Tonight it is my extreme pleasure to bring you this incredible collaboration song!

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With the help of 12 other steemians I bring you this original song called "# MINNOWLIFE # HARDTIMES". Many of you know that I try to sympathize with others and show empathy, so I reached out in a recent Help Papa Rhyme Contest to get some help on writing a song about the difficulties of being a minnow here on steemit.

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Rest assured, attempting to use lyrics from 13 different sources and get it correct all on the same take is not easy!

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In this video I flash the usernames of the steemians who provided the lyrics before their verse, although I did do some editing of the lyrics.

# MINNOWLIFE # HARDTIMES

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THE LYRICS

@papa-pepper
YOU KNOW IT’S HARD OUT THERE FOR A MINNOW
BECAUSE IT’S HARD OUT THERE IN THE SEA
WITH ALL THESE OTHER FISH SWIMMING ALL AROUND
HOW’S ANYBODY EVER GONNA FIND ME?

A FRIEND TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD JOIN STEEMIT
SO NOW I WORK HARD TO MAKE IT EVERY DAY
I EVEN TRY TO STEEMIT LIKE I MEAN IT
BECAUSE I HEARD THAT IT’S THE ONLY WAY

CHORUS
.# MINNOWLIFE # HARDTIMES # WHATCANIDO? # STEEMICIDE ?
.# MINNOWLIFE # HARDTIMES # WHATCANIDO? # STEEMICIDE ?

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@garthfreeman
I work all day to craft the perfect post
Then with much love and care I send it.
200 views and sixty nine cents
where in the world shall I spend it?

CHORUS

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@mithrilweed
Like Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock,
I be searchin for whales I can never spot...
Red alert/ shields up what's a minnow to do,
I'm Steemin all night but for me or you?

CHORUS

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@silviabeneforti
I'll try to compose the rhymes,
But it's hard find the synonymes
I have to improve my English,
before I dream to be a big fish. ^_^

CHORUS

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@pyrowngs
With a sea full of “fish”
You’d think we’d all fall
Into oblivion, but it seems
This is starting to snowball…

CHORUS

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@avarice
I tell you as a Minnow it's hard to be a champ,
Bloggin' all day til your hands start to cramp,
Finally finished and you've done your utmost,
Spend your day prayin' that a whale'll vote your post.

CHORUS

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@barrydutton
In the dark of the sea, 2-tone blue and white
I saw the Steemit logo, shining in the nite
It came from the state of Virginia we are told
Though whales were all around. It was cold, cold cold.

We have the future, the present and the past.
But most days I feel like I’m dead last
The community’s the focus, but I keep crying........
Trying to earn some Steem, I guess I’ll keep trying

CHORUS

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@screenname
This post has been ranked within the top 25
most undervalued posts in the second half
of Feb 09. We estimate that this post
is undervalued by $18.69

CHORUS

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@darthnava
I scraped my poor, drained brain all day
just to make and submit a worthy post
but after six hours the whales still say,
"We checked it &Your silly post is toast."

CHORUS

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@the-future
To be honest, you will have hard times too,
But in steemit life it’d just reality.
Don't worry we’re gonna try to help you thru,
Even if we have to face brutality!

If you accept to live the minnow life,
Relax is not going to be your wife.
And if you ask yourself what can I do,
I will tell you: have fun, that it will help you too!

CHORUS

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@karenmckersie
I BLOG , I POST , I DO THE MOST
THAT ANY MINNOW CAN BE
SO ONE DAY I'LL BE A DOLPHIN
SWIMMING IN THE STEEMIT SEA !

UNTILL THEN I'LL just BE HAPPY
AS HAPPY AS I CAN BE !
SWIMMING WITH MY FELLOW MINNOWS
BUILDING STEEM POWER YES INDEED !

CHORUS

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@txgeekgirl
I keep my stories interesting,
simple, plain, and true,
practice for other minnows to see
Exactly what they can do!

CHORUS

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@meesterboom
I can only hope that soon,
I'm earning dollars and not cents
Cos how am I gonna pay my bills?
How am I gonna pay my rent?

Some say its scam
or we're going to the moon
ALL I KNOW is I just wanna
Get off the ground real soon

CHORUS

SUPER BIG THANK YOU

I just wanted to take the moment to give a super-big thanks to all the poets and lyricists who helped out on this song. In fact, if one of you wants the special limited edition # minnowlife # hardtimes T-shirt that I wore for the video, reply below and I'll get it mailed out to one of you to commemorate our collaboration.

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Here are those excellent steemians who helped:

@garthfreeman
@mithrilweed
@silviabeneforti
@darthnava
@screenname
@meesterboom
@karenmckersie
@barrydutton
@txgeekgirl
@avarice
@pyrowngs
@the-future

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This wouldn't have been possible without you. Feel free to vote for my comment on the Open Mic Week 20 post where I linked this entry too, and even resteem this post if you want to! Thanks so much to all of you!

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