BLACK MAMA a song for Assata Shakur, by John Humphrey Coconut - www.jhcoconut.com
Credits:
John Humphrey Coconut - guitars, vocals, producer
Cristy Ala - vocals
Giorgio Menossi - drums
Corrado Loi - electric bass
Juanjo Fernández - keyboards
Alexander Reichardt - alto sax
Giacomo Maria Carpa - tenor sax
Alejandro Mazzoni - recordings at Casablanca Studio
Giuliano Gius Cobelli - trumpet, producer, recordings, mixing, mastering at Taak Studio
Distributed by Giant Pulse Records
LYRICS:
THE STREET EXPLODES AS THE BRAIN
FROM THAT CHILDHOOD
BETWEEN THE BADNESS AND THE GOODNESS
THE FIRE THAT FREEZES THE BULLET
THAT RICOCHETS AND IMPACTS
AGAINST A COTTON DOLL
THE POSSIBILITY OF WAR WITHOUT HUNGER
OF HUNGER WITHOUT CRYING
OF PAIN WITHOUT WHIPS
THE AIR OF THE AFRICAN BEAUTY WHICH
WITH HIS POWERFUL MAGIC
REBELS AGAINST AN IMPLACABLE AND DARING WORLD
-
LIFE SLACKING AND RUPTURING
THE NONSENSE OF THE LEGEND
THE VOICE OF ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE
THE WIND WITHIN FOUR WALLS
COLD AND BLACK HITTING LIES STRONGLY
THE WAR IN OPEN FIELD WHICH INFAME
SEEPED IN THROUGH THE PIPES OF THE REVOLUTION
THE RACE BURSTS INTO THE WORLD
WHICH FLEES AND TRAPS LIKE A WEED
INFECTED WITH PARASITES.
-
SHE'S A BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A POET
SHE'S A BLACK BLACK BLACK MAMA
-
LIGHTNING FLASHES IN DEADLY TIMES
RAW AS DEAD FLESH
MISERY THAT LIES TO TOOTHLESS PEOPLE
AND TAKES ADVANTAGE TO REPRESS THEM
POWER THAT SHINES FOR THE STOLEN GOLD AND FEEDS THE UNDESERVING PEOPLE
POWER THAT BECOMES DISPROPORTIONATE
AND BLOWS UP AS A BOMB
LINKED TO A FIERCE BATTLE
ALIVE AND BLOODY AS WATER
THE SEARCH FOR FREEDOM
FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM!
THE CAVERNS FULL OF COLLAPSED AND NON ENDING TUNNELS
SPILLING REBELLION FROM THE FULL WISDOM
A SHADOW CONFRONTING TWO SORTS OF HUMAN BEINGS
ONE IS THE INHUMAN FARCE
THAT HAS LASTED MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND YEARS
FLASHES OF LIGHT REFLECTING A ROTTEN SOCIETY
THE OPPRESSION OF HUMANITY
-
SHE'S A BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A POET
SHE'S A BLACK BLACK BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A POET
SHE'S A BLACK BLACK BLACK MAMA
-
SLIT LIVERS BUT PURE HEARTS
THEY STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
UNITY AND EQUALITY
TO COMBAT IMPERIALISM, TO FIGHT OPPRESSION!
AGAINST THE UNSCRUPULOUS BEING
THE SOUL THIEF
THAT BURNS OUT AS A GAS CHAMBER
IN CLOTHES AND NAILS
AND IT BLOWS UP LIKE A VOLCANO!
A SHOT IN THE BACK AND AN EXPLOSION IN THE FACE
WALLS THAT WANT TO BURY
JUSTICE UNDER DEPRAVED NUMBERS
THE REVOLUTION IS RIGHT PRESENT AND VISCERALLY TIMELESS
IN WARRIORS, FOR TRUTH AND LIBERATION
HONEST PEOPLE WON THEIR FREEDOM IN THE PAST
AND WILL KEEP ON WINNING
SO IN THE FUTURE
FUTURE, FUTURE, FUTURE!
