Sunday 6 April
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[Intro]
Protect the fold
Yeah yeah
Protect the Fold
Protect the Fold
[Verse 1]
As we fight to be heard
Black bodies in the earth
Creators of culture
Disconnected from birth
So we let them sell us worth
Sold us fables and it worked
So we masking pain cause it hurts
Black pain being hanged like some merch
They tell our story
But let us tell you first
We was stolen put on display
Taught a new language
Distorted our face what a shame
We was shinning
They wanted us in shade
They thought we would stay slaves
One chapter but this novel has many
You know first peoples really look like pennies
This bronze skin
This is what they envy
And the culture that’s within me
[Chorus]
Know your worth sister
Protect the soul
Know your worth brother
Protect the fold
Know your worth Sister
Protect the fold
Know your worth Brother
Protect the Soul
[Outro]
Today I was thinking
What it would feel like
To be outside this flesh
For my spirit to be flying high in the sky
Above the clouds
At the Doorsteps of heaven
Hm..
Freedom.
Yeah
Protect the soul…
Protect the soul…
Song Writer: Jameel “Jameel3DN’ McPherson
Producer: Elroy “EC3” Cox III
Commissioned by Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 2021