Crucial Track for May 7, 2025

"Lust For Life" by St. Lenox

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Prompt: What’s a hidden gem or underrated song you love?

This is a hymn, slam poem, hue and cry, call to arms for our present moment. In a just world, people would scream-sing this song on street corners. But there it sits with 5,500 plays on Spotify. He's writing about his specific grad school experiences, but the theme is universal for anyone toiling in an unjust system. "I'm still sublimating my lust for life, unjustly!"