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Ancestors Said It

from SOVEREIGN by PaviElle French

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(P. French, 2021, Doll DeLuca Publishing ASCAP)

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ANCESTORS-ANCESTORS
ANCESTORS-ANCESTORS
ANCESTORS-ANCESTORS
ANCESTORS!!

I call YOU into the room
Mom & Daddy, I call YOU into the ROOM!!!!

It’s another world out here
Some other shit is going on

Hook:
So don’t be,
Scared,
Get Prepared,
Use ya head,
Ancestors Said It.

Living in Bizarro World
Folks willfully do wrong,

Hook:
Strap ya,
Chest,
Look ahead,
Be direct,
Ancestors Said It.

Look for like-mind people
And, you form yourselves a plan

Hook:
Don’t be,
Scared,
Get Prepared,
Use ya head,
Ancestors Said It.

Eco-Coop together
And get yourself some land,

Hook:
Strap ya,
Chest,
Look ahead,
Be direct,
Ancestors Said It.

Moving on without them
Cause We don’t need their hand

Hook:
Run them checks,
Get Prepared,
Use ya head,
Ancestors Said It.

Fo-cus-ing on US
No-longer-on-the-illusion

Hook:
Strap ya,
Chest,
Look ahead,
Be direct,
Ancestors Said It.

Get back to each other
And, we heal each other’s wounds

Hook:
Don’t be,
Scared,
Get Prepared,
Use ya head,
Ancestors Said It.

Understanding within
That we’re holding all the tools…

Hook:
So Get that,

Bread,
Be Prepared,
Use ya head,

Ancestors Said It.

…To be the architects of our own standards
We can make our own rules

Taking back our talents
No more profiting for you

We know that you need US
Our culture has the juice

But, consumption of our life force?

Our Humanity is not for use!

HEY!!

Hook:
So Don’t be,
Scared,
Get Prepared,
Use ya head,
Ancestors Said It.

We don’t all have to agree…
To work toward a common goal, now…

Hook:
So Don’t be,
Scared,
Get Prepared,
Use ya head,
Ancestors Said It.

…To get up out these systems,
Is the only way to go…yeah…

Hook:
So Don’t be,
Scared,
Get Prepared,
Use ya head,
Ancestors Said It.

Living in this bondage
Is not a further option!

Hook:
So Don’t be,
Scared,
Get Prepared,
Use ya head,
Ancestors Said It.

Repatriate our own ways!
Not the ones that were placed on us, YEAH!

Hook:
So Don’t be,
Scared,
Get Prepared,
Use ya head,
Ancestors Said It.

So Don’t be, Scared!!!!!
So Don’t be, Scared!!!!!

So Don’t be, Scared!!!!!

credits

from SOVEREIGN, released September 17, 2021
Keys – Ted Godbout
Maschine MK3 Track: Bass, Drums, Synths, Vocals, Percussion, & Cowbell – PaviElle French
Bass – James Towns
Percussion – Ahanti Young

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PaviElle French Minneapolis, Minnesota

PaviElle is an Emmy Award winning, interdisciplinary artist and Composer, from St. Paul, MN. She is a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, a McKnight Fellow, and a Sage Awardee for Dance and Choreography.

She has graced such stages as, Icehouse MPLS, Penumbra Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, The Orpheum Theatre, First Avenue, Ordway Center, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, to name a few. ... more

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