Ian Brown: "Truths & Rights"

Last year, Stone Roses frontman and solo artist Ian Brown released a cover of Johnny Osborne's "Truths & Rights".

The release was accompanied by a video directed by Scully, featuring footage from A Touch of Zen by Chinese filmmaker King Hu.

Render your hearts and not your garments
The truth is there for who have eyes to see
Partiality has no place in this judgement
Remember the words of prophecy

Children run, come to truths and rights
That's what I'm about
You know the truths and rights
Teach it to the children
Run, come to truths and rights
Teach it to the children that they should know
Know, know, know, know

Children say a little prayer
Every night before you go to sleep
'Cause tomorrow is promised to no one
When you think it's peace and safety
There could be sudden destruction
'Cause we know, yes, we know

Remember these few words I say to you
Remember the words I'm saying to you right now
And for tomorrow and henceforth, I say

Render your hearts and not your garments
The truth is there for who have eyes to see
Partiality has no place in this judgement
Remember the words of prophecy

Children run, come to truths and rights
That's what I'm about
You know the truths and rights
Teach it to the children
Run, come to truths and rights
Teach it to the children

Brown has received a vicious onslaught of criticism from musicians and the media for his stance on coronavirus restrictions. Though we have a feeling his position will age very well.

He also released Little Seed Big Tree in September of 2020. The song was initially shared along with the message “NO LOCKDOWN NO TESTS NO TRACKS NO MASKS NO VAX.”

You can see a refreshingly large number of fans supporting the message in the comments on Vevo:

We don't need no stinking badges

Just a little seed, makes a big tree
Standing on its own, thriving all alone
Just a little seed, makes a big tree
Grows so high, gonna touch the sky
Just a little seed, makes a big tree
Spreads roots deep, branches far and wide

Masonic lockdown, in your hometown
Masonic lockdown, can you hear me now
From the top down, soul shock down
State shakedown, mass breakdown
Global orders, riding over borders
Get behind your doors for the new world order
Doctor Evil and his needle
Doctor Evil with a masterplan
A false vaccine, like a bad dream
They'll plant a microchip, every woman, child and man
A plan to chip us all, to have complete control
The land, the sky, your soul

Peace like silence in the snow
Free to do exactly as your told
Obey, consume and die
And up to heaven for your pie up in the sky
Sleep walking, dreaming, you best believe your lying eyes
Geoengineering, making more than patterns in the skies
5G radiation, beamed to Earth from space by satellites
The scientist and mediatrist
Trying to tell me 2 and 2 is 5
'Scuse me while I mention the strategy of tension, mass mind manipulation
Psychological operation
The general population, hypnotized, right in front of your eyes
Drama and lies
Look into my eyes

Just a little seed, makes a big tree
Standing on its own, thriving all alone
Just a little seed, makes a big tree
Grows so high, gonna touch the sky
Just a little seed, makes a big tree
Spreads roots deep, branches far and wide

Masonic lockdown, in your hometown
Masonic lockdown, can you feel me now
Masonic lockdown, soul shock down
State shakedown, a mass breakdown
Put your muzzle on, get back in your basket
Get behind your doors cause living here is drastic
Doctor Evil and his needle
Doctor Evil with a masterplan
A false vaccine, like a bad dream
They'll plant a microchip, every woman, child and man
A plan to chip us all, to have complete control
The land, the sky, your soul

Na, Na, Na, Na
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na
Na, Na, Na, Na
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na

"I mean we're taking things that are, you know, genetically modified organisms and were injecting them in little kids arms, we just shoot 'em right into the vein."

"But you don't have a choice, people act like you have a choice"

Listen to Ian's most recent album Ripples here: