love

Love is in all things despite our desire for it to be fulfilled in one

A fool trades that which he loves, for that which he thinks he needs

Music in my heart reminds me of the journey both long, adventurous, and fulfilling before me

My skin and bones will fail before my heart and mind

I will conquer fear with hope, and not be deterred but motivated by struggle and strife

Celebrate adversity with apparent freedom and the unbounded possibility it encourages

Focus amidst thunder and lightning, fixate your eyes on tangible feats through pouring rain

Pain is proof of your desire to achieve

Belief brings the broken and beaten, back to life

Discover what it is you love about yourself, before you seek it in the world

Move yourself and embrace the reciprocal movement of inspiration from others

Remember the stars you gazed upon as a child, and never voluntarily tame your soul, if it was created wild.

By Eric Hampton

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By Kevin Alan Lamb (@ShaggyLamb)

The music sings to my defeated cells

They will never perish, but the soul and spirit in words sung from the depth of a passionate heart infuse life

Frustration wears on the weary, but clearly this no tragedy

Hope whistles the tune of sweet summer love under blue sky in the afternoon

Words will their way into my heart and birth belief as it were intended from the start

Cadence calms a mind that tires a soul from running from sea to shore

Rhythm reminds to reminisce and rejoice over the mountains we have stood atop

Harmony helps hold on to the notion of peace, love, and balance

Each new song announces another chance to turn it all around, or be thankful for progress made

A smile ensues when even the Blues beckon for good news just around the corner

Music is my moral muse and in its wonder lies the blessing to never have to choose.

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By Kevin Alan Lamb

Can you like next to her and give her your heart?

You know the answer but does that make you any less sincere with your good intentions?

Is shared affection and genuine care not enough, if your love you spare?

Why must it be the good suffer alone while the wretched tear us into two?

Please don’t misunderstand these questions as a result of you

I am the way I am because of the man I am and the life I have lived, in the world I live in

Conditioned by conditions, conditioning those who are attracted by a similar light

Simultaneously the best and worst heart, mind, and soul you could meet

While I do not sword fight with lies and deceit, not everything is as plain as we can see

Moved by mountains greater than the likes of you and I

Driven to endure, ascend, inspire and fly

There is no doubt our skins and bones are carved from the same stones

But like variables in an infinite math equation, my genetics insist I enlist every ounce of my heart despite the sweetness of a particular kiss

Wake each day certain your path has only just begun

Fall asleep each night knowing not only your but the dreams of millions are in sight

Vision connotates a mission of pain and excellence, suffering and glory

Relativity is realized in the hanging balance between today and tomorrow, where despite hard work and progress, debts grow from that which we’ve borrowed

Nothing will ever be the same, and perhaps it never was

Rock and roll fuels fingertips as they rise and dip on keys worn from a life lived hanging on a thread

Sleep becomes a rare escape from the desired realized dreams in your head

Will and wonder ignite the ability to persevere through daily blunders as the man

Wanting the world but content with each debit card not rejected

Slowing in the rain in fear this be the moment your architecture wasted as a brilliance is unrealized, sudden crash unexpected

Certain to be an anomaly, learning to embrace those fond of me, still without answer for those who will never be my tiny dancer

A righteous path that the house in Vegas is betting will last

Past indiscretion leveraged against a road ahead, reminding yourself to never forget, blood bled.

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By Kevin Alan Lamb

The man in me is free and will always be

The music in the man is his right hand that lifts him each time he falls

Before all great men fly they must learn to crawl

Passion is pure and the only cure to the darkness and sin money lure

Hope is a beacon of light so bright it makes even the North Star blush at sight

Love will bring ruin to the darkness that propels the wretched men and the wicked with whom they’ve fell

Vulnerability shall will the righteous towards the path of most resistance and enlist the fervent passion to endure the distance

Pain and struggle is the bubble we must burst in order for us to believe dreaming works

Breath of air conditions the soul like a salty ocean breeze in the morning through unkempt shaggy hair

It does not always come easy but ease in this lifetime is something I can spare

If it requires me to be alone to see it through, then I might dare

No longer do I make progress from my knees

No longer is my passion cooled by a community that refuses to see

Their eyes have been opened and the masses are experiencing the will of a hopeful man hoping

With choices that trace his ladder to world and stars away, he climbed to his two feet while the world watched from their two knees and prayed.

 

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While front row tickets and backstage passes may satisfy the average rockers dream concert, Lions 6-foot-1 center Dominic Raiola took the phrase “living the dream” one step further and raised it with a “what’s up what’s up?”, boarding Kid Rock’s private jet on their way to his performance in St. Louis.

“It was the best show I’ve ever been to,” Raiola Said. “We flew to St. Louis and back, it was alright.”

Born in Honolulu, the Saint Louis High School prep star was undefeated in his final three years of high school before shipping off to the University of Nebraska.

“Eminem and Kid Rock are my favorite Detroit artists,” Raiola told Sportz Detroit Magazine. “I dig old school jams, Dr. Dre, Drake and Jay Z.”

In his first year as a cornhusker Raiola became the first freshman offensive lineman to start a game for the Cornhuskers since Rob Zatechka in 1991.

In 1999 he became the first sophomore center at Nebraska since Dave Rimington to participate in a postseason play and set a school record for knockdowns, which he broke again in 2000.

Raiola was recognized as a consensus first-team-All-American and won the Rimington Trophy in 2000, given to the best center in college football.

Given the opportunity to meet any artist, living or dead, the 2001 second round pick acknowledged one of the greats.

“I’d love to meet Frank Sinatra, but he’s no longer with us,” Raiola said.

Inspired by an eclectic of musical genres, the 2009 Detroit Lions Good Guy leaned towards the hip-hop scene for his ultimate collaboration.

“I’d love to see Drake and Kanye West,” Railoa said.

By Kevin Alan Lamb

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Kevin Alan Lamb joined the West Bloomfield High School varsity football team his junior year to avoid basketball conditioning. Despite no previous experience playing organized football, after one week of practice the 6-foot-7 230 pound junior was slotted to start both ways as a tight end and defensive end. Wear and tear of his throwing hand paired with little knowledge of what was going on made Lamb’s decision to hang up the cleats without ever playing a game an easy one.

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