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What I Gotta Do EP

by Tony Partida

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1.
Gotta Do 03:18
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I gotta eat And I gotta sleep I gotta wash my hands And brush my teeth I gotta work And I gotta play And I gotta understand That things won't always go my way I ain't tryin to be the richest one you know up in this land I'm just tryin to make sure that what I have don't slip out of my hand I'm gonna do I'm gonna do what I gotta do I'm gonna lose And I'm gonna win I'm gonna fall on down And try to get up again I'm gonna love And I'm gonna hate Not the people but their sin And the problems they create I ain't tryin to show my friends and family the picture of success I'm just tryin to please the Lord because he knows what is best I'm gonna do I'm gonna do what I gotta do
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Thunderous Applause 03:26
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Activist judges Forcing their case Pushover politicians Are saving face, as the Soldiers die and the Martyr bleed and the Christian man falls down To his knees Cause all his freedoms are gone And the church doesn't see a need Cause' The ones that we trust are Disobeying our laws as the Democracy dies with Thunderous applause Those who oppose are just Delaying the cause as Democracy dies with Thunderous applause Paid off lawyers Raising their rates People are waging their fortunes Against our fates as the Prices rise and the Wages fall and Nobody wants to make sense of it all And everbody's watching CNN To see the writing, on the crawl Cause' The ones that we trust are Disobeying our laws as the Democracy dies with Thunderous applause Those who oppose are just Delaying the cause as Democracy dies with Thunderous applause When we gonna stop and figure it out The powers that be, wanna see you and me Drop our love for each other and fight it out Cause a nation divided is a nation that will fall And the powers that be stand back and laugh As we're all slowly backed up against a wall And a hard place
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Dad's Prayers 03:36
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Son, can we pray Right here on the phone Just close your eyes And let's go to the Lord Thank you for my son And we ask you for your help Let him know your love Draw him closer to yourself There was always love, in Dad's prayers You could always count on him And know that they'd be there There was always power, in Dad's prayers He prayed for the ones he loved And those who were in need A talk with him would heal you like Fresh water to a dried up seed You knew that when he went home Before he laid down his head He would find the time to take your problem to the Lord on his knees There was always hope, in Dad's prayers You could always count on him And know that they'd be there There was always power, in Dad's prayers The man worked day and night Weekends and midnights Sometimes the money was there And sometimes the well ran dry But he always knew Where all good things come from And he put down firm roots In the savior of his life There was always love, in Dad's prayers You could always count on him And know that they'd be there There was always power There was always hope There was always love In Dad's prayers
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I Owe It All To You 04:24
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Mama I've been thinking about this thing called life Now I've gone down the good road Of raisin kids and lovin my wife The good things I have done And the places I have been The things that I have learned how to do Mama, I owe it all to you You watched me grow up And you made sure that I did Despite the choices and the Wisdom of a little kid You pushed me when I needed it Even when I couldn't see It takes hard work and sacrifice To live successfully Mama, I owe it all to you I owe it all to you Everywhere I go, and everything I do I just cannot deny that this is true Mama, I owe it all to you Mama, I owe it all to you You fought my battles When you knew I couldn't fight And I know that my future Was covered in prayer every night You and Daddy did your best To keep me near the Lord So we can be together In that heavenly accord Mama, I owe it all to you Mama, I owe it all to you Motherly advice It stays with you for good It calms you down when you're afraid Like nothing in this world could It's so great to have someone Who knows you through and through Someone who is on your side No matter what you do But let me never take for granted The love for me in you Cause Mama, I owe it all to you Mama, I owe it all to you
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Help Us To Get Through - A Song For The Unemployed 05:05
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Days waiting for the mail And hours spent on the phone With some man I've never met from Chase Manhattan I think he wants to take my home That unemployment check, finally comes Elation and relief Shame and frustration I know this really isn't me It's this down economy And it's hard, to get out of this feeling That all this will pass through Lord, all I can think of to ask Is help us to get through I know there are less fortunate ones Whose needs outnumber mine And I know that if I'm honest with myself We'll probably be just fine But it's scary when the jobs are scarce Everywhere you look And you realize your next job pays less Than the last one that you took The kids don't understand That Daddy lost his job They're all just excited Cause I can tuck 'em in at night But Lord I'm torn apart To hope it won't be long Till I'm back on the job And I'll have to disappoint them When they have to go back To missin' me And I have had, my legs knocked out from under My ego's black and blue And Lord, while I am down on my knees My world broken in two Yes, it's hard, when the whole world is against me Seems my only hope is You So Lord, all I can think of to ask Is help us to get through Help us to get through Help me to get through Days waiting' on the mail And hours on the phone

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released September 23, 2012

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