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TRA​И​Ƨ​A

by Red Hot Org

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    Selects is a single vinyl sampler w/ full color printed Jacket & Inner sleeve featuring:

    Side A
    1 “Young Lion” – Sade Adu

    2 “I Would Die 4 U” – Lauren Auder + Wendy & Lisa

    3 “People Are Small / Rapture” – L’Rain
    (feat. NYC Trans Oral History Project with Imara Jones, Mojo Disco, Ceyenne Doroshow &
    Francois)

    4 “Ever New” – Beverly Glenn-Copeland + Sam Smith

    Side B

    1 “Something Is Happening And I May Not Fully Understand But I’m Happy To Stand For The Understanding” – André 3000

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Poem: 27 baby goats a cup of green tea & everyone laughing add in a donut & a melting sky a photo album & a city siren & the birds we saw today & so much light coughing & gasping & rumble & desire & appetite & a perfect meal for you tonight baby goats & a melting sky a city siren & so much Light
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Lyrics: You throw me to the wind You tossed me out to sea You broke my heart with the letter You left at my feet So it'll be a long time It'll be a long time How am I supposed to fly When I cannot even breathe And everybody that I loved Who taught me to look up, Stopped looking for me It'll be a long time As I fall, all the stars sing along This will make you better This will help you sleep This will make you suffer This will set you free It'll be a long time If I look up high in the sky, and let my eyes adjust to the dawn If I look up high in the sky, maybe I can talk to God If I look up high in the sky, let my eyes adjust to the Sun Maybe I can go home Now as I fall, I sing through the stars I tell them, you and I We hear the same train
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Lyrics: Did you know I was simple? Did you know I was little too? Just like you Don’t think you ever heard me Now I’m the loudest in the room I’ve got so many questions When I’d put down the books? When did I wear (& tear) exactly? Was it the same age as you? Did you know I got questions? Don’t wanna feel like I’m guessing… Hmmmmm? Did you know you got me distracted? For the first time it’s not a bad thing Did you know i was perfect Yeah I modeled right after you I felt you everywhere Without even trying too Sorry I got a little angry Y'know it’s not hard to do Hopefully you’ll forgive me Like I’ve done and continue too Or maybe you won’t Sometimes no one does Not even if I make ‘em laugh! Hmmm…
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Lyrics: Can you feel that rumbling in everyone’s tum? If it’s not there, then they’re no one Can’t you feel that rumbling inside all of us? If you can’t, then you’re a dunce But if that’s what it takes to be a rumbleless one Then no one’s who I’ll become ‘Cos anybody lacking rumbling’s no one And anybody who’s not stumbling’s no fun You can’t feel the bumps in everyone’s tongue But that’s not what you really want You can’t get new ones if you pop all your lungs And you can’t fill everyone’s bumps Sure, you want to get tongued by someone But you can’t please everyone And not everybody tonguin’s havin’ fun Not everybody who’s tongue bumpin’s In love Took a shot at bullying, you thought it looked fun Came to school and brought a gun Now you can feel that rumbling in everyone’s tum But now you’re not the running one
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Poem: On an awfully Other planet We spoke I was broken On a big Cartoon I was jammed Up in nothing Beautiful You fool Left A message In the Sand It’s true You picked It right up You played it For me
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Lyrics: His blue shadow appears Engulfing my shakes I’m restless and in need of you To take advantage He’s gripping at my mouth I need you to kiss it I need you to seal it shut He’s telling me I’m next to go But you whisper close: “just say when”
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Lyrics: Is it over now? Light’s peeking under Something’s started in me In search of release Is it over now? If you try, oh you might find Swallow your pride this time
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Lyrics: You are good luck Don't need permission You are a mountain Come back different You are a miracle They'll never give in It doesn't matter You will outlive them We'll come back different
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Lyrics: I was a pearl Pulled from a shell Brought to this world Without a clue of myself Just the musings of someone else Ah… ah… I’ve been a jewel I’ve been a loser Shame is my shape Dazzling disgrace Amounts to my name My name… my name… Two birds settled on a tree A branch that’s built for few One day we must leave It’s the journey towards the peace That passes all understanding… Cycles cycles cycles time again Is passing me by Void of moon Turns a dark blue hue Void of moon Turns a dark blue hue
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Lyrics: Let me in Into this This impossible dream Are there endless Chances Between you and me? In another life In another life Let me hold On to this This promise with both of my hands Say I see you Look I see you And I understand In another life In another life Life life life life There are endless chances between you and me Endless chances between you and me There are endless chances between you and me Endless chances between you and me There are endless chances…
