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Global Flows

hip hop poetics of transmigration and transcreation as counter hegemonic cultural production

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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
"







[Verse 1: Cyclonious]

You see most really don’t want change; they’re afraid

No revolution has came without bloodstains

What you live for is certainty

What you die for resonates in your inner core

Forever more, see

Nothing's new under the sun; Life is a cycle

Past lives had to fight for survival

Most astute disciples and slaves tell their master:

“If you can’t see the problem you won’t find the answer”

A wise man knows that he doesn't know everything

World Wars reach your doors over melanin

Or resources, the greatest fight is from within

The change starts with you to escape this worldly sin

I understand not everybody’s on the same page

It’s a lonely road to see this planet engage

So I stay strong for us next to come

I ain’t afraid to start the change it only starts with one



[Hook x2]

All it takes is one word, one event, one verse

To change peoples' mentality so we can heal the earth

No more war, no more hurt

No more fire, no more curse

No more killing, no more humans living in reverse



[Verse 2: NΛTE]

All it takes is one action to cause a mass reaction

How can you live in this world and show no compassion

We need to burn distractions heal the world like Michael Jackson

So we’ve teamed up again alongside GlobalFaction

Listen up you might find your purpose through these rhymes

My mission is simple it’s to help these youths to shine

‘Cause now they get left to die in these heartless times

It really makes me real sad cause they've got no value for life

We need to play our part cause all sides … [Inaudible]

Keeping our young people negative, stuck in the dark

We need that instant spark, to help us re-kickstart

That integrity that runs throughout our hearts

It’s time to rise up and demand a conclusion

If you don’t you will get lost in the land of illusion


Try to OVER-stand and filter out pollution

It only takes a single thought to start a revolution



[Hook x2]



[Verse 3: NΛTE]

I’m gotta be honest cause not everybody is gonna make it

‘Cause some are content and too comfortable within this matrix

They say change is gonna come, but I’m losing patience

Sam Cook said that in '64, but this is still enslavement

Since then tell me, what has really changed

Maybe the technology, but we are still slaves

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

Without any hatred, without any racists

A world without politicians to separate us










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Global Flows 2, sonic archive as resistance at 103 - 200 seconds
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