this is an offering to close out Black August 2024. rest in power to the prolific revolutionary ancestors George Jackson, Queen Mother Audley Moore, Mutulu Shakur & Claudia Jones. and bless to everyone who shares & presses play!
lyrics
verse 1
I'm sure you have your reasons
I'm sure you have plenty of rationale
I'm sure you've got you're spiel, you nailed it down
I'm sure you've got expenses and ventures to keep afloat
I'm sure you feel tension, spindled cotton in your throat
bended posture, spinning doctrines, tempting larynx
but you keep it at bay
know it's risky if you wander astray
it's what I ponder these days
I'm sure you know by now where you stand
but I'm wondering if that's where you'll stay
because I've been afraid
of losing what I've ripped from poverty's grip
but I'd rather dance on poverty's grave
I'd rather argue the case, charge genocide to
all of these states, than watch a massacre unfold in my face
You might think it's too late, but I beg to split the difference
cuz I could've showed you what I knew to retrace
the pace of history quickens with every second we waste
and I know in your heart, you won't turn me away that you won't turn me away
hook
and if i turn away from this,
what does that say about
what does that say about
what does that say about me?
and if i turn away from this,
what does that say about
what does that say about
what does that say about me?
verse 2
spirit gave me a hint
the glint of a weapon casting the shadow of a wince
on a people embattled, saddled with reckless politics
talk hella cheap but more affordable than rent
or portable device, at whose expense
so tell me what you spent of your pride for a dollar,
what kind of pain did you circumvent
who you calling your friend
and when these devils do it again,
will you grin or be primed for the slaughter?
my eyes seen martyrs sent to shrine
babies shrouded supine
what more is there to say to the limbs of a toddler
separated from its f*cking body
my suggestion is you feel this in your fucking body
So to my brother Qais, know we raising hell for Falasteen
For Congo, for Sudan, and for Ayiti
Zionism gon die
Fascism, Empire gon die
in due time with these eyes
credits
released August 30, 2024
Written, performed and produced by Ivy Sole. Co-produced and mixed by Lee Clarke. Mastering by Zeroh. Art direction by Shakeil Greeley.
Directed, edited and colored by Ivy Sole. Cinematography by Wren Rene and Taj Devore Bey.
thank you(s),yous God(s) and mines.There is still a hashpen(blubberrymuffin or grapefruit cookies) , a pack of organic cigarettes and an pineapple asian pear vape for you all to take part in if you come through. BeatsaNdBuds