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Lyrics: What could I mean to a pearl in the sparkling depth of the sea Somewhere far out of reach I have wept for your tree as I water these seeds of sun and bread in my soul until I see you again What could I mean to this world in a season of blood Unsung we have already won It may well be a dream honey Strawberry rose colored horses we’ll ride away Thoughts overflow into My tears of the pond that Swam into the river Bending into waterfalls of The emotions vast as ocean Our feelings reach Deep into the earth to Feel the tree that started From a seed the root entwined With all our destinies 생각이 많아 넘쳐 흐르는 눈물은 호수에서 강을 거쳐 폭포가되어 바다로 이어지는 우리의 마음은 땅을 넘어 뿌리 부터 깊은 나무처럼 한 씨앗에서 시작된 인연
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Poem: everyone was just walking backwards into the room so we’re just like joining the dance I can do that & there my eyes are closing yeah let your eyes close it’s a closet it’s a rehab it’s a homeless shelter okay okay but everyone just keep moving backwards that’s it yeah it feels good let your eyes close
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Lyrics: Holding onto an idea Verse as being right here It’s just an idea We can let it disappear Searching through the night for Someone so dear Doesn’t it feel better when You hold me near How fast the time goes We say it all the time Look at the cardinals now Resting on the vine Searching through the day for Someone so dear Doesn’t it feel better when You hold me near Doesn’t it feel better when You hold me near Who do we think we are Verse as where we are now Who do I want to love Verse as showing my love how Searching all the planet for Answers so clear Doesn’t it feel better when You hold me near? All love surrounds you Maybe it’s always been Doesn’t it feel better when You let it in? Doesn’t it feel better when You let it in?
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Lyrics: Yo tengo todas las cosas que Dios hizo lindas en una mujer. El pelo, los ojos, la boca y este cuerpecito de pura Raquel. Yo soy más linda que Adriana y mucho más linda que Sofía Lorén. Y más que todas tus novias y más que las novias que tuvo Gardel. Cuando me miras bailando tan joven y hermosa con este vaivén. Te incito te inquieto te alocó te hiervo la sangre y te prendo también Yo soy querube en cielo en en el huerto rosas y aliento en tu ser. Y tengo todas las cosas que dios hizo lindas en una mujer. Yo tengo todas las cosas que dios hizo lindas en una mujer. Te incito te inquieto te aloco te hiervo la sangre y te prendo también. Por eso es que caigo tan suave si tú no lo sabes entérate bien, entérate bien: linda mujer.
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Poem: I breathe. In through my nose. I count to nine. I let the air fill my belly. It reaches down into the ground. It crosses to the other side. And then I exhale. Out through my mouth. I relax into the wind. My breath flies, lifts my Soul up. And my bones follow: from the toe bone to the heel bone heel bone to the foot bone foot bone to the ankle bone ankle bone to the shin bone shin bone to the knee bone knee bone to the thigh bone thigh bone to the hip bone hip bone to the tailbone tail bone then the back bone back bone then the shoulder bone shoulder bone and the arm bone arm bone and the hand bone hand bone and the neck bone neck bone and the jaw bone jaw bone and the head bone. Ase. The dead arise, like an army to fight, like a storm. I feel my wings spread, in a whirlwind. There is lightning around us and thunder booms. The stars begin to rain down And there is light everywhere. I see someone with woolen hair and feet like bronze, and another with a crown of flowers and a dress made from the sun and moon. I hear it said: We are beautiful.
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Lyrics: I FEEL FREE- FREE TO BE WHO I WANNA BE I FEEL FREE- TO EXPRESS WHAT’S INSIDE OF ME FREE TO BE WHO I WANNA BE YEAH,YEAH ALL MY LIFE I’VE HAD TO FACE MY INNER STRENGTH OF - SELF ACCEPTANCE I DON’T HAVE TIME TO FEEL ASHAMED I HOLD MY HEAD HIGH - ON MY JOURNEY LIVIN LIFE IS LONG OVERDUE IT’S GIVEN ME- A PRIDE THAT SHINES THROUGH DON’T BE AFRAID TO BE WHO YOU ARE SHOW SELF RESPECT AND KEEP ON LIVING I FEEL FREE- FREE TO BE WHO I WANNA BE I FEEL FREE- TO EXPRESS WHAT’S INSIDE OF ME YEAH,YEAH, OH,OH OH I FEEL FREE-TO EXPRESS WHAT’S INSIDE OF ME DON’T TELL ME HOW TO LIVE AND LOVE JUST SHOW RESPECT-AND I’LL BE THANKFUL WITH ALL MY GIFTS I HAVE TO GIVE I SHOW MY PRIDE AND KEEP ON LOVING MY SELF EXPRESSION I NO LONGER HIDE THE WAY I LIVE IS SO DEEP INSIDE THERE’S NO CONFUSION IN WHO I AM BEING TRANSGENDER I KEEP ON SHINING I FEEL FREE- FREE TO BE WHO I WANNA BE. YEAH YEAH I FEEL FREE- TO EXPRESS WHAT’S INSIDE OF ME KEEP IT COMIN YA’LL LET ME SEE YA WERK IT KEEP ON SHINING
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Lyrics: Spent too long Trying to Get along Giving you what you want Now I know Without doubt Who I am Can I be true to you I won't let nobody tell me I won't let nobody tell me how to be like I won't let nobody tell me how to There are many ways (x2) When I say When I show What’s within Hope you don’t go away Are you scared to find out Who you are Living as someone else I won’t let nobody tell me I won’t let nobody tell me how to I won’t let nobody tell me I like it just the way it is
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Storied activist and music production non-profit Red Hot presents its latest project, TRAИƧA out November 22nd. With production beginning in 2021, and over 100 artists contributing, TRAИƧA marks one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by Red Hot - a spiritual journey across 8 chapters and 46 songs, spotlighting the gifts of many of the most daring, imaginative trans and non-binary artists working today. It softens the edges of the world we know, and invokes powerful dreams of the futures that might one day thunder from its cracks. The album's instantly memorable cover speaks to the tension between nature and constructed environments, and the tension of transness in the western gender binary.

