1. A Fibromyalgia/CFS Theme Song/Anthem
What I Can Do
from the album For Tha Love by Jay Steele
the song can be heard on all platforms including the links below:
youtube (the song by itself)
bandcamp (with the whole album/track #10
LYRICS
What I Can Do
The courage to change... the things I can... (Intro)
It affects us in different ways but the pain is the same end result
that remains that we hope it would change - and then there's
the fatigue that we wish that it would leave - and medicine
make ya feel better then - when it hurts - but for some like me
it makes it hurt worse - acupuncture helps sometimes (plus)
havin a positive mind and healthy diet - I try it - it helps me
to survive it - I've realized it - there's so much that I can't do
but so much that I can do (echoes) it's how I think - so I don't
sink - into that slinking stinking thinking - my opinion how
I'm living is the only way of thinking - what we're given's like a
prison - no cure and no prescriptions get rid of it - ya gotta
learn to live with it - it ain't the prettiest - the grittiness
is ridiculous but for me the life lessons is limitless
if riddled with this affliction it's for you that I'm singin
I try not to sink into depression and remember
my blessings - and I try to carry that message (echo)
(managin my pain... managing this thing)
This is for my people with fibromyalgia - I have it too Chorus
and you feel like people won't believe you - I know how it go
'cause I deal with it too - pain we feel is true - I deal with it too
One evening in my first support group meeting - she told me
to focus on what I can do - and now - that's what I plan to do
it's true - I stand strong like bamboo - despite what I'm feeling
and despite what you hearing - it's real - and it's lame
how some people don't believe that something exists
if they ain't have the same pain - it's a shame but I gain
from the doctor that explained the pain wax and wane
and may not stay the same - so when it hurts I be thinking
it could change any minute - its opened my eyes
I've hosted so many meetings - so I could try to help others
when I help another it helps me to get by and makes me feel
that I have a purpose providing service to those that need it
I believe it - it's a whole new way of life and it's nice
to help others who deal with the same type
Lady Gaga has it - it's real and it's dramatic - it make me have
to practice what I preach - so I can keep my sanity - it's how
I manage the thing that has damaged me - it's moving 'cause its
made me improve and become a better person - and the curse
can be a blessing - I guess that's the lesson I've learned as I've
turned from being self centered - self centric I said I meant it
helpin others makes me feel best and I'm invested in this message
Collateral Beauty is a movie that moved me I relate to losing see
the adversity - showed me what my purpose be with urgency
(I) can't do a lot at once - I break it up - its called 'pacing'
in my rhymes I'm explaining how I'm dealing with my pain and
I'm remaining appreciative - maintaining my creative
state of mind - I'm inclined to empathize with the kind
that's afflicted with this disease that we survive while we alive
It affects us in different ways but the pain is the same end result
that remains that we hope it would change - and then there's
the fatigue that we wish that it would leave - and medicine
make ya feel better then - when it hurts - but for some like me
it makes it hurt worse - acupuncture helps sometimes (plus)
havin a positive mind and healthy diet - I try it - it helps me
to survive it - I've realized it - there's so much that I can't do
but so much that I can do (echoes) it's how I think - so I don't
sink - into that slinking stinking thinking - my opinion how
I'm living is the only way of thinking - what we're given's like a
prison - no cure and no prescriptions get rid of it - ya gotta
learn to live with it - it ain't the prettiest - the grittiness
is ridiculous but for me the life lessons is limitless
if riddled with this affliction it's for you that I'm singin
I try not to sink into depression and remember
my blessings - and I try to carry that message (echo)
(managin my pain... managing this thing)
This is for my people with fibromyalgia - I have it too Chorus
and you feel like people won't believe you - I know how it go
'cause I deal with it too - pain we feel is true - I deal with it too
One evening in my first support group meeting - she told me
to focus on what I can do - and now - that's what I plan to do
it's true - I stand strong like bamboo - despite what I'm feeling
and despite what you hearing - it's real - and it's lame
how some people don't believe that something exists
if they ain't have the same pain - it's a shame but I gain
from the doctor that explained the pain wax and wane
