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[upbeat guitar music]

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["Levitate" by Ben Mulwana
and the Village]

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[steady electric guitar music]

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? Mmm

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? Ooh oh oh oh oh yeah

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? I built the room
we're standing in ?

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? Stone by stone
like an invalid ?

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? I can't seem to figure out
how to live in it ?

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? 'Cause even the ceiling's
closer than I remember now ?

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? But the brewer is stronger
than the brew ?

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? That means that I am taller
than the roof, babe ?

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? Or maybe I just shook
something loose ?

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? But look at this floor,
I've been making it levitate ?

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? Levitate with my mind

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? Oh, I've been making it
levitate ?

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? With my mind, whoa

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[groovy blues rock music]

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? I heard some voices
in my mind ?

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? Long enough to keep my brain
on me ?

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? But they refuse,
insist that instead ?

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? I should be free

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? Yeah

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Yeah!

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? But the line is tighter
than the noose ?

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? Like the killer's sharper
than the weapon they use ?

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? So my mind is stronger
than my mood ?

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? But take a look
at this floor ?

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? And I've been making it
levitate, yeah ?

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? With my mind

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? Ooh, I've been making it
levitate ?

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? Levitate with my mind, oh

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? Oh oh

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- My name is Ben Mulwana.

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I live in Kenosha, Wisconsin
now,

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but I am from Uganda,
east Africa.

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I love my culture.

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I love my background,
where I'm from,

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and I think my music, I try
to bring a lot of that

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in to the stage, is to say,
like,

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"My background's different.

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"I am still an immigrant.

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"I, you know, I am still not
from this space,

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"but I am from this space

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"because we're here together,
and, like,

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"you guys are loving this,
I'm loving this,

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"and we can all just kinda
celebrate in this moment,

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"you know, our differences,
our commonalities,

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all the things that I try to put
into my music."

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[groovy blues rock music]

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? I heard some voices
in my mind ?

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? Long enough to keep my brain
on me ?

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? But they refuse,
insist that instead ?

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? I should be free, yeah

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? But words are larger
than the page ?

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? Like the author's sharper
than the weapon they use ?

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? So my mind is stronger
than my mood ?

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? But take a look
at this floor ?

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? I've been making it levitate

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? Levitate with my mind, ooh

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? I've been making it levitate

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? Levitate with my mind, oh

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? Oh

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? Ooh I've been making it
levitate ?

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? See I've been making it
levitate ?

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? Levitate with my mind

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? Ooh I've been making it
levitate ?

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[groovy blues music]

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[rapid guitar strumming]
Thank you very much.

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[audience applauding]

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[upbeat music]