OPERATION 666 POVERTY
Music and Lyrics written and arranged by Fanon Hill / Published by Candlestick Freedom Publishing (ASCAP)
INTRO:
(Darryl Rippy - monologue)
VERSE 1:
The future is knocking hard at my front door, and dammit I’m still poor, still poor, still poor
Poverty has made me, has made me a refugee in my own country, in my own country
I need a job, but I ain’t got no phone, no internet , no telecommunications are robbing me- brutally….
BUT I heard telepathy don’t cost no money, them vibrations are free, them vibrations are free, them vibrations are free - tell me (Did u hear me?)
CHORUS:
To be free
To be free, to be free, to be free, to be free, too be free
To be free
To be free, to be free, to be free to be free, to be free
VERSE 2:
Poverty pimps of every ethnicity
Are hustling in the nation’s capital, Washington DC
They’re signing laws that make me illegal in this country
Lawd have mercy, the weight of poverty is killing my family
Now this morning 310 protesters passed my stoop, they were holding signs and chanting sistah freedom is coming your way
But not a one, no not a one stayed long enough no not at all, to help me feed my children, they hungry. To help me feed my children they hungry
(CHORUS)
PRE-BRIDGE
I’m checking every corner, checking every corner- for the key to be free
I’m checking every corner, checking every corner- poverty is stalkin’ me
I’m checking every corner, checking every corner- for the key to be free
I’m checking every corner, checking every corner- for operation 666 poverty
BRIDGE:
No I don’t want a ticket anywhere, No, no
The fight that needs to be fought, lives everywhere
So I’m gonna plant myself where I am, I’m gonna get somewhere
I’m going to begin the fight, I’m gonna fight, I’m gonna right here, yeah
Oooh
(CHORUS)
OUTRO:
I spend so much time in rent court; rent court is now charging me rent- I’m late again
I hear James Baldwin whispering, if they come for me in the morning, they’ll come for you in the night
The emancipation, the emancipation proclamation ain’t really free me no, no, no no, no
Lead & Background Vocals: Navasha Daya
Background Vocals: Fanon Hill
Spoken Word: Darryl "Rip" Rippy
Drums: Charles Wilson
Bass: Anthony “Blue" Jenkins
Electric Guitar: Matthew Chase
Hammond C-3 Organ: Lorenzo Johnson
Percussion: Leroy "Boogie" Greer
Horns: Mo’Horns (Trombone by Marvin Thompson, Trumpet by Theljon Allen, Alto Saxophone by William Spence)
Executive Producer: Fanon Hill
Recorded, Engineered and Mixed by Steve Wright at Wrightway Studios, Baltimore, MD
Mastered by Anthony Eichler at Tone Master, Silver Spring, MD
Additional vocal arrangements by Navasha Daya
Horn Arrangements: Navasha Daya
CD Graphic Design and Layout by Global Design Interactive (GDI)
Cover Photography Credits: Navasha Daya by Maria Golomidova
For booking contact: booking@dayaworld.com
Daya World,LLC
P.O. Box 592
Baltimore, MD 21218
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