US based Nepali-American Songwriter and Musician, Piyush aka “LeRidge Stereo” released Finalist song of the “John Lennon Songwriting Competition 2021”, and it’s a ticking time bomb! It’s a political song and hopes to remind all in making thoughtful choices in the upcoming midterm elections and in general.
Reason behind the song in his own words
“The song is titled – “World We Live In”. It is basically a political song, and was a by-product of the emotions and frustrations that were building up during CoVid, mainly from asian hate crimes dominating the news, alongside many other social issues – Mass Shootings, Black Lives Matter Movement, Political Suppression, Global Warming, and gazillion others..
Not a whole lot has changed since the 80s, when I was born; as we are still fighting for equality in color, gender, and races, among many other injustices and inequalities that occur everyday. We still hold the hate and greed in our emotions.
I wanted to write something, not just in support of the Asian, but humanity as a whole. This is an attempt to bring attention to the conundrums and injustices that keep rising on this planet, and a need for a change in our mindset has become more than necessary to heal the world.”
“John Lennon Songwriting Contest” has weekly contest and 2 biannual sessions. “Le’Ridge Stereo” was the weekly winner and finalist on the biannual with his song “World we live in” that reflects a similar view of the song Imagine by these lines
“Greed took the best of us, it’s an eye for an eye
One day we’ll be gone, no trace on earth or the sky…”
Lyrics for the song “World we live in.”
# World we live in
It’s poetry in motion
And the emotions we cry
Counting everyday, innocent bodies that die
Greed took the best of us, it’s an eye for an eye
One day we’ll be gone, no trace on earth or the sky
It’s the world that we live in
We just hating or complaining
But the things don’t seem to be
alright
It’s the hope that we killing
This world could use a healing
We just need to make the things
be alright
I’m taking you to the WORLD that we living in
HATE keep on spilling in
People HURT each other
CORRUPTION keeps filling in
Open ur EYES
Better widen up your VISION
TAKE CONTROL
it’s TIME to change PERCEPTIONS
—————–**Nepali Lyrics**—————-
Yo SABAI ko LADAI, na tah DAI, didi, BHAI
**(transl. This is everyone’s battle, not just brother’s, or sister’s)**
JINDAGI ko MAIDAAN ma eutai SIPAAHI
**(transl. In the battle of life, you’re the only soldier)**
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FIX yo ATTITUDE
Let go of the EGO you FUEL
join in your HANDS with ME
HEAL this world of FOOLS
Hmmm …ey ey ooh..
Ey ey…ah…
La La laAA LAaa
It’s the world that we live in
We just hating or complaining
But the things don’t seem to be alright
It’s the hope that we killing
This world could use a healing
We just need to make the things
be alright
Get back to..
REMINISCING the DAYS
When my WORLD was YOUNG
No GUILT, no HATRED
Had no REAson to RUN!
The more we grow OLDER
The PRETENTIOUS the WORLD
Live in SOCIETY
Of SUITED booted UNDERWORLD
We fighting EQUAL in COLOR, GENDER, and RACES
UNDERNEATH it ALL
Just a HUMAN; different FACES
Have some GRATITUDE
LOOK AT the WORLD we’ve DOOMED
AFTER ALL the MADNESS
We the SHAMELESS FOols
Hmmm …ey ey ooh..
Ey ey…ah…
La La laAA LAaa
Now SitTing EVERYDAY!
here we PRAY!
For the PEACE to come
SKY’s selling HEAVEN
Here on EARTH we got SEVEN!
We BREWING UP an AMBITION to CHANGE the world
KILL the HATE, GREED & WAR
With LoVE, we UNFURL
Hearing them POLITICIANS
DIVIDE our RACE
VIOLENCE, CORRUPTION, TEARS
They HURT like BLADE
Well they say POWER to the PEOPLE
Feel like LYRICAL VERSES
FREEDOM’s good on PAPER
SINS are LOUDER than CURSES
We GOT the BRAINS, We ain’t USING it
Why follow OTHERS?
We simply ABUSING it!
‘Cause our MIND is our KINGDOM and we RULE on it
We get one life, don’t be a FOOL on it!
It’s the world that we live in
We just hating or complaining
But the things don’t seem to be alright
It’s the hope that we killing
This world could use a healing
We just need to make the things
be alright
—-
We live in a world of dreams
do away with greed, discrimination, and hate
We say we’re tired of it all
But we always leave it to fate
It’s time we stop the madness
Get rid of the greed we harvest
Celebrate diversity in our unity
& shed light to our darkness
About Piyush (Le’Ridge Stereo)
Piyush grew up in Kathmandu with exposure to pop and rock music in the 90s. His first exposure to musical instrument was a one-hour shared session on drums during extra curricular classes in Galaxy Public School in the late 90s.
Piyush has resided in the US since 2004, and is an IT professional by career. In 2016, he picked up guitar lessons on his own and dug deeper into music; and in 2020, he started working on his own compositions. His search for musical companions led him to meet Rebecca and Diwas Gurung in New York, and that is when ‘LeRidge Stereo’ was born to attain something bigger. He is definitely on the right track because, in another international songwriting contest, he reached the semifinal with his song “Another Sun” co-written with Rebecca.
Audio Credits:
Vocals: LeRidgeStereo x Tara (Rebecca)
Lyrics/ Composition: LeRidgeStereo
Producer/Mix and Master: Diwas Gurung
Video Credits:
#HyperionProduction
Script: Le’Ridge Stereo
Connect with Le’Ridge
https://linktr.ee/leridgestereo
Rebecca’s Influences/Inspirations:
HER, Alicia Keys, Sabrina Claudio, Beyonce, Whitney Housten, Michael Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie wonder, Ariana Grande
Rebecca on social media
https://www.instagram.com/reb__z/
https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.shrestha.7739/
Diwas Gurung on Social Media
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/diwasgurung
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/diwasg/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/diwas.gurung