and may not stay the same - so when it hurts I be thinking
it could change any minute - its opened my eyes
I've hosted so many meetings - so I could try to help others
when I help another it helps me to get by and makes me feel
that I have a purpose providing service to those that need it
I believe it - it's a whole new way of life and it's nice
to help others who deal with the same type
Lady Gaga has it - it's real and it's dramatic - it make me have
to practice what I preach - so I can keep my sanity - it's how
I manage the thing that has damaged me - it's moving 'cause its
made me improve and become a better person - and the curse
can be a blessing - I guess that's the lesson I've learned as I've
turned from being self centered - self centric I said I meant it
helpin others makes me feel best and I'm invested in this message
Collateral Beauty is a movie that moved me I relate to losing see
the adversity - showed me what my purpose be with urgency
(I) can't do a lot at once - I break it up - its called 'pacing'
in my rhymes I'm explaining how I'm dealing with my pain and
I'm remaining appreciative - maintaining my creative
state of mind - I'm inclined to empathize with the kind
that's afflicted with this disease that we survive while we alive
2. Another song for the invisible disability community is:
Musical Soup for tha Soul (Ways 2 Cope)
from the album A Refreshing Contribution by Jay Steele
a song all about coping strategies
the song can be heard on all platforms including these links below:
youtube (the song by itself)
bandcamp (with the whole album/track #2)
LYRICS
Musical Soup for tha Soul (Ways 2 Cope)
If you looking for a ray of hope - I got ways to cope - when it's cold CHORUS
it's musical soup for tha soul
My father was abusive and said my mom was stupid - support herself? he said
she couldn't do it and he knew it - he tried this one job - results he didn't yield
he quit - then my mom joined the top of this field - in hindsight sayin' success
in her life - it was born right out of spite - crazy right? the same plight she made
it right - ain't it nice - when the type of nice victim take a chance - and the
circumstances flip and land winnin'? we didn't plan missin' or the hand we was
given - but I'll be damned if we didn't take a stand to get fixin' (our circumstances)
I understand that's the mission when pain hit and rain drip and - stay sane and
stay livin' and never let the hate make ya give in - let it make ya driven wit' a
vision to help others that's strugglin' - wit' love - that's upliftin' - that's the lessons
I've learned and been given - while livin' - thru wild livin' I've been in and trials
I was flippin' (into)
Musical Soup for Tha Soul - 'cause my goal is not to fold - but to rise CHORUS 2
find ways to thrive - help others with the struggles of their lives
in trouble I'ma strive to find the calm in the middle of the storm wit my mind
Musical solace - like watchin' Mister Rogers - some doctors did tests - showin'
goin' in nature - seein' animals lowers stress - they laughter is the best medicine
injectin' this into my daily regimen - a veteran - hugs not drugs - they've shown
by showin' love wit' your arms - (it) can reduce some harm - in the body like a
charm - on top of laughin' is distraction - like the action of gettin' a book and
readin' - to get out my head - I'm leavin' - or seein' a movie might move me
to see a view I need - breathe - (echo) a mediation can help my elevation
to a better place and better station - my occupation to find ways to help my
community - which grants me some immunity from depression - I got that
arrested - by focusin' on what I have as my blessings - yes whenever I'm tested
I'm mindin' this message - gotta get my rest in wit' my daily stretchin' regimen (and)
I avoid negative heads - instead I find friends wit' kind minds and respect that'll
help - that's not obsessed with they self - or findin' wealth - for me music works
well - to find relief wit' a beat - to find peace - or just seek it to enjoy it
like many people I employ it - self pity I avoid it - life is short - I'm'a try to find
the joy in it and spread it - I try to do this wit' my rhymes and my message
when you get it - I hope that you spread it too - investin' in a better you - I don't
dwell in negativity - I dwell in positivity and all the grand things that's upliftin' me
and how I can be more forgivin' and givin' and livin' in this way - I stay more amazed
to see givin' things away helps me feel more free - and helpin' others - it seems
even more it helps me - when I give - I receive - it seem I don't get what I want
but I get what I need to find peace that I seek
Why don't you come down to my vibe now? OUTRO/Alternate Hook
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