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released November 22, 2024

Introducing Transa:Selects. Transa:Selects reintroduces Sade Adu to the world with a song for her trans son, Izaak. The culture-shifting ballad “Young Lion” debuts with a side-length original by André 3000 and appearances by Sam Smith, L’Rain & more. These singles from the 46-track prismatic spiritual journey of Red Hot Org’s TRANSA glimpse the project’s full epic sonic palette and time travel. An essential line-in to a restored universe, Transa:Selects gives gender-expansive waymakers their pasts and futures.

Pre-Order the Transa:Selects Vinyl by clicking the link below or the Transa:Selects bandcamp page on the right-hand column.
redhot.bandcamp.com/album/tra-a-selects

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Conceived & Produced by Massima Bell & Dust Reid
Co-Produced by Elia Einhorn, Katie Garcia & Terrance Thomas
Executive Producer: John Carlin

Red Hot Crew: Béco Dranoff, Jonathan Galkin, Upendo Kissai, Lyndsay Knecht, Donna Matthew, Agnes Walsh

Grandstand Media: Kate Jackson, Nikolas Soelter, Devin Velez, Shazila Mohammed
Co-sign Radio: Jessica Weber, Trevor Morrison

transa.world

Transa Website by Ben Godfrey
Editorial and Engagement Lead: Lyndsay Knecht
Social Media Consultant: Sam Weisenthal

Cover by Vera (V) Haddad, Olive Panter & Rohan Rege

All tracks mastered by Heba Kadry, NYC

except “Is It Cold In The Water?” & “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”
mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound

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Red Hot is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that produces music and media dedicated to social change, beginning in 1990 at the height of the AIDS pandemic. Red Hot's mission is to raise awareness about diversity and equal access to health care. The company has produced 25 projects to date and given away over 15 million dollars to organizations around the world. ... more

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