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The Afro+naut brings new lyrics to this popular industrial screamo cover by »radiant devices« of Bjork's 'Declare Independence'. This live track was performed with »radiant devices« at the 2020 Punk Black Virtual World Tour. This song is a protest! Blk folx are done with dishonest and harmful systems and government officials! We want policy change! We want safety! Black Lives Matter! Can't contain diaspora!
lyrics
DECLARE +INDEPENDENCE
_ New and Adapted Lyrics by The Afro+naut
_ Original Lyrics by Bjork
If you respect the flag
It should never be displayed with the union down
Except as a signal of dire distress
In instances of extreme danger to life or property
Blacken the color to honor the hardship
Hope and dreams of yesterday’s slaves
Do not stop telling the 45th President
His time is up!
(I'm no slave)
I aint no slave, son
But he think he Master
Best believe, Trump
Can't contain diaspora
Can't contain diaspora
(Justice)
Ain't no justice for our kinfolk
Ain't no justice for our black men
Ain't no justice for our black fems
Ain't no justice for our children
We cortisol up but cant breathe
Ain't no justice to see
Ain't no justice for me
(Justice)
Get fists up and phones out
Get fists up and phones out
Get fists up and phones out
Declare Independence
Don't let them do that to ya
Declare Independence
Don't let them do that to ya
Make your own flag
Or flip the flag
Raise you flag, Higher, Higher
Raise you flag, Higher, Higher
Raise you flag, Higher, Higher
Raise you flag, Higher, Higher
Raise your flag
(Justice)
Damn colonists
Ignore their patronizing
Tear off your blindfold
Open your eyes
Declare Independence
Don't let them do that to ya
Declare Independence
Don't let them do that to ya
Can't contain diaspora
Raise you flag, Higher, Higher
Raise you flag, Higher, Higher
Raise you flag, Higher, Higher
Raise you flag, Higher, Higher
Raise your flag
With your sheers to rip
AND YOUR VOICE LIT
We were underground
but we kept fit
Tethered to none but diaspora
Scale the boarded school
Scale the project block
Scale the your ranch house
hoods and roofs under your boots!
Can't contain diaspora
Can't contain diaspora
We should rest, They should do the rest!
We should rest, They should do the rest!
We should rest, They should do the rest!
But we do, as we need to
Raise your flag, Higher, Higher
Raise your flag, Higher, Higher
Raise your flag, Higher, Higher
Raise you flag, Higher, Higher
Raise your flag
Can't contain diaspora
Can't contain diaspora
Can't contain diaspora
credits
released December 18, 2020
Afro+naut and the Afro-nots and »radiant devices« live at Punk Black Virtual World Tour, original performance November 27, 2020 - full performance released Dec 18, 2020
The Afro+naut: vox, percussion
Fyodor Sakhnovski: guitar
Mike Bibby: electronic production
Cover Art Image: Jonathan Woods
Cover Art Design: Mojdeh Stoakley
Produced tracks recorded and mixed by Dave Nelson at Alley Cat Recording
Live performance recorded and mixed by Fyodor Sakhnovski and Mojdeh Stoakley at The Viral Sound Lab
The Afro+naut is a formerly enslaved escapee from the past and the future that's on mission to prevent the repeating of
history. The Afro+naut & the Afro-nots is a collaborative and interactive Afro-futurist spoken word and experimental hip hop project which generates social discourse through The Afro+naut Lab, a multi-medium social practice fine arts initiative! @afronautlab on IG, FB, & TikTok...more
