Name: Compared to What (Live)
Duration: P00H05M47S
Description: Compared to What was written in the late 1960s as a protest song and commentary on the social climate of the time. Its themes still resonate with listeners today, as it's been covered hundreds of times and has essentially become a funk and jazz standard.

Compared to What (Live)

from (r)evolution by Wurk

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Compared to What was written in the late 1960s as a protest song and commentary on the social climate of the time. Its themes still resonate with listeners today, as it's been covered hundreds of times and has essentially become a funk and jazz standard.

lyrics

I love to lie, I lie to love
Hangin' on with push and shove
Possession is the motivation
The mission of the whole damn nation

Looks like we always end up in a rut, everybody now
Tryna make it real, compared to what? Yeah

The president, he's got is war
Folks don't know just what it's for
Nobody gives us rhyme or reason
Have one doubt, they call it treason

We're chicken feathers all without one nut, god damn it
Trnya make it real, compared to what? Yeah

Church on Sundays, sleep and nod
Tryna duck the wrath of God
Creatures fillin' us with fright
Tryna teach what they think is right

They really got to be some kind of nut, yeah I don't dig it
Tryna make it real, compared to what? Yeah

Where's that bee and where's that honey?
Where's my god and where's my money?
Unreal values, crass distortions
Unwed mothers need abortions

It kind of brings to mind ol' young king Tut

Tryna make it real, compared to what?
Tryna make it real, compared to what?

Tryna make it real, compared to what?
Tryna make it real, compared to what? Compared to what?

credits

from (r)evolution, released October 20, 2023
Brandon Jensen - Keyboards
Carl Hipenbecker - Lead Vocals, Trumpet
Casey Seymour - Bass Guitar
Daniel Haschke - Tenor Saxophone, Percussion
Frank Laufenberg - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Max Morkri - Drum Set

Written by Gene McDaniels (© Wixen Music Pub. o/b/o Lonport Music Inc.)
Arranged by Daniel Haschke
Recorded by Wurk, Live at the Memorial Union Terrace, July 7, 2023
Mixed and Mastered by Jake Johnson at Paradyme Productions