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Lyrics for New World
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This track was the initial selection for this mix, because of the politics of resistance being communicated in the last verse. In staying true to anti-authoritarianism and decolonizing concepts of the movement of bodies in space, Nate argues:
"We need to break free, we need to get away
Create a new world so we can see better days
And I ain't talkin' 'bout no "New World Orders"
I'm talkin' 'bout the world filled with people without any borders"
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