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Diaspora: Take One
A cosmic lyrical journey with badass LSB Kaycie López Jones who spits her original rhymes to traverse the ocean of our fears and make the Earth quake. Recorded all in a single (FIRST) take, we included the lyrics below for your fan-girl goals.
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LYRICS:
Our history’s a mystery,
Shrouded in the dark,
Hidden in plain sight until
Suddenly a spark
Shines a light so bright
We become blinded by our tears,
Choked out by our emotion
As we realize that our fears
Are spread across an ocean.
As we realize that our fears
Are spread across an ocean,
Our tears
Are spread across an ocean.
Our diaspora is for us
To know so we can grow,
So we can be true
To our identity,
You see
That they hid it from us
Hit it from you
Hid it from me
In our body
In our bones
They kept us in the dark
Until that spark
Brought the light
The flash of a camera
Put everything in sight.
(flashhhh)
They wanted us to suffer,
They wanted to replace us
Better yet eradicate us,
So they treated us like feces,
Got rid of all our teachers,
Taught only our oppression,
Tryin to teach some sorta lesson,
Trying to erase our story,
Trying to stamp out our glory,
Making up boarders to divide us,
Tryin to rip us from inside us.
Plus they want everything we make,
Feeling like it’s theirs to take,
Tryin to sell our culture back to us,
Style art and intellect,
Even our booty shake,
I’m bout to make this Earth quake,
I’m bout to make this Earth break,
It’s getting to the point now
They don’t even know they’re fake.
They really think it’s theirs,
“Like, who cares anyway?”
They say,
“We’re all one human race.”
Bitch please,
Get on your knees,
And bow to me,
I am your queen,
I gave you life,
You gave me strife,
I give you love,
You take a knife
And cut my heart out
Rip it from my chest
And sell it
Then you fuck the rest.
The empty shell?
You take it for your own as well.
I gave you prosperity
And you took the world from me.
But you see
My spirit, my soul,
It is forever whole,
It is not yours or mine to keep,
It lives above, beside, below, inside out and in,
It never loses,
Always wins,
It’s free no matter what we do,
It’s free from me,
It’s free from you,
It lives, a separate entity,
Impervious to cruelty,
Immaculate inherently,
No one can touch its sanctity,
Our spirit, through infinity,
Will ALWAYS BE FREE.
Original lyrics by the author | Copyright © 2017 Kaycie López Jones
