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 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 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
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Oppression
by Ben Harper
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
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: BEN C HARPER
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by Ben Harper
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
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: BEN C HARPER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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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
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
Riley Cline
Oppression, you shall learn to fear me.
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
Christian Carluccio
From a mister like you 🙌⛲❤
Alejandro
Boots Riley brought me here
Grü üsch
jojo Steglich is scho n geiler Name :DDDD Also ich fand des Lied ned Soo geil :D
Muhammad Asif
The argument is; who rules your heart and mind?
1. retated to pain and suffering:
1a. the one who suffers for you?
1b. the one who makes you suffer?
2. related to love and affection:
2a. the one who loves you?
2b. the one that you love?
Imo, it is our own choice and it depends on individual's upbringing and social norms as well as taboos.
Islamic teachings only focus on sex and reproduction.
There is nothing about romantic love.
Same can be said about judaism, christianity and buddhism when it comes to romantic love.
Hinduism is a differential environment for romantic love. The muslim states seperated from india suffer from this dilemma of having traces of hindu culture and islamic or buddhist ideology.
I mean, is there any goid example of romantic love in buddhism or in abrahamic faiths?
Old guy young girl, old guy old girl, old guy child bride, old girl pretty young guy,
What about a young guy with a youn girl and no fucken tragedy? 😳
Sounds simple and convenient imo.
Old age romance is not a subject of philosophy; rather it is a subject of medical science. 😁
May be moseduls believe that Infinity just grants whatever we wish for if we qualify some criteria.
This is deception folks. Messiah already tried to get rid of the ghosts right. 🙄
May be the ghost whore is trying to convince us that she (god) has gradually allowed and promoted prostitution, child abuse, polygamy and violence etc since we (humans) want it so. I mean, it makes good movies out of this kind of shitt. 🤔
In this way, the characters like antichrist and dajjal etc would appear adorable. 😡
Just keep it fixed in your minds that god is a deceptionist evil butt-loose whore of distress.
Messiah loves young girls, probably half of his age but it is shear injustice to be married to a ghost billions of years older than himself. 😳
Btw, ghost chose jesus before he was even born. That is a serious child abuse case. 😡
Ghost is now trying to convince Messiah to follow hinduism so that ghazwa-e-hind may be initiated. 🙄
Messiah will fuck hindu girls anytime but preferably when they will come to pakistan after it becomes a part of india. 👍
Pakistan is definitely not a she. It is an it. 😁
Shit is "she it", where 'e' is taken by an elephant. 🙄
Perhaps the ghost is trying to portray Messiah's last fuck buddy (last of 2019)as the ghost god who is daughter of some satan. As usual, Messiah has to repeat that the contemporary human characters in The Book (by Zoro) are meant to deceive the dulls of present day and the masses of future. Don't pay any attention to them. Your attention hurts them more. They are poor people who are being used by other humans in the name of their gods. I feel sorry for them. In the battle of elephants monkeys are always safe. 😝
Ghost has to feel it when Messiah washes his ass after taking shit. This is the level of Messiah's revenge ok. 🙄
Abduls use to say that jesus used to shit. Hallelujah. 😎
Why in English you have to take shit. It comes out or it doesn't. This is not a deception btw. 😁
Ghosted love is not love at all. It is torture. Help those weak ones that you clearly notice of being tortured by anybody or by any society/group.
Messiah is not weak as of now. No claims for future. Nothing is fixed and final ya.
Mind battles are no battles unless you share with others. This one is rather a physical battle fought within Messiah's body. Body gets weak but mind still gets required glucose.
Let's see if this disgusting bitch has some real power or not?
God ows us big time. Pay back, if any, should not be limited to the contemporaries only. Humans have a very very long history bitch. When we will start killing aliens then god will start suffering.
We will do it honey. 😎 count on it ya.
It is the stolen memories of humans that fuck god from time to time. Animal memories are not so important at this stage. Perhaps lateron. 👍