No thoughts of our own
No clothes on the bone
No prejudice, nor hate
No color wars
Irate
It's a world we can't recall
Those first moments of our days
Just a spacious open canvas
Tainted by our poppa's ways
(Chorus)
Nix
Zilch
Nil
Zero
None
Zip
Just nothing
Just buck
Stained present by the past
Strained shaping of tomorrow
Perceptions that will last
(Chorus)
Our ways become our luggage
That we carry our whole life
We pass it to our children
It becomes their future strife
Stained present by the past
Strained shaping of tomorrow
Perceptions that will last
It's their futuristic sorrow…
credits
from Stay in the Light (EP),
released June 10, 2014
"Buck"
Music written and performed by Way José. Words written by Ryan Berman. Featuring Jesse Lemme Adams (keyboards), Darren Johnston (trumpet), Reed Kendall (electric guitar and percussion), Lady Lees (vocals), Kris Lorenz (monotron), and Carly Patterson (vocals). Recorded by Daniel DeMento and James Shaff. Produced and mixed by Daniel DeMento at 11:11 Studios in San Francisco, CA. Mastered by Simon Morrison at Morrison Studios in Los Altos, CA.