-
LACRIMOGENOUS GAS EXPANDING
AVOIDING THE SUPPORT TO THE WEAKEST
IN FRONT OF THE UNHAPPINESS AND THE OPPRESSED
PRESSURE ROCKETS BURNING
THE CLEVERNESS OF THOSE WHO ARE RISING
EVERYONE, OF ALL COLORS
CUT HEADS WARNING BLOOD RIVERS
GETTING WET BY THE HOT RAIN
WAKE UP BEFORE DYING LIKE A DOG
HOPE IS BORN WHEN THE FIRST APPLE FALLS DOWN
FROM THE HANGED TREE
NO LONELINESS, FENCES NOR CANNONS
WILL BE ABLE TO DEVASTATE
THE INCREDIBLE HEART OF FREEDOM
THE BEAST MARKED BY CARBON AND BOMBS
BY THE GREED OF THE BLIND
AND THE ONE-EYED PERSON
GUNS OF JUSTICE BURIED
IN A WELL OF VIOLENCE AND TRICKS
A VILE SENTENCE
AT POINT-BLANK RANGE
THE FIGHT OF WOMEN AND MEN
IN THIS LAND
-
SHE'S A BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A POET
SHE'S A BLACK BLACK BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A POET
SHE'S A REVOLUTIONARY
© John Humphrey Coconut & Giant Pulse Records
Distributed by Label Engine - www.label-engine.com
Credits:
John Humphrey Coconut - guitars, vocals, producer
Cristy Ala - vocals
Giorgio Menossi - drums
Corrado Loi - electric bass
Juanjo Fernández - keyboards
Alexander Reichardt - alto sax
Giacomo Maria Carpa - tenor sax
Alejandro Mazzoni - recordings at Casablanca Studio
Giuliano Gius Cobelli - trumpet, producer, recordings, mixing, mastering at Taak Studio
Distributed by Giant Pulse Records
LYRICS:
THE STREET EXPLODES AS THE BRAIN
FROM THAT CHILDHOOD
BETWEEN THE BADNESS AND THE GOODNESS
THE FIRE THAT FREEZES THE BULLET
THAT RICOCHETS AND IMPACTS
AGAINST A COTTON DOLL
THE POSSIBILITY OF WAR WITHOUT HUNGER
OF HUNGER WITHOUT CRYING
OF PAIN WITHOUT WHIPS
THE AIR OF THE AFRICAN BEAUTY WHICH
WITH HIS POWERFUL MAGIC
REBELS AGAINST AN IMPLACABLE AND DARING WORLD
-
LIFE SLACKING AND RUPTURING
THE NONSENSE OF THE LEGEND
THE VOICE OF ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE
THE WIND WITHIN FOUR WALLS
COLD AND BLACK HITTING LIES STRONGLY
THE WAR IN OPEN FIELD WHICH INFAME
SEEPED IN THROUGH THE PIPES OF THE REVOLUTION
THE RACE BURSTS INTO THE WORLD
WHICH FLEES AND TRAPS LIKE A WEED
INFECTED WITH PARASITES.
-
SHE'S A BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A POET
SHE'S A BLACK BLACK BLACK MAMA
-
LIGHTNING FLASHES IN DEADLY TIMES
RAW AS DEAD FLESH
MISERY THAT LIES TO TOOTHLESS PEOPLE
AND TAKES ADVANTAGE TO REPRESS THEM
POWER THAT SHINES FOR THE STOLEN GOLD AND FEEDS THE UNDESERVING PEOPLE
POWER THAT BECOMES DISPROPORTIONATE
AND BLOWS UP AS A BOMB
LINKED TO A FIERCE BATTLE
ALIVE AND BLOODY AS WATER
THE SEARCH FOR FREEDOM
FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM!
THE CAVERNS FULL OF COLLAPSED AND NON ENDING TUNNELS
SPILLING REBELLION FROM THE FULL WISDOM
A SHADOW CONFRONTING TWO SORTS OF HUMAN BEINGS
ONE IS THE INHUMAN FARCE
THAT HAS LASTED MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND YEARS
FLASHES OF LIGHT REFLECTING A ROTTEN SOCIETY
THE OPPRESSION OF HUMANITY
-
SHE'S A BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A POET
SHE'S A BLACK BLACK BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A POET
SHE'S A BLACK BLACK BLACK MAMA
-
SLIT LIVERS BUT PURE HEARTS
THEY STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
UNITY AND EQUALITY
TO COMBAT IMPERIALISM, TO FIGHT OPPRESSION!
AGAINST THE UNSCRUPULOUS BEING
THE SOUL THIEF
THAT BURNS OUT AS A GAS CHAMBER
IN CLOTHES AND NAILS
AND IT BLOWS UP LIKE A VOLCANO!
A SHOT IN THE BACK AND AN EXPLOSION IN THE FACE
WALLS THAT WANT TO BURY
JUSTICE UNDER DEPRAVED NUMBERS
THE REVOLUTION IS RIGHT PRESENT AND VISCERALLY TIMELESS
IN WARRIORS, FOR TRUTH AND LIBERATION
HONEST PEOPLE WON THEIR FREEDOM IN THE PAST
AND WILL KEEP ON WINNING
SO IN THE FUTURE
FUTURE, FUTURE, FUTURE!
-
LACRIMOGENOUS GAS EXPANDING
AVOIDING THE SUPPORT TO THE WEAKEST
IN FRONT OF THE UNHAPPINESS AND THE OPPRESSED
PRESSURE ROCKETS BURNING
THE CLEVERNESS OF THOSE WHO ARE RISING
EVERYONE, OF ALL COLORS
CUT HEADS WARNING BLOOD RIVERS
GETTING WET BY THE HOT RAIN
WAKE UP BEFORE DYING LIKE A DOG
HOPE IS BORN WHEN THE FIRST APPLE FALLS DOWN
FROM THE HANGED TREE
NO LONELINESS, FENCES NOR CANNONS
WILL BE ABLE TO DEVASTATE
THE INCREDIBLE HEART OF FREEDOM
THE BEAST MARKED BY CARBON AND BOMBS
BY THE GREED OF THE BLIND
AND THE ONE-EYED PERSON
GUNS OF JUSTICE BURIED
IN A WELL OF VIOLENCE AND TRICKS
A VILE SENTENCE
AT POINT-BLANK RANGE
THE FIGHT OF WOMEN AND MEN
IN THIS LAND
-
SHE'S A BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A POET
SHE'S A BLACK BLACK BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A BLACK MAMA
SHE'S A POET
SHE'S A REVOLUTIONARY
© John Humphrey Coconut & Giant Pulse Records
Distributed by Label Engine - www.label-engine.com
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