Peacification
The Method I Intend to Use to Make this World a More Peaceful Place
I spent the first half of my life as a songwriter.
The second half of my life was largely consumed as the co-founder of a heavily-endorsed global peace organization.
Put those two things together and you get a song about pacifying the world.
It's actually a lyric called Peace In Peace Out that espouses that peace starts within. Peacification.
Here's the chorus and bridge:
Chorus
You gotta put Peace in
Before you put Peace out
You gotta find peace inside
Before you spread it all around
You gotta put Peace in
Before you put Peace out
Peace in
Peace out
Bridge
I'm gonna Peacify my heart
Yeah that's the place to start
Just empty out my mind
Cause it's time for quiet time
Lemme get real still inside
So still that I can see
My brothers and sisters
Peacified like me
Everybody in the world
Peacified like me
© Rick Beneteau
I’m sure you get the point of the song. Gandhi (whose grandson was an endorser of my peace organization) expressed that peace begins with you. How you get all the warring factions in the world to at least stop for a few moments to consider such a radical proposition as Peacification, well, is have them listen to a catchy, upbeat song about the concept. Yes, THIS SONG!
See, I would love this story to attract a music writer/producer to finish this song off.
If you, as a fellow creator, know of such a person, I’d relish an introduction! Any takers?
About the Creator
Rick Beneteau
Former 80’s happening songwriter when divorced turned Internet marketing ‘guru’ on the-then-brand-new Internet who in 2006 became co-founder of a humanitarian non-profit who then came full circle back to music – for film and television.
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Comments (1)
Don't know any, but I love the word. Tik Tok, Youtube and such places, I guess. I only watch the science-y stuff on Youtube. Good luck with peacification.