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We're all just wingin' it...just monkeys flingin it.

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Contrived
The whole world is contrived
And it’s all because of you
You and you and you and I
Contrived

We’re all just wingin’ it, just monkeys flingin’ shit
Tryin’ to find the biggest banana, or the sweetest smelling girl
And it’s not a rat race, it’s a fat chase
Who can consume the most stuff, take up the most space
And find the nicest apex of the word
To cuddle up to all their things and find a nice pop song to sing
About the state of the irate, and how they wait
and wait…and wait…and nothing changes
Well, nothing changes ‘cause, nobody’s changing things
But they keep complaining, see, they’ve gotta feel involved
And somehow they’ve evolved into some kind of cosmic criticS
Sitting up there just point out where all us worker bees go wrong

Contrived
The whole world is contrived
And it makes me wanna cry
Every time I see that condescending look in their eye
Contrived

Go on and brand yourself
Then when you’re done why don’t you just hand yourself
Over to those companies that are really in charge
They play the cards that tell you, ultimately, how to express your individuality
Though you laugh at that reality – cuz you’re an oxymoron in $500 shoes
But here’s the good news, give it a week
Or a month, or a year or two
And all these trends, they’ll start getting green again
And the trendy will be seen in thrift shops and Goodwills across the world
And we can rest to be standing on a planet
that’s finally worth saving.

Contrived
The whole world is contrived
And it makes me wanna cry
Every time I see that condescending look in their eye
Contrived

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from Stranded Among Friends, released January 15, 2020
All tracks recorded and produced by DJ Stipe, engineered by Mike Bacon at Padded Room Productions.

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Isle of Stipe Sacramento, California

If Neil Young and Ani DiFranco made a baby while listening to the Moody Blues in Van Morrison's basement, then abandoned it to be raised by Dave Matthews, that baby would be DJ, Isle of Stipe.

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