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I first started working on this track during the same period I recorded an album with my jazz project. The chord progressions and melodies were at first more complicated, but I managed to make them more simple and audible. It had a jazzy feeling to it, but I decided to make it more soul/funk as the changes in the progressions were made.

At first, the idea was to make it instrumental, but I got some inspiration in terms of words, and had to make it a "song". Unfortunately, I couldn't get a singer to work with me before the deadline, so I had to do it myself. Sorry about that. The main message is that there is a life besides computing. We use computers every day, and I'm no exception. But in these troubled times maybe we should go outside and forget a bit the digital world, live in a closer contact with nature and other people.

The lyrics are (I know it's engrish, sorry about that):

Once upon a time, in a land far away,
I used to call my friends to play all day.
We didn't have computers cause we couldn't pay,
So we'd grab a ball, go outside and play.

Even I could, I wouldn't have it otherwise,
I was just too happy to have fun and socialize.
Sorry but that's something that I cannot compromise,
Fat, unhealthy kids, now that's something I despise.

As I'm growing older, and wiser - I hope -
All I need to live is to know that I'm free,
But there are kids that are finding hard to cope
With being the only ones without a PS3.

I never had a console, not until last year,
My parents thought that playing was an uncreative thing.
And now you have to own one, it's what I fear,
My son will say "playstation" before he learns to sing!

Get out of your chair,
Breathe some fresh air,
Feel the wind in your hair...

Take a look around, there's so much to see,
Push away the ground, just fly and be free,
Never looking down...
Say good-bye to your PC and come fly with me."