Sunday, September 6, 2015

MaNGOD writes



H2O Blues


Most people live life in a fish bowl going round in circles, never breaking the oppressor's hold
Amel Larrieux sang of gills and tails, the big fish have a monopoly, the little ones get buried in sand and old scales
I'm longing for the surface for life's not been fair, living a Melanin life full of Amerikkkan strife... Can I come up for air?

1 comment:

  1. Amel Larrieux (her first name means "hope" in Arabic) is an American musician/singer/songwriter who taps into rhythm & blues, soul, jazz, folk, hip hop, and gospel music with flashes of ethnic Middle Eastern, West African, and Indian styles. MaNGOD refers to one of her songs, "Gills and Tails"

    I looked at my reflection in the water
    Thought what an unlikely pair
    Closed my eyes, held my breath, plummeted down, down, down
    And anchored myself there

    Can't tell how long I've been
    In the company of gills and tails
    I think I feel my skin
    Growing scales

    I look up at longing at the surface
    Hypnotized by the way the sunlight seems to ride each ripple
    And they do a dance
    Every ray becomes a beckoning hand
    I miss the sweet taste of oxygen
    I mistook this for the Promised Land

    Can I come up for air
    Can I come up, can I come up
    Can I come up for air
    Can I come up, can I come up
    Can I come up for air
    Can I come up, can I come up

    I'm gettin' eaten up down here
    I'm just not built like them
    The big fish have a monopoly
    The little fish get buried in the sand

    This here world I'm in
    Sucks your life out, leaves you comatose
    Take back your salt and fins
    Send me a lifeboat

    I look up at longing at the surface
    Hypnotized by the way the sunlight seems to ride each ripple
    And they do a dance
    Every ray becomes a beckoning hand
    I miss the sweet taste of oxygen
    I mistook this for the Promised Land

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