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Slaveshift - prod. Moment

from Imagine Something Different by Mother Tareka

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"well it's nice to see you so fresh and awake guvnor!"
"someone put something in my drink last night"
"what?"
<Mother Tareka>
THE TRUTH!

upon a wishing star I spelled out relief
prayed for those who fell and for the death of the thief
not the survivalist type but those that hog the mic
always taking more than claiming they important
i pondered this while trucking through my grave shift
strange plots that never once had ever made sense
apes 'cause we drag our knuckles on the pavement
slaves 'cause we trade away days just to save cents
the whip cracks at dawn
driverman's mad as hell as so on
his whip is readily drawn
with no hesitation
we studied and read Qurans
Bibles and scriptures that claimed where we from
still we saw no results
no emancipation

the fuck happened?
we ain't foxes made for duke's trapping!
time for reacting!
driverman's packing heat but we beat his ass
and fight back with that direct action!

"driver man he made a life"
he made a life full of trouble and strife

"but the mammy ain't his wife"
he made a mother working undercover

"chopping cotton don't be slow"
don't be slow or they letting you go

"better finish out your row"
do what you're told work 'til you're too old

"driverman he made a life"
he made a life full of trouble and strife

"but the mammy ain't his wife"
he made a mother while working undercover Ugh!

"chopping cotton don't be slow"
don't be slow or they let you go

"better finish out your row"
do what you're told work 'til you're too old

"keep it moving with that plow"
keep moving improving always amusing

"driverman will show you how"
driverman'll make ya! driverman'll make ya!

"get to work and root that stump"
get to work or they making you hurt

"driverman'll make ya jump"
dirverman'll make ya driverman'll make ya

"better make your hammer ring"
driverman'll make ya JUMP JUMP!
driverman'll make ya JUMP JUMP!

"driverman'll start to swing"
driverman'll make ya
pray for a sweet chariot to swing down and let we ride!

"ain't but two things on my mind
driverman and quitting time"


the fuck happened?
we ain't foxes made for duke's trapping!
time for reacting!
driverman's packing heat but we beat his ass
and fight back with that direct action!

credits

from Imagine Something Different, track released March 25, 2015
Mother Tareka - Imagine Something Different LP
10. Slaveshift
prod. Moment soundcloud.com/momentmusic
Recorded mixed and mastered at Reality Lab Studio
RHYMETHiNK

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Mother Tareka Hamilton, Ontario

Sax blasting, flute tooting, loop-pedal pumping MC Mother Tareka is a Syrian Palestinian artist, and an adopted Hamilton son. Tarek makes powerful Jazz Arabesque Afrobeat Funk HipHop music, and is musically known for his energetic live band arrangements, and intense political messages. ... more

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