Fight for Your Mind is a 1995 (see 1995 in music) album by Ben Harper. It was his last solo album before adding The Innocent Criminals to his line-up. Reviews were generally very positive, praising Harper's fusion of multiple genres, from Folk ("Another Lonely Day"), folk rock ("Gold to Me"), Black Sabbath-style riffing heavy metal ("Ground on Down") and politically-charged reggae ("Excuse Me Mister"). After Harper's well-received debut, Welcome to the Cruel World, he expanded on his fanbase by touring relentlessly with jam bands like Dave Matthews Band. On this, his second album, Harper added a more refined sense of Read Full BioFight for Your Mind is a 1995 (see 1995 in music) album by Ben Harper. It was his last solo album before adding The Innocent Criminals to his line-up. Reviews were generally very positive, praising Harper's fusion of multiple genres, from Folk ("Another Lonely Day"), folk rock ("Gold to Me"), Black Sabbath-style riffing heavy metal ("Ground on Down") and politically-charged reggae ("Excuse Me Mister").
After Harper's well-received debut, Welcome to the Cruel World, he expanded on his fanbase by touring relentlessly with jam bands like Dave Matthews Band. On this, his second album, Harper added a more refined sense of his own intense spirituality, such as on the gospel-influenced album closers, "Power of the Gospel", "God Fearing Man" and "One Road to Freedom".
Track listing
All songs written by Ben Harper except as noted.
1. "Oppression" 2:58
2. "Ground on Down" – 4:53
3. "Another Lonely Day" – 3:43
4. "Please Me Like You Want To" – 4:55
5. "Gold to Me" – 5:00
6. "Burn One Down" – 3:31
7. "Excuse Me Mr." (Harper, Plunier) – 5:24
8. "People Lead" – 4:13
9. "Fight for Your Mind" – 4:06
10. "Give a Man a Home" – 3:35
11. "By My Side" – 3:34
12. "Power of the Gospel" – 6:02
13. "God Fearing Man" – 11:49
14. "One Road to Freedom" – 4:14
Artwork
The Fight For Your Mind artwork features the use of military roundels from African nations (plus Jamaica) to represent each track on the album. The track corresponding to each roundel is:
* Angola - Oppression
African Military roundels (plus Jamaica's) in the Fight For Your Mind artwork
* Cameroon - Ground on Down
* Central African Republic - Another Lonely Day
* Chad - Please Me Like You Want To
* Uganda - Gold to Me
* Jamaica - Burn One Down
* Egypt - Excuse Me Mr
* Niger - People Lead
* Ghana/Guinea - Fight For Your Mind
* Kenya - Give a Man a Home
* Nigeria - By My Side
* Somalia - Power of the Gospel
* Ivory Coast - God Fearing Man
* Ethiopia - One Road to Freedom
Harper has continued to use roundel inspired artwork on his other albums.
Personnel
* Ben Harper - acoustic guitar, Vocals, weissenborn
* Brett Banduci - viola
* Danielle Charles - violin
* Oliver Charles - drums
* Bob "Stiv" Coke - tabla, tambourine, tamboura, sarod
* Timothy Loo - cello
* Leon Mobley - percussion
* Juan Nelson - bass
* Ervin Pope - organ, Hammond organ
Production
* Producers: Ben Harper, Bob "Stiv" Coke, J.P. Plunier
* Associate Producer: Jeff Gottlieb
* Assistant Producer: Jeff Gottlieb
* Engineer: Bradley Cook
* Assistant engineers: Ryan Boesh, Todd Burke, Paul Naguna
* Mixing: The Dub Brothers, Femi Jiya, Eric Sarafin
* Mastering: Eddy Schreyer
* String arrangements: Ben Harper, J.P. Plunier
* Design: Tom Dolan
* Art direction: Tom Dolan, J.P. Plunier
* Photography: Bob "Stiv" Coke, Jeff Gottlieb
* Research: Ben Elder
After Harper's well-received debut, Welcome to the Cruel World, he expanded on his fanbase by touring relentlessly with jam bands like Dave Matthews Band. On this, his second album, Harper added a more refined sense of his own intense spirituality, such as on the gospel-influenced album closers, "Power of the Gospel", "God Fearing Man" and "One Road to Freedom".
