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MAAFA (DEMO 2017)

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1.
Welfare 04:45
Defaulted to benefit from our enslavement Generation after generation Born at the top, held up by our backs And choosing, to turn the other cheek THAT’S PRIVILEGE To inhabit your skin without fear To inhabit your body without shame To love who you want, to walk at night alone, To be standing on the outside looking in THAT’S PRIVILEGE Chorus: Welfare, Welfare! They built an empire off your backs, off your backs! Taxing your labor to secure their fortune With no accountability Cough up that restitution Make you pay your debt to me To navigate the spaces we’re not allowed to roam Blind to exclusion you’ll never have to know Dismantle the whole thing or nothing will change Cuz the system was built to protect YOUR PRIVILEGE Repeat Chorus The Safety of your fragility Is priority In this war Against poor bodies and minorities In this war Against womxn and the not so binary In this war against all black bodies Fighting globally THERE’S NO PEACE Without Justice, Our kids are casualties From Favela to Palestine All our Mothers weep From Plantation To President Still the same story From the Classroom To prison cell Is the new chattel slavery Repeat chorus
2.
Guerrera sem remorso O sistema mata, um sistema morto Sangue do meu povo Nas suas mãos e nos seus bolsos Um grito que vem da lua Chamando o povo pra recuperar O que foi roubado Da natureza e dos nossos ancestrais Filha da luta! tomar de volto o que é nosso, Não vamos esperar Filha da luta! A vitória é nossa, eu nunca vou parar (Repete) Construído pelos ossos das costas das nossas avós Construido pelos ossos das costas dos nossos avôs
3.
Don’t wanna be your exotic Your necrotic erotic All that’s beautiful is dead to you Fuck your sense of “Otherness” You’ve tagged on to my face My magic is sacred, I will refuse Not for your seduction On display in despair Respect my autonomy Don’t touch my hair! Make no trophy of me or what’s below my waist Not your exotic not your, erotic Trapped in your Violence, I want out of this cage Not your exotic not your, Erotic Not your voodoo princess Your queen of darkness Or sassy black girl with an attitude Fuck your misogynistic, sexist, violent, Racist fetish, let’s tell the truth It’s pathological It’s predatory Caging us like animals In a zoo Repeat chorus Not your exotic Not your erotic

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The Brain Child And Solo Project Of Afro-Brazilian Bassist, Composer And Vocalist Flora Lucini, "MAAFA" Seeks To Expand The Definition Of Hardcore-Punk And What It Can Sound Like By Infusing Into Their Music The Rhythms & Percussive Instrumentation Found Throughout The African Diaspora; Creating What Flora Calls Their Signature Sound Of "Afro-Progressive Hardcore."

**In Swahili, The Word "MAAFA" Can Mean: "Catastrophe/Disaster."
It Is Also Sometimes Used To Refer To The Middle Passages And The Ongoing Systemic Oppression Of Black People Globally.

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released December 19, 2017

All Songs Written And Arranged By Flora Lucini.
All Lyrics Written And Arranged By Flora Lucini.

On This Demo:

Flora Lucini: Lead Vocals/Composer/Lyricist

Anthony Solis- Lead Guitar/Backing vocals

Kurt Stone- Guitar/Backing Vocals

Djibril Toure- Electric Bass

Ramsey Jones- Drums/Backing Vocals

Amadou Kouyate- Djembe/Lead Percussion


Recorded @ RedBull Studios NY
New York City, NY
By Mark Bengtson- Engineer
Brandon Peralta- Engineer
Mixed and Mastered by Mark Bengtson
Produced by: Flora Lucini & Mark Bengtson

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MAAFA Brooklyn, New York

The Brain Child of Afro-Brazilian Bassist, Composer And Vocalist Flora Lucini,(The 1865 band/Mass Appeal Records) "MAAFA" Seeks To Expand The Sound Of Hardcore-Punk By Infusing Into Their Music The Rhythms & Percussive Instrumentation Found Throughout The African Diaspora. Creating What Flora Calls "Afro-Progressive Hardcore."

All Songs And Lyrics Written & Arranged By Flora Lucini.
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