Mandatory

track name: Mandatory
album and band name: by The Five One

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Mandatory has been up on our site Streaming since we played at SXSW festival in March but we have been revamping and revising it and now we have the final mastered version for everyone to enjoy for free.

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about: The Five One members RED, BLUE, GREEN, and GOLD have simplified themselves from the complexities of societal identity by becoming colors.

This song is about the appreciation we have for our friends & family who encourage and understand why we are here and what we shall accomplish.
lyrics: See I might be the only one that doesn't see why you're hurt
See I might be the only one that sees what you're worth
Do you respect me
That makes you lucky

Verse 1:
She picked me up on the coldest winter day
Further down that river, listening to Morning View
And since that day I've been searching for her clone
One who sees in Lennon Imagine what I do
You see I am always thinking about you
Just like you told me I'm nothing without you

CHORUS:
2X
You are not my competition
You will always stand here for me
All the others never listen
Repetitions Mandatory

Verse 2:
Tomorrow night there are fireworks in the sky
We come together with a little help from my friends
And you and I are a bass without the strings
Composing symphonies with our memories

You see I am always thinking about you
Just like you told me I'm nothing without you

CHORUS:
2X
You are not my competition
You will always stand here for me
All the others never listen
Repetitions Mandatory

Verse 3:
You’re in search of vision
Picture stuck in your brain
Squeezing on the paint brush
Squinting at the page
And you already see it
The problem that you face
Vessel without a color
No marks no stains
It’s hard to be an artist
With no way you can leave
Your message to the world or a way to set it free
Always by your side Mama feed me with your night thoughts
Fear is only natural
I’ll handle all the hard parts
A tear from the sky
Blue is where it lands
And I can see the hurricane
Behind your little stance
So you need only reach for me
I'll aid you with my hands but the journey for your color you gon' have to have to take alone
credits: released 25 March 2010
The Five One
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