LAVA LA RUE - DESKTOP
Visual to DES_K_TOP (2018) The introduction track off LETRA, an extract from an extended poem by Lava La Rue, written in 2016, questioning societal conformities, tokenism and a millennial solution to start a revolution.
PART 1
Ashes or a Casket?
ponder on ya choices while you stationed in the traffic -
turn ya bones into jello sipping Coca-Cola Acid,
cause you gotta keep em passive when you brain wash the masses.
Taught you to have more compassion -
for plastic dolls in a mansion;
cause likability is really based on attraction
and my skin.
seems to be in.
this season...
imagine!
They wear their faux fur with their faux melanin
You watch the kids get shot
but you don’t let it in
you let the fox win
while you’re watching letterman
saluting veterans
like it makes you better men.
Like it makes you better men ugh ....
But representation is key.
with a lil bit of research I can guarantee
you will understand that
stolen lands under the (queen) jubilee
is the tie of blatant lies that make your land so free.
CHORUS
They don’t really wanna hide behind the silver screen
if you know what I mean
then you’ll know what I see
we can find liberty b
And they don’t really wanna show you
that we crowd their belief
if you see what I see
then you know what i mean
we can find liberty.
We can find liberty
from their grind so bitterly.
they don’t know our ability
its done so simply.
We can find Liberty.
PART 2
Cause whilst your forefathers “fought for the the land.”
my forefathers fought for a war they didn’t understand.
against a people that aint they enemy
names erased -
like where the fucks their legacy?
like where the fucks their legacy?
my paws floored
so what the fuck you telling me?
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Heart tougher than my Nana’s Crochet Deadlocks
gott da fakes whipping out in a headlock.
and I was Born in the Dirt out of wedlock
Born in the sky till the Moon Man said stop
till the Moon Man said stop
till the Moon Man said stop
till the Moon Man said stop
and the Moon Man said:
Get Out Behind Your Desktop!
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Directed by JAY OLIVER GREEN
Track composed by George Anthony Martin Butler and Lava La Rue
Cast & Crew credited on screen.
You can listen to DES_K_TOP and the rest of LETRA on Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud and more.
soundcloud.com/lavalarue
