Old Machine Got a Passport
One take is amapiano log drums fading to acoustic guitar. The other is afrobeat horns dissolving into synths.
The stories behind Old Machine Got a Passport
- The Two Takes of Old Machine Got a Passport, Two Soft Landings — One take is amapiano log drums fading to acoustic guitar. The other is afrobeat horns dissolving into synths.
- Old Machine Got a Passport Is About Where Retired Hospital Equipment Really Goes — A retired hospital machine doesn't have to become e-waste. Cleaned, tested and shipped, it can start a second career overseas.
Lyrics
Old machine got a passport
Retired, not done yet
Replaced, not done yet
Pulled it off the wall, then a new one came to stay
Coulda hit the landfill, coulda thrown it all away
Roughly 62 million tons of e -waste every year
Less than a quarter formally recycled, but not this one out here
Old machine got a passport
Clean it, test it, pack it, ship it
Retired, not done yet
Replaced, not done yet
Replaced, not done yet
One keynote total, 250 trailers on the road
Over 138 countries, that's a heavy load
At the conference we prep it for an hour, maybe more
Earn our credits, pack and gear for a faraway shore
Old machine got a passport
Passport, passport
Clean it, test it, pack it, ship it
Ship it Retired, not done yet
Replaced, oh Not yet, nothing yet
Replaced Nothing yet, nothing yet
Refurbished accelerator Accelerator shipped a long way from home
To a cancer center that couldn't buy one of its own
Lower cost, lower carbon, longer life on the way
Tell the landfill, not today
Old machine got a passport, passport
Clean it, test it, pack it, ship it
Retired, not done yet
Replaced, ooh, not done yet
Replaced, ooh, not done yet
