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South of the Wall

from South of the Wall by Walter Ehresman

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Of the title track, Ehresman says "This is another of my songs inspired by that swine Trump and his hateful, deluded voters.....I wrote it trying to imagine the point of view of someone born and raised in a country south of the wall Trump wants to build......The lyrics are in English and Spanish, and I incorporate rhythms from all over Latin America. "

Beginning with a hilarious sample of a Trump speech about "the wall", overlaid with sheep sounds, the song races into a flurry of Latin rhythms, punctuated by fat Santana-ish guitar licks and organ flourishes as the hip hop-influenced vocal delivery denounces Trump's hypocritical hate speech. The influence of various Brazilian musical styles is particularly prominent.

See the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oaUigROzEo

lyrics

(translation included)

South of the Wall (Cabeza Naranja)
(© 2017 Walter Ehresman)

[chorus]
El pinche gringo—cabeza naranja: keep causing agitación de hoy;
(“the damn gringo—Orange Head”) (“agitation today”)
El presidente of the worst of the people: keep causing agitación de hoy.


600 million, all with the same brush—how can you paint us all the same?!
Familias con corazón, tan creatívo; your insults just spotlight your ugly game.
(“families with heart, so creative”)

Usted es un espéjo de sus votantes; man, you all know it ain’t nothing new—
(“You are a mirror of your voters”)
Puritan hatred from the narrowest minds plays into the hands of the chosen few.
Tu alma está enferma up in your penthouse, pouring your gas on the fire;
(“Your soul is sick”)
Tu alma está enferma up in The White House—a nation’s funeral pyre.

You stand at your crossroads (tu encrucijada)—historia will tell if you all survive;
To rule by the sword will not serve you forever—your people will rage with the guns they hide.

You hire our people for the jobs you don’t want to do, and you still say you don’t need them;
La hipocrasía!, La triste vergüenza! How are you fit to judge other men??
(“the hypocrisy!, the sad shame!”)

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from South of the Wall, released October 31, 2018
Walter Ehresman: vocals, guitars, 5-string electric bass, keyboards, vocoder, percussion, keyboard percussion, GuitarTalker, drum machine programming, sampling, sequencing. Special Guest: Barbara Lee Unger--flute solo.

p. 2018 Walter Ehresman. Snipe Bog Records.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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