Irony. Utility. Pretext.

They said it's not enough Just to shoot us down It's a sound that's systematized It's a noise just to drown us out But when your time is come We'll all be there Just to watch you fall And then one by one All the parasites will just fall off You put your vote in a ballot box This one's marked UNDP Inscribe your Tyrant's name in blood Choice is the guillotine We'll put our faith into Afro Pop In a decolonized context Espouse the aesthetes' Contempt for ethos Irony. Utility. Pretext But all you can say "Embrace primitive man" (La-la-la-la-la, you say) "Destroy primitive man" (La-la-la-la-la, you say) "With our art We'll transcend again" You put your hand out to shake Then they export you in chains You fought For centuries for change And they gave you More of the same They swapped the dogs And the cross For sublimated forestalling They changed the names Of the boss Until you forgot who it was Find your favorite color So you can wash it out In your hymns Correcting primitive cracks Into straight lines Superiority is born again We'll put our faith in Afro Pop In a decolonized context Espouse the aesthetes' Contempt for ethos Irony. Utility. Pretext But all you can say is...