Track listing
All songs written by Ben Harper except as noted.
1. "Oppression" 2:58
2. "Ground on Down" – 4:53
3. "Another Lonely Day" – 3:43
4. "Please Me Like You Want To" – 4:55
5. "Gold to Me" – 5:00
6. "Burn One Down" – 3:31
7. "Excuse Me Mr." (Harper, Plunier) – 5:24
8. "People Lead" – 4:13
9. "Fight for Your Mind" – 4:06
10. "Give a Man a Home" – 3:35
11. "By My Side" – 3:34
12. "Power of the Gospel" – 6:02
13. "God Fearing Man" – 11:49
14. "One Road to Freedom" – 4:14
Artwork
The Fight For Your Mind artwork features the use of military roundels from African nations (plus Jamaica) to represent each track on the album. The track corresponding to each roundel is:
* Angola - Oppression
African Military roundels (plus Jamaica's) in the Fight For Your Mind artwork
* Cameroon - Ground on Down
* Central African Republic - Another Lonely Day
* Chad - Please Me Like You Want To
* Uganda - Gold to Me
* Jamaica - Burn One Down
* Egypt - Excuse Me Mr
* Niger - People Lead
* Ghana/Guinea - Fight For Your Mind
* Kenya - Give a Man a Home
* Nigeria - By My Side
* Somalia - Power of the Gospel
* Ivory Coast - God Fearing Man
* Ethiopia - One Road to Freedom
Harper has continued to use roundel inspired artwork on his other albums.
Personnel
* Ben Harper - acoustic guitar, Vocals, weissenborn
* Brett Banduci - viola
* Danielle Charles - violin
* Oliver Charles - drums
* Bob "Stiv" Coke - tabla, tambourine, tamboura, sarod
* Timothy Loo - cello
* Leon Mobley - percussion
* Juan Nelson - bass
* Ervin Pope - organ, Hammond organ
Production
* Producers: Ben Harper, Bob "Stiv" Coke, J.P. Plunier
* Associate Producer: Jeff Gottlieb
* Assistant Producer: Jeff Gottlieb
* Engineer: Bradley Cook
* Assistant engineers: Ryan Boesh, Todd Burke, Paul Naguna
* Mixing: The Dub Brothers, Femi Jiya, Eric Sarafin
* Mastering: Eddy Schreyer
* String arrangements: Ben Harper, J.P. Plunier
* Design: Tom Dolan
* Art direction: Tom Dolan, J.P. Plunier
* Photography: Bob "Stiv" Coke, Jeff Gottlieb
* Research: Ben Elder
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Oppression
Ben Harper Lyrics
Oppression
You pray on us when we sleep
Oppression
You chase after the tired the poor the weak
Oppression
You know you mean only harm
Oppression
You reach out with your long arm
But oppression
I won't let you near me
Oppression
You shall learn to fear me
Oppression
You seek population control
Oppression
To divide and to conquer is your goal
Oppression
I swear that hatred is your home
Oppression
You just won't leave bad enough alone
But oppression
I won't let you near me
Oppression
You shall learn to fear me
Oppression
I don't see how you sleep
Oppression
For your bleeding conscience I weep
Oppression
You may have the dollar on your side
But oppression
From the gospel truth you cannot hide
And
Oppression
I won't let you near me
Oppression
You shall learn to fear me
Oppression
I won't let you near me
Oppression
You shall fear me
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Written by: BEN C HARPER
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Christian Carluccio
Thank you Mister.
You give misters a great name..the little misters like us all,thanks a bunch for been,Ben Harper maximum respect.
Love and respect
Master DG
This man speaks to every person's soul
theWizardGren
Sogood..sogood...SOOOO VERY GOOOOD. ..Ben is A PROPHET............
Kent Singman
"To divide and to conquer is your goal". Come together
Sleekcartim .sleekcartim
oppression, dont let it take the fight out of you
bobo baggins
The relevancy of this song today is scary
Long_Strange_Trip
Can't tell you how much schwag my friends and I smoked out of a metal pipe listening to this album back in the 90's...it was ALOT :)
vie
THANKS U SO MUCH BEN
vie
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Christian Carluccio
From a mister like you 🙌⛲❤