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  • Blacktop Records: "Don't Give Up" 12 Years Of DIY
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    In celebration of the 12th anniversary of Blacktop Records the label has released a compilation on compact disc featuring new, unreleased and favourite songs from artists on the label and close friends.

    We are handing these are for free at shows, with web orders, at record shops, the bands on the album will also have them, ect. If you don't have any other way to get one you can pay $1 (I wanted zero but Bandcamp makes you put a $1. So each $1 will be donated to the Transgender Law Center at transgenderlawcenter.org/donate ) and you pay the shipping and we will send you a copy :)

    Includes unlimited streaming of Blacktop Records: 'Don't Give Up' 12 Years Of D.I.Y. (BTR055) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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"I've always thought gender lines to be as illusory and damaging as all the other lines. When asked, I always say my preferred pronoun is It. I'm well aware that in real-world terms of how I'm perceived, I'm a Straight White CIS guy, and I don't take those privileges for granted, and I'm interested in dismantling the systems that said privileges come from. That said, I'm a sensitive, playful, pansensual creature, and I want everyone to feel and be safe and happy in whatever skin they're in. Love to all. Don’t give up."
-Jonah

The song can be purchased at jonahmatranga.bandcamp.com/track/dont-give-up with proceeds going to the Transgender Law Center (more info at www.avclub.com/article/get-involved-internet-bandcamp-raising-money-trans-258851)

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DON'T GIVE UP

I know I could never really know the way you’re feelin, but I’ll try. I know things or you might not be who or where you want them, and that’s fine. Just cut away the noise. Listen for that voice: Don’t give up. No matter what, now. Don’t you stop. Don’t give up.

Cos we all want a world where all our lives might really matter, and if you don’t, then quiet please so we can fix this world before it shatters. We gotta figure this out, and with you making all that noise then we won’t. Cos somebody’s sick and somebody’s sad, or they’re missin their kid or their missin their dad. Someone’s gettin beat up just for being who they’ve been since they were born. Just for bein who they’ve been since they were born.

Anyone who’s out here with me, sing it to each other softly: Don’t give up. No matter what, now. Don’t you stop. Don’t give up.

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from Blacktop Records: 'Don't Give Up' 12 Years Of D​.​I​.​Y. (BTR055), released October 27, 2017

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