Ben Wylen - Skinny Jeans (Official Music Video)
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“Skinny Jeans” is out now on all major streaming platforms: http://ffm.to/skinnyjeans

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#SkinnyJeans “Don’t Grow Older Wishing You’d Said Your Piece!”

I wrote this song in response to all the terrible injustices that I continue see in the news everyday. My parents grew up in the 60’s and fought to help make this world better, but now over 50 years later, my generation is still out in the streets fighting for the same things. This song speaks to the mistreatment of people of color and our governments inability to effect meaningful reform. It talks about climate change and the fact that so many politicians continue to deny the science behind it. More so, the song speaks to the incredible resiliency of this generation of young people. We will not stop until we manifest the world that we want to see.

Written by Ben Wylen & Jim Duguid
Recorded, Produced & Instrumentation by Ben Wylen
Mixed by Jack Dine
Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis Studios, London
Mangement, A&R and Creative Direction by Celina Rollon
Assisted by Carimei Smith, Coral Hernandez and Sonia Sekhon

Special thanks to these wonderful humans who made this video possible:
• Director Olly Starkey https://ollystarkey.co.uk
• Dejah, Alex and all from Sunrise Movement http://sunrisemovement.org
• Nathanial, Zoe and all from Extinction Rebellion https://rebellion.global
• Socialist Appeal, Becker1999, Urban Pictures, Duesselmeme, Gabe Quinones & Lily Macallister Kurtz for their powerful and courageous footage from the front lines
• Jon Minor for the art and Lily Macallister Kurtz for the cover photo

The original material used in this edit has been altered for the purposes of this video.
The original material has been made black and white and has an overlaid semi-transparent texture.
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LYRICS:
I see it in the headlines every week
Got another young lover dead on the street
And as his mother breaks down
There’s nothing I can do or say
The politician sends his thoughts and prayers
He’s got a razor sharp tongue, but does he really care
Now I’m waking up tired
When I read that nothing’s changed

We’re all soldiers
Marching endlessly
In long hair and skinny jeans
Young and fearless
Repeating history
For the world that we want to see
In long hair and skinny jeans

(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)

Strangers in a town that I’ve never seen
Watch their homes burn down in catastrophe
And I’m looking for a star
But this ain’t no movie screen
The scientists’ words won’t be believed
Got so many deniers stealing truth like thieves
And as the rain pours down
I’m praying they get washed away

We’re all soldiers
Marching endlessly
In long hair and skinny jeans
Young and fearless
Repeating history
For the world that we want to see
In long hair and skinny jeans

(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)

Don’t grow older
Wishing you’d said your piece
That won’t happen to me
We’re still young and fearless
Repeating history
For the world that we wanna see
In long hair and skinny jeans

#ClimateChange #Global Warming #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #SunriseMovement #ExtinctionRebellion

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