CocoLarosa - Shoulders of Giants [Live at CKUA 2024]

CocoLarosa performs his original song 'Shoulders of Giants' live at the CKUA radio building in downtown Edmonton.
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"We once had a choice but now that choice has been taken away
By the shadow of the giant on whose shoulders we now sway
We built a Colossus one that could rival even Rhodes
But its foundation is built of bone
From the ruins of the garden of Eden where now the heathens have made their home
To the plains of the old Etruscan Kings where the she-wolf had raised up Rome
What they see there's a horn of plenty but what they're getting is another dust bowl
In our rush to defeat the red menace, we sold the capitalists our souls
And we've been blind in the summer by the splendor
And in the winter all we fear is the cold
The sky all we see there are diamonds yes and riches yet untold
But unlike those that went before, we can't let ignorance be our crutch
For we're cursed by what we know and we know too much
You can blind your eyes, you can plug your ears, and you can bite your tongue
You can turn away if it's all too much
For in our mind they seek to divide us, drive a wedge in between our souls
They'll ask you what are you, are you red or you blue, and expect you to stick with your own
Out in the field there grew Santeria, a change of name to remember home
In a land where they scream about freedom while human beings are bought and sold
And now you have a right to remain silent, to go broke if you get ill
You've got a right to choose between two old fools and the cops got a right to kill
And if you've got the mind to say it ain't okay you try to challenge that status quo
When you start to dig they'll call you fascist pig and tell you leave well enough alone
To those of you that run the show, you ought to know you're out of luck
You had your day and now your day is up
You can't go over it can't go around, can't go beneath
What the future holds, well we're all gonna see
They said the first to come would be the fires and the floods, typhoons and hurricanes
They said if the methane was lost in the permafrost, it'd be a whole 'nother game
They said the fiscal cost would put us at such a loss, we'd never recover from that financial blow
They spread lies and deceit through their bloody teeth and ought to be held accountable
For they've been padding their pockets in ivory offices, and who's left to pay the toll
This American dream is ripe with disease you've got shooters in your high school halls
Privatize your physicians and your prison system, incentivize keeping man low
If you dealt out of love you'd be building them up but, that ain't profitable
Oh no
It's the same old whore that we've known as Babylon
Although my faith in man is shaken, it ain't gone
The kings have failed us and how the burden it falls to the pawns
Although my faith it may be shaken, it ain't gone"

[@Atomikbros]

My idol❤🎉

[@CocoLarosa]

Love ya bud

[@sameesideup]

Incredible!!!! The world needs to hear this 🙏🏼

[@CocoLarosa]

Thank you Sam!! ❤️

[@viewswithmike7732]

THIS IS AMAZIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!!

[@CocoLarosa]

Thanks for watching Mike! 🙏

[@Heropsychodream]

An ever-more important song, considering the times.

[@CocoLarosa]

Thanks for listening 🙏

[@possiblefossilrecords]

I love your use of words. You avoid cliches for the most part while talking about somewhat cliche topics, which is very very hard to do. Great song and delivery.

[@CocoLarosa]

Thank you verymuch, I really try to be deliberate with my lyrics

[@randigobbato6895]

A true modern day story telling song that ends with hope……!

[@CocoLarosa]

🙏🙏🙏