Overlap Crosshairs on Black Bodies

from Black Power Live by Organic Flow

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lyrics

Overlap crosshairs on Black bodies/ if
Too clear and organized their react violently
Yo/ don’t be too inspiring: kiln firing
New firm in town hiring/ I ain’t dialing
Styling poetically/ for itself kinetically
Soil sow/ let it seed
Many pathways meet meta-sync
Black box of patterned plastic sabbatical/
Meets slashed package/ and fast rapping
Racial capital trapping, freedom fighter tracking
Positionality mapping/ resource matching
Hip hop lyricist/ rhyme schemes myriad
Make sure their hearing this
Black principles mirror this
Habari gani/ communal interwovenness
How ancestral lineage is tied to what voting is
I hope with openness/ differentiate prototypically
Excavate history/ unpack intricacy
Frames of imagery/ embrace symmetry
Different phased mentally/ brother is endeavoring
Excavation of his own identity in his own skin/
Meant to be

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from Black Power Live, released November 17, 2023

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Organic Flow Chicago, Illinois

Known for their innovative style, Organic Flow create cultural dialogue through their music. They are known in the Chicagoland area for their process of respectfully combining elements of jazz and hip hop music. The band is a quartet composed of Zane Ranney (drums), Michael Cantafio (guitar), Liam Bird (MC) and Dave Gilman (bass), but also calls on many feature members and guest artists. ... more