Not Just Music

It's not just music It's a shoulder to cry on A friend to rely on The score of life you choose to live and die on It's not just music It's a pathway to love What your thoughts think of A connection to the choirs above It's not just music It's a soundtrack to life It's a piece of advice It's the tie that binds a husband and a wife It's not just music It's a form of expression A release of aggression The communication of a timeless lesson It's not just music It's a therapy session It's form of confession The detergent to a stain of deep depression It's not just music It's a path intersection It's a deeper connection It's discovering the beauty in an imperfection It's not just music No, it's not just music No, it's more than just music Listen up (Listen up) No, it's not just music No, it's more than just music And to call it just music's Not enough (Listen up) No, it's not just music It's the path that you're choosin' Place your ears between the sounds And listen up No, it's not just music It's the way you choose to do it And to simply listen to it's Not enough (Listen up) It's not just music It's a change in your mood It's a new attitude It's a feast for your ears like audio food It's not just music It's a hop in your step Where your thoughts connect The intersection of the bass and the treble clef It's not just music It's an anthem to pledge It's a bet to hedge It's pushing every limit all the way to the edge It's not just music It's the "me" in team it's a lucid dream It's a vivid exhibition at your favorite museum It's not just music It's a teacher, a preacher A tribute on your t-shirt A shape-shifting creature out the speaker It's not just music It's a thought translator Idea incubator Not Regan, it's the Great Communicator It's not just music No, it's not just music No, it's more than just music Listen up (Listen up) No, it's not just music No, it's more than just music And to call it just music's Not enough (Listen up) No, it's not just music It's the path that you're choosing Place your ears between the sounds And listen up (Listen up) No, it's not just music It's the way you choose to do it And to simply listen to it's Not enough (Listen up) If Pharrell can make you "Happy" You're not en"Rage"d Against the Machine Fitz can get your hands clapping So "Stay Together" with Al Green It's Rancid, No Doubt If you sniff the Goldfinger Don't add Korn to your Cranberries You'll have to let it linger Alanis Morrisette, Morrisey, and Madonna Elvis, Queen, Weezer, Sting, Lady Gaga, and Rhianna Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Wonder - legendary Not to mention the Beatles, Zepplin, Rolling Stones, and Chuck Berry A Green Day for the Fugees, X, Biggie, and Tupac The Pearl Jam was Sublime and Chili Peppers Red Hot George Clinton, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye paved the way For Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre It's not just music It's a true discovery Octavio the Dweeb, almost monday Girlish, Ryan Woods, and Bae G It's not just music It's a cadence for living It's a syncopated rhythm It's the tempo at the pace your life is driven It's not just music No, it's not just music No, it's more than just music Listen up (Listen up) No, it's not just music No, it's more than just music And to call it just music's Not enough (Listen up) No, it's not just music It's the path that you're choosin' Place your ears between the sounds And listen up (Listen up) No, it's not just music It's the way you choose to do it And to simply listen to it's Not enough (Listen up) It's not just music No it's not just music No it's not just music Listen up