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?
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?
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"
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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