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Give Up the World

from The New Faith by Jake Blount

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    Bundle featuring Jake Blount's 'The New Faith' album on CD and t-shirt. (All US orders will be shipped USPS media mail.) [note: photos are mock-ups of actual products]

    CD in digipak case with liner notes insert. This shirt features engravings from Jake Blount's signature, custom-made fiddle. Printed in celebration of Blount's new album The New Faith, this shirt is printed on a black Bella + Canvas jersey t-shirt, and is available in multiple sizes as supplies last.

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    **NOTE** Due to vinyl manufacturing delays and supply chain issues, the release date on the vinyl edition of 'The New Faith is to be determined, estimated early 2023.

    Standard weight and standard color vinyl LP in a single pocket jacket with liner notes insert. [note: the photo is a mock-up image]

    All US orders will be shipped USPS media mail.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The New Faith via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    CD in digipak case with liner notes insert. [note: photo of product is a mock-up image]. All US orders will be shipped USPS media mail.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The New Faith via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 10 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $16.98 USD or more 

     

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    This shirt features engravings from Jake Blount's signature, custom-made fiddle. Printed in celebration of Blount's new album The New Faith, this shirt is printed on a black Bella + Canvas jersey t-shirt, and is available in multiple sizes as supplies last.

    All US orders will be shipped USPS media mail. [note: photo is mock-up of actual product]
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lyrics

The sun give a light in the heaven all around,
The sun give a light in the heaven all around,
The sun give a light in the heaven all around,
Why won't you give up the world?

The sun give a light in the heaven all around,
The sun give a light in the heaven all around,
The sun give a light in the heaven all around,
Why won't you give up the world?

My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
We must leave this world behind

My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
We must leave this world behind

Don't you give up the world, don't you believe
You have more than enough to learn, you too young to leave
You and I were in similar places
Couldn't consider the intricacy of simple life, now I'm just a fan of the basics
We live in a matrix
Limitless angles depending on your imagination
Fathom the pattern of Fibonacci,
Babblin' monkeys who battle over malarkey, it's funny, innit
How could you be fully yourself if your tummy isn't
You eating yourself alive, dog
But you mean well
But you gotta understand that you're way too human to get the details
Relax, look up
One thing God gon' do is stay on the cook-up, leave the enemy shook up
Everything is everything, it ain't a thing to us
Just feel the energy of what our mamas sang to us

The moon give a light in the heaven all around,
The moon give a light in the heaven all around,
The moon give a light in the heaven all around,
Why won't you give up the world?

The moon give a light in the heaven all around,
The moon give a light in the heaven all around,
The moon give a light in the heaven all around,
Why won't you give up the world?

My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
We must leave this world behind

My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
We must leave this world behind

If you gon give up the world, then what's the world?
What's the word on it?
Is that really that thing with the grass and birds on it?
And all the animals?
You tryna tell me that everything out here is tangible?
What about love and gravity?
What about humanity not defined by anatomy?
What about the feeling on the back of your neck when you leave a room?
Or the fact that your mama can always see through you?

You wanna give up the world, then what's the world, bro?
Write it down carefully, be sure to be thorough
The moon and the light, the mood of the night, the food hittin' right
The fool in the pool, whatever you write, you gon' do it twice
Cuz it ain't the world, it's what you know about it
If you gon' give up something,
Give up whatever you wouldn't take were you to go around it
Give up the only world you know about
And I bet that you gon' work it out

The star give a light in the heaven all around,
The star give a light in the heaven all around,
The star give a light in the heaven all around,
Why won't you give up the world?

The star give a light in the heaven all around,
The star give a light in the heaven all around,
The star give a light in the heaven all around,
Why won't you give up the world?

My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
We must leave this world behind

My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
My brother (Don't you give up the world!)
We must leave this world behind

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from The New Faith, released September 23, 2022

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Jake Blount Providence, Rhode Island

Jake Blount is an award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and scholar. He has studied with modern masters of old-time music, including Bruce Molsky, Judy Hyman (of the Horse Flies), and Rhiannon Giddens and Hubby Jenkins (of the GRAMMY-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops). Although he is proficient in multiple old-time styles, he specializes in the music of Black and Native American communities. ... more

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