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Level Ground

Otis Reddick
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Otis Reddick
R&B / Soul3:11April 29, 2026
0:00 3:11

Influenced by Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Howlin' Wolf, Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Otis Reddick was supposed to go to trade school in Memphis. Instead, the eldest of six siblings in Clarksdale, Mississippi, he stayed home to support his family, trading his scholarship for a job at the local auto-body shop he still works at today. His voice, a raw sandpaper tenor, was honed in the late-night quiet of a garage, surrounded by tools and the ghosts of deferred dreams. These are the songs of the man who fixes everything but his own life.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The Coahoma County line sign still has our toothmarks on the wood.
We swore whoever made it out would sand 'em down for good.
Well, the grain is smooth under my thumb tonight, feels like a sin.
This prayer's for you, man, wherever you went, or wherever I've been.

[Chorus]
So here's your level ground, here's the house on the hill.
The foundation's square, the wiring's right, but the rooms are standing still.
Yeah, this is level ground, the deed is in my name.
But the silence is the only thing that knows how to win this game.

[Verse 2]
Remember that July on Route 61, the tar was soft and breathing?
You said, "These hands will either build a bridge or tear down the whole damn ceiling."
My knuckles are clean now, no grease from the shop, no rust under the nail.
I fixed it all, just like I said I would, right down to the last detail.

[Chorus]
So here's your level ground, here's the house on the hill.
The foundation's square, the wiring's right, but the rooms are standing still.
Yeah, this is level ground, the deed is in my name.
But the silence is the only thing that knows how to win this game.

[Bridge]
I won the bid, I bought the land, I laid the final joist.
And every hammer blow just echoed the absence of your voice.

[Outro]
Just… level ground.
Empty ground.

About Otis Reddick

Otis Reddick was supposed to go to trade school in Memphis. Instead, the eldest of six siblings in Clarksdale, Mississippi, he stayed home to support his family, trading his scholarship for a job at the local auto-body shop he still works at today. His voice, a raw sandpaper tenor, was honed in the late-night quiet of a garage, surrounded by tools and the ghosts of deferred dreams. These are the…

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