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TheBattleCry

by MyLittleRobotFriend

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The battle cry for a name and a place and a date
Indigenous lives displaced
Pounding loud on their drums
Like Asian heritage drum their fists against
The anguish of their lives past
Down through history
Relevant heritage
To wake the gods or myths
Of a people through song and story of belonging
Pansori pow wow
Movement of steps in traditional clothing
Fanning away, arms raised, in circles
All being being boys being girls
Being women being men
Shamans smudging out the shame
The masks other people made
To take away a token
For their own dominance
Dominoes falling like effigies and slates
Placed in reminder
Of name place and date
Monuments risen
Now to be taken down
From a discourse of race and judgement
Of owning slaves
A masterpiece theatre
In real time colonies
Refugees with no homes
No future yet written
But all of this displaced peoples
Like a land for a price
That property matters over ethics and life
All based on a manmade currency
That life can't flow with the tides
You get swallowed up in debt and you die
Indebted to your country
In debt from companies
But it's the company you keep
that make memories survive
what's a name place and date
If others gonna
Wipe out your history
We won't remember these people
But we'll remember the dates
In numbers en masse
We too shall pass
This physical life
For a slice of the pie
Give bread give water
And dignity over pride
And we could feast for days
Or let our imaginations try.
What the fuck people
Time already over to wake the fuck up
If you ain't in line
Damn did you ever miss your chance
This system worldwide
Fists pounding
Feet thumping
The ravage of the street
Of people on concrete
Damn the earth is shaking
The Aliens awake
Wondering what going on
On Mother Earth
a prayer set
For LIFE.
These are the tides
And they've come back
a century again
To repeat but defeat
Demolish the injustice
Of lifetime's.....

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released June 24, 2020
Lyrics/Vocals by My Little Robot Friend
Beats by Jee Juh

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Words by MLRF
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