Danama

We in a time of murder

A time of hunger

A time of long slow genocide

The blame is simple

It’s always been there

It's never hidden

Like the Pope when on parade

Display of riches

Display of power

But riches and power

are a fragile state

Urban the II

Straight to Richard

Edward longshanks

and all of his hate

borrow to murder

then kill the lender

All the pogroms

that paid for the Crusades

Let alone intimate animosity

Of neighbors and cousins

That leads to atrocities

All throughout history

It don’t occur naturally

It’s sick & slick choreography

Did I mention the pope ?

Did I mention the king ?

Did I mention the East India company ?

Did I mention the opium ?

Did I mention the tea ?

Right let’s not forget 500 years of slavery

Did I mention the stock price ?

Did I mention the oil ?

Did I mention my phone

My car my home

And all of the batteries ?

From Switzerland to Non-zion

The power adjacent been banking on

Hugging the devil and hanging on

Yeah invest in the devil

And see what could go wrong

Oh dear Capital pawns

The most radical wrongs

Been beaten

Then the beaten beat others

American bombs

The colony’s falling

The emperor’s gone

Ko bimoko be danala

Ko bimoko be danala

Ko bimoko be danala

Ko bimoko be danala

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I used to sneak in Eqbal Ahmad's class to hear him speak

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What was the exchange between Paulette Nardal and Marcus Garvey?

How would they see Gaza up in flames?

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I read Rashid Khalidi as i walk for miles and miles

I read Rashid Khalidi as i walk for miles and miles

Ngo tieya ye danaye

Moussoya ye danaye

Demisenya ye danaye

Makoroba ye danaye

Sky’s red

Turn blue

Back to red

Then purple at the end

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Sky’s blue

Turn red

Back to blue

Then purple once again

Sky’s red

Turn blue

Back to red

Then purple once again