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featuring Shahanna and Danny Dan on vocals
Original version can be found on Return of American Ska-thic (Jump Up! CD, 1996)

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I walk unashamed through the ashamed land
Across the divided country feel the breeze from bigotry's backhand
Otherness, greed, capitaleeze
The greatest sins against your birth and this earth are these

I keep you all with me as I march quietly
Your faith I have never denied
What we have tied together by mistake, by swimming in life's lake, or drunk like LaMotta Jake
I will never divide

Smells from the dying will make you choke on your pride
Can't keep from crying, but even in my crying I will never divide
Never divide like the house I can't stand (can't stand alone)

Creatures out of hells cast spells of blindness on the good and the kindest
STOP THE ambiVALENCE

I never utter falsehood into this connected mic,
always look both ways like on Horsemouth motorbike
My face reddens, hysteria threatens, feels like exploding inside
Night sticks and my temple may collide but I shall never divide

Smells from the dying will make you choke on your pride
Can't keep from crying, but even in my dying I will never divide

Never let you walk alone through a worl
Never let you walk alone through a world you don't like (do so dislike)
Never betray, though gallows beckons, executioner threatens
Threaten away but never deaden my day
Take off your death mask - it's imposing
I may cough as my head rolls off into your head basket
Biscuit over - story closing

I will never divide, never turn my back on you
I will never divide – it don’t matter what they do
Let them say what they want; they will never break the bond
I will never divide; I will never divide

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from Eric Blowtorch and his Superpowers Flame On​!​!, released December 1, 1999

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Eric Blowtorch Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. ... more

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