Black Beautiful

from INTROSPECTIVE by SOAW

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Another SOULSCAPE.

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Verse1
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Kneel first you closer to God when you do so, death toll to your back skin if you do so/ fuck it that's the usual suspect, black skin suspect, always, fuck it I'm upset, I'm upset.../ black beautiful, pack melanin nothing better than black, Zulu is my name but Zulu is your God, nothing better than that/ we God like, if we aren't, gene pools will attest/ so praise black, it mattered before we even said so, praise space we also exist to occupy that/ kings we've been that, thrones we've been that, mankind been black, before atom (Adam) on black soil and Eve black/ this is the primordial truth from a slippery slope, maybe on slippery soap, while eating/ playing hangmen with fake names, what's the meaning, black bodies, are the strange fruit that are neck swimming/

Chorus
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Black is beautiful
(Sometimes Sometimes)
Kings and Queens prevail
(For a long time, long time)


Verse 2
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We taking action,
Ready your blackness, your black skin,
Repulsion from daytime
Let your black rise like dark night
Cherish night, this black skin, these black sins,
This melanin,
Baby it's alright,
Not taking backseats,
Like bus trips,
Picking cotton from these black sheep
Ready your African, your Khoisan, your Zulu man,
Unapologetic African,
Stand in African like darker shades,
Forgotten names,
Like your continent,
Your confidence,
Now we do for self like Sebukwe,
Take the land, take a stand
Endure the pain like stricken backs
When we were still slaves, field slaves,
And Christian,
But anyway, anyway...

Chorus
_______

Black is beautiful
(Sometimes Sometimes)
Kings and Queens prevail
(For a long time, long time)

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from INTROSPECTIVE, released February 11, 2021
Written by: SOAW
Produced and Mixed by: Emamkay
Mastered by: MxxTempo

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SOAW Johannesburg, South Africa

The essence of art is for it to allow for freedom. The remarkability of music stems from the deepest sense of self.

My name is SOAW, it stands for Socially Awkward and that is my deepest sense of self. I create from within, from my awkward, that is my essence. ... more

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