Our latest video is out now! This striking collaboration in Hindi and English translates to “How long will you keep sleeping?” It is our call to look at what’s around us more closely. Make sure you subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalMusicCollective
Featuring: Harpreet, Santur Kundu, Kate Bass, and Richie “Robot” Steighner
Artists: Varun Gupta, Sumant Balakrishnan, Amar Pandey
Recording Artists: Harpreet, Santur Kundu, Kate Bass, Richard Steighner, Varun Gupta, Sumant Balakrishnan, Amar Pandey
Audio mixing and production: Varun Gupta
Videography: Samar Manhotra and Birkunwar Singh
Lyrics (English and Hindi)
VERSE 1 (RICHIE)
Out of sight, out of time
Making money state of mind
Economic and resigned
Working hard but fall behind
Whiter teeth, better skin
Painted walls, closing in
RO Filters, new cement
Sleep from 1 to 5 am
I’m hoping that this finds you well
Reply to all and check the spell
With urgency and mental health
The Highs I buy, the lows I sell
A 2nd job, on the train
Milk and groceries, acid rain
Twice as fast, but half the man
Are you still watching? Start again
CHORUS (SANTUR)
Jaag ja re (Wake up, wake up,)
Kab tak soyega? (How long will you keep sleeping?)
Rooh teri (Your soul —)
Kyun bhatke (Why does it wander?)
Jaag ja re (Wake up, wake up,)
Kab tak soyega? (How long will you keep sleeping?)
Rooh teri (Your soul —)
Kyun bhatke (Why does it wander?)
VERSE 2 (KATE)
Out of reach out of town
what was lost isn’t found
but it’s made of plastic now
Shinier but dull somehow
Whiter clothes washed in bleach
Check the tone in your speech
Not too light and not too deep
Disengaged with higher reach
I’m hoping and I’m praying here
But still the problems reappear
Chambers echo out of fear
With shutdowns on election years
Wrap it up in cellophane
With bones of polyurethane
Wash it down the sewer drain
With walls so thick can’t hear the rain
CHORUS (HARPREET)
Jaag ja re (Wake up, wake up,)
Kab tak soyega? (How long will you keep sleeping?)
Rooh teri (Your soul —)
Kyun bhatke (Why does it wander?)
Jaag ja re (Wake up, wake up,)
Kab tak soyega? (How long will you keep sleeping?)
Rooh teri (Your soul —)
Kyun bhatke (Why does it wander?)
BRIDGE (HARPREET)
Sookha sa paani hai (The water feels dry)
Bheegi si hai ye hawa (And the air feels damp)
Khaali hain ghar aur (The homes are empty)
Bhaagi hui hai fiza (And the atmosphere has fled)
Kab se pukaare hai (Since long, the earth)
Dharti ye tujhko pata? (Has been calling out to you — don’t you know?)
Sun le re apne hi (Listen to the call)
Andar ki jo hai pukaar (That rises from within you)
CHORUS (ALL)
Jaag ja re (Wake up, wake up,)
Kab tak soyega? (How long will you keep sleeping?)
Rooh teri (Your soul —)
Kyun bhatke (Why does it wander?)
Jaag ja re (Wake up, wake up,)
Kab tak soyega? (How long will you keep sleeping?)
Rooh teri (Your soul —)
Kyun bhatke (Why does it wander?)
Thanks
A tremendous thank you to our friend and primary donor, Vanessa Bergstedt. Your commitment to the arts and to our mission has revolutionized and turbo-charged our efforts. We are so grateful.
Additional thanks to the incredibly wonderful Shreya Singh and Neha Ojha for their tireless and often thankless work in supporting and administering and paying for our programs!
Finally, a HUGE thank you to the 70+ donors who donated to this program.
Additional thanks to ConocoPhillips, US Embassy Delhi, US Consulate General Chennai, and Teamwork Arts.