Don’t want to speak of equanimity
Don’t want to speak of equality
you blame all your shortcomings on my “victim mentality”
49% of population
80% of suicide mortality
If talking ethics is pathetic
you shouldn’t die for banalities
You may be a CEO, but sorry you’re not oh mio Dio
you’re full of shit, and that’s OK, but it’s time to get real
Salary gap’s in your favour, when are you going to therapy?
Or is still up to the black, queer, disabled, to cure the world from your sociopathy?
It ain’t my job to grant you the pardon
You had hundreds of years to graduate from kindergarten
You idolize your dead mama cause she washed all your dishes
All other women are hoes, whores, cunts, sluts, bitches
Roll up the sleeves
if you want to be an ally
Clean up your rep? Well, you’re in debt
for all the times you closed your eyes
You’d never betray a brother
you’d never step on one another
but cause of FOMO, “no homo”
you don’t bother smothering a motherfucker
The serpent bites – bend to Quetzalcoatl
the serpent bites – Shakti awakens, feel the grip
the serpent bites – poison runs through my blood
out of the mud, out of my skin, I’m in control
I regenerate in sin, pushed into the underworld
I rose to be the ruler, I’m not afraid of the fall
You don’t know where to start? You’re in luck
50 years of intersectionality
do your part, spend a buck
educate yourself on inequalities
we’re fed up with this sad close up
of a lad well-read, spoon-fed
held in the lap of their mama
Wake up, catch up, we be running
while you crawl in your pajamas
Where’s your Mahsa? Where’s your Angela?
The desire for self reflection?
That laziness’s exemplar
woke folks quote works like jokes
to get in my pants and avoid authentic connection
We want you to cry your heart open
We want you to feel dumb
Don’t apologize for being broken
Apologize for being numb
We’ve reclaimed our power
Can’t hide in ivory towers
This is the era of the serpent
Not the era of the cowards
The serpent bites – bend to Quetzalcoatl
the serpent bites – Shakti awakens, feel the grip
the serpent bites – poison runs through my blood
out of the mud, out of my skin, I’m in control
I regenerate in sin, pushed into the underworld
I rose to be the ruler, I’m not afraid of the fall
Fun fact about snakes
they can kill bigger beasts
they’re demons with venom
that can cure some disease
We’re unhinged, no brakes, our shame is deceased
like Mythridates getting poisond’s the only option to resist
Shed your old skin, rattle your pain
hiss with us until we have peace
Regenerate collective fate
Bend injustice on its knees!
The serpent bites – bend to Quetzalcoatl
the serpent bites – Shakti awakens, feel the grip
the serpent bites – poison runs through my blood
out of the mud, out of my skin, I’m in control
I regenerate in sin, pushed into the underworld
I rose to be the ruler, I’m not afraid of the fall
The content of this song is inspired by discussions on the state of men and masculinity, as treated for example in this The New Yorker’s article What’s the matter with men? (January 23, 2023).
Base track courtesy of Gabeats Music. Picture courtesy of Tontan Travel.