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Courtesy of Tim - American Travesty

from Unidos Vencemos, Divided We Fall by Courtesy of Tim and Meskales

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about

Musically, this song was inspired by listening to “Does the Lion City Still Roar?” by Less Than Jake. I started writing the lyrics of this song shortly after the murder of George Floyd. Enraged, and frustrated with the lack of empathy from the majority of white America, this song is an attempt to summarize some of those feelings.
--Ric

lyrics

Verse 1
A Shutzstaffel of privilege for the digital age
Ingrained for generations
To serve and protect our original sin
Some hide in plain sight in pale armor
Some hide in blue lights and Kevlar
Two shades of color, two brands of justice

Chorus
Tears bring only canisters to fill our eyes again
His breath drew only emptiness
An innocent lost life reflected
In the kaleidoscope of shattered glass
Remove the knee pressed to the neck for eight and forty-six

Verse 2
Black and blue in the face of a tragedy, a travesty (A travesty)
A tree and noose behind the badge
A sheep’s disguise, followed happily
We were blind to the struggle of ages
Our eyes open, we fight what they trained us
United colors, united resistance

Chorus
Tears bring only canisters to fill our eyes again
Our breaths bring only noxious gas
A million lost lives are reflected
In the kaleidoscope of shattered glass
Remove the knee pressed to the neck for 400 years

Bridge
Don't start no shit (Won’t be no shit)
Don't wrestle the pig cause the pig lives for it
Don't start no shit (Won’t be no shit)
They enforce a code but don’t follow it
Don't start no shit (Won’t be no shit)
They chose their color, but you exist in it
Don't start no shit (Won’t be no shit)
We formed this hell. You’re living through it

Chorus
Tears bring only canisters to burn our eyes again
(Say their names)
Our breaths bring only noxious gas
A million lost lives are reflected (take back) (these streets)
In the kaleidoscope of shattered glass (we keep)(us safe)
(See a new way)
A choking world resists arrest

credits

from Unidos Vencemos, Divided We Fall, released February 19, 2021
Verse Vox, Bass: Joshua Storer
Chorus Vox, Guitar: Jeremy Gartzke
Drums, Gang Vox: Taylor McCarthy
Flugelhorn, Lyrics, Music: Ric Chapman
Trombone, Gang Vox, Harmony: Jake Winkler
Trumpet, Gang Vox: Brennan Schmidt

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Lots of horns and ska stuff with some not-ska stuff.

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