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Save Our Shoal

by Tchiya Amet

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They want to Pave Pebble Beach. The Last Wild Beach on Lake Michigan in Illinois. What is a Shoal? Did you know that Lake Michigan was once an Inland Sea? The coral reef over time became the Shoal, a bed of limestone that is millions of millions of years old. They want to pour in concrete and a landfill to protect Lake Shore Drive (DuSable Drive). This is a horrible plan... anyway, it is all in this lovely song.

The keyboard solo represents how it feels to swim out to the Shoal. The lower octave of the same solo represents the Shoal speaking to us while we are swimming... The Shoal is so healing. The Pebbles are her children...Our Shoal is asking us to Speak Up on Her Behalf…

For more info, visit www.morganshoalpebblebeach.weebly.com

About the Song….
The Chorus is comprised of slogans from the Morgan Shoal Advocacy Council. Special Thanks to Mak for her powerful contribution to the Bridge: Shoal =Soul, Pebble = People, Every Pebble Matters. Incredible collaboration here. Loving This!!

The Drums…. All have percussion instruments… I played a Nyabinghi-ish Rythm on a Djembe, a Pebbke Beach Binghi rhythm on a Pogo Lab drum , straight nyabunghi on a Turtle Island drum from Hopiland. Sistrum and cymbal.

While listening to this amazing song, now in my top 5 fav songs by the artist (!), I hear the influences of sooooooo many Reggae Greats. This song is a tribute to the Golden Years Of Reggae! Not going to break it down line by line here, perhaps in a blog post someday! I hear Peter Tosh, Sister Carol, the Wailers, Bob Marley, ASWAD, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Misty In Roots, Culture, Abyssinians. even hear Althea & Donna. This song is so deeply inspired on so many levels. I am deeply moved by my own song and it feels amazing. I am forever grateful to Reggae Mudic for grabbing me by my heart and pulling me out of a lifetime of darkness & ignorance. Into the Light of Self Knowledge, Roots & Culture. One Love!

Save Pebble Beach!
#morganshoalrocks #savepebblebeach #saveitdontpaveit

For more info, visit www.morganshoalpebblebeach.weebly.com

lyrics

SOS

Slow your roll Save Our Shoal
Don’t Overreach
Protect Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach is Aces
Save Our Wild Spaces
Don’t Cause Trouble
Just leave the Pebbles

They want to pave
Pebble Beach
to protect
Lake Shore Drive ( DuSable Drive)
They wanna pave this Ancient Place
in this concrete city
where I feel alive
They want to turn the precious pebbles
into concrete
Plant fake Native Plants
& build a fake pebble beach
Protecting the Wildlife
By destroying the wild

Chorus

Bridge
Save It Don’t Pave It
Shoal =Soul Pebble= People
Every Pebble Matters, Every Pebble Matters

I’m just a 60’s Flower Child
I’m telling you to Keep
Pebble Beach Wild
You don’t need a concrete landfill to protect the Lakeside
This whole mess is driving me out of my mind

Chorus
Bridge

We don’t need another concession stand
We need to design a brand new plan
We wanna know who profits from concrete sales fake pebbles & sand
That’s why we don’t trust you
Mr. Development Man!

Chorus
Bridge

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released April 20, 2024
Tchiya Amet
Chorus Slogans were contributed by Members of the Morgan Shoal Advocacy Council. Powerful points of the Bridge were contributed by MAK.

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Tchiya Amet Chicago, Illinois

The Music of Tchiya Amet has evolved and expanded over the last 3 decades, reflecting her Spiritual Journey, growth and development with every song, with every melody, starting as “Just” a Reggae band, then Sirius Reggae, Native Reggae, always Cosmic, Conscious and Spiritual Reggae, then Celestial Reggae! Next, we expanded to World Music. read more at tchiya.com. ... more

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