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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Native Tribe
Performer
Ttan
Lead Vocals
Saint Evo
Remixer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tania Walcott
Songwriter
Tony Thamsanqa Magagula
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Native Tribe
Original Producer
Tony Thamsanqa Magagula
Producer
Saint Evo
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
Rise again
Reparations unrequited
Persecutor unrepentant
Now is the time to overturn the paradigm
Cruelly inflicted upon our people
Imperialist, elitist, supremacist systems
The cumulative pain of generations
Barbarically slain brothers and sisters
All in the name of racist agendas
Underhanded tactics break the auras of our black kids
There is no room for neutrality
We must dismantle this narrative
Compliant indifference is brutality
We will not stand for this
We need no permission to celebrate our blackness
With every strike of the drum
We raise our fists to the sun
Revolt, with no prior warning
It’s our ancestors calling
Rise again
Heard through the languages of dance, nature, spirit and frequency
Vibratory communication via divine light
Deliverance and emancipation our divine right
The elders
Their words demand our attention
Their teachings command our ascension
So with knees upon ground, face to the heavens
We offer prayers of gratitude
Thankful for their guidance
In stillness and silence, we listen and we honour thee
We will not stand for this
We need no permission to celebrate our blackness
With every strike of the drum
We raise our fists to the sun
Revolt, with no prior warning
It’s our ancestors calling
Rise again
Written by: Tania Walcott, Tony Thamsanqa Magagula