Standing Up (add your flavor/remix this tune) Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson This is a song about non-violent resistance. I was…
Check Your Tags (add your flavor/remix this tune) Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson Vocals: Lonnie Ray Atkinson Music Track: Instrumental (Cradle…
Fuck 'em (add your flavor/remix this tune) Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson This is a song about the translation/consequences of free…
Begging For Your Life (add your flavor/remix this tune) Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson This is a song about courage and…
Economic Hitmen (add your flavor/remix this tune) Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson (shout out to John Perkins for the title) This…
Worth It Then (add your flavor/remix this tune) Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson This is a song about looming environmental catastrophe.…
Wait for a Hero, Waiting for the Draft (add your flavor/remix this tune) Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson This is a…
Shame on Me (If I Die Before I Wake) (add your flavor/remix this tune) Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson This is…
No One's Gonna Do It For Us (add your flavor/remix this tune) Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson This is another song…
Time A Long Time Ago (add your flavor/remix this tune) Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson By no means a radical anti-war…
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