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Welfare

from MAAFA (DEMO 2017) by MAAFA

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"Imperialism is a system of exploitation that occurs not only in the brutal form of those who come with guns to conquer territory. Imperialism often occurs in more subtle forms, a loan, food aid, blackmail . We are fighting this system that allows a handful of men on earth to rule all of humanity."
-Thomas Sankara

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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

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from MAAFA (DEMO 2017), released December 19, 2017
SONG AND LYRICS WRITTEN BY: FLORA LUCINI
ARRANGED BY: FLORA LUCINI

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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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