We Are The Ones (3 hours of sleep version) - Kiwi Illafonte

"We Are The Ones" (3 hours of sleep version)
Produced, written, and performed by Kiwi Illafonte

Hope you like it. Apologies for the rough mix.

Ps. Shout out and lit candles to the late poet June Jordan, whose words are quoted in the chorus (and song title).

Pps. Bump this shit LOUD for desired effect.

Lyrics:

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That's like the 6th or 7th *time I hit the snooze button
I'm sorry life, I don't want to do nothing
I'd rather spend my whole day under this blanket
The more I lay atop this mattress, the more it feels like a casket

I'm anxious... wishing I could call in sick
Trying to scratch and sniff but ain't hit the lotto yet
Got to get this self pity shit up out my head
I ain't getting nowhere quick, time to get up out of bed and...

Pick out my eye boogers, jump in the bathtub
Soap myself up, get that back scrubbed
Dry myself off, brush and then floss
Put on deodorant, moisturize my ashy heart

Some fresh socks and drawers, a pair of nice jeans
Undershirt, button up, shoes lookin kinda clean
Take a breath, facin life and death once more
Strap on my bicycle, walk out the front door and...

Morning, Oakland! How you doin? I can smell that coffee brewing
Fill 'er up, don't get stuck, finish that cup and keep it moving
Ground yourself and get a grip, tackling this 'to-do' list
Meeting here, rally there, groceries, pay the rent

Babysit my homie's kid / type up this curriculum
Deadlines / sexy time / got to buckle up and get it in
Do this for the movement, whether if it's 'occupy' or 'decolonize'
Whether planned out or improvised, this is how we organize

Hella broke, living check to check and we're feeling it
Little hope, when you can't depend on the government
Can't cope, shorties on my block choosing violence
What I wrote, barely makes a difference in this state we in

Come again? This is a setup for us to lose
We're thinking we paying dues, but end up singing the blues
It's time to light up the fuze, be ready it's going down
Already know what to do, cause it's a familiar... sound...


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(Chorus)

We are the ones we've been waiting for...

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I hear the shots ringing out my window
A mother's cries drowned as the wind blows
At the root of it is what happens inside the home
That love turns to desperation when the money's gone

And the folks at the bottom get the worst of it
Blood sucking politicians quench their thirst from it
And my coward ass look at it with fear, but nothing's more clear
The solution's obvious when I look into the mirror...

People's lives are up for sale, got no choice but to rebel
Got no choice but to fight this system tooth and nail, truth prevails
Cause they can't throw the truth in jail, can't lock it up inside a cell
Do us dirty long enough, it catches up, leaves a trail

Leaves a smell, point back to the source of it, that corporate
Military enforcing it, fighting some unjust war for it
Spend another million more for it, a million more dead
Need to wake myself up, pour some water on my head

I'm a flower with petals made of rusty metal blades
Beneath every lyric, the spirit of rebel slaves
They say that world's too wicked to ever change
This fruit of my labor be bearin some lemonade

Salute to the workers who've ever been underpaid
Yet rolling up to the front of the picket... unafraid
I open up your page whenever I hit the stage
I'm an emotion activated hope dispenser... just wave...

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(Chorus)

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[SFNat1ve]

hella feelin this song. thanks kiwi!

[groundnpound702]

TOOOOOO FILTHY!

[boohar36]

Loving this song. Where can I download it I've been listening non stop for half hour....

[lexen]

sweet