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White Devil (feat. Kin Balam)

from Veganese Folk​-​Hop Volume 2 by Rupert Common

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lyrics

if my ancestors were white devils
am I the spawn of Satan ?
you should dust off my clothes and sage me
‘cause my auras tainted
you see that field of sweet grass?
am I just the snake in it
the Canadian, caucasian, homosapien
I'd offer you tobacco
‘cause I know it's sacred
but my peeps put
tar up in the papes
you'd become a cancer patient
they say my culture's ancient
goes back to the medditteranean
it's 2,000 yrs old - maximum
not as old as your First Nations
why'd they teach me French at school?
should have taught me hǝn̓q̓ǝmin̓ǝm̓
or better yet all three
why the ultimatum?
how old is the holy cross?
not as old as the raven
when winter came for settlers
Jesus Christ couldn't save them
But they built the churches
claiming they were laymen
made vows of chastity
except for with the children
so who is your god?
I'll stab a stake through his 3rd eye
if he molests a child
under a holy man's disguise

I don't wanna defend
the white devil inside of me
I won't turn the other cheek
you're silent or you speak
I see the white devil out in society
and his mind is very weak
and his soul has been deceived

Kin Balam:

they raped our grandmothers
to terminate our race
crucified our healers
to teach us about God’s grace
fear our deep rooted connections
so they cut our our tongues
because they knew our language
embodied resistance and love
took our minds to the church
twisted it where it hurt
so we would never remember
these lands are ours we were first
is the devil red or is the devil white?
for in this land red is the death
of oil and lines of pipe
they say an angel white
a good symbol is bright
but here white is the bullet
that murders Indigenous life
white supremacist system
will tell you that we’re equal
but if you look at the prisons
all you see is our people
who the fuck is in charge?
my body is covered in scars
from a world that continues
to rape and murder us hard
If the devil’s a spirit
bet your ass that it’s white
just ask Eisha Hudson
Chantel Moore if i’m right

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from Veganese Folk​-​Hop Volume 2, released December 21, 2020
All songs written and performed by Rupert Common
Drums and percussion by Anesia Steve
Up-right bass and lead guitar by Dave Taylor
“White Devil” guitar solos in 2nd verse by Kin Balam
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Nathan Turner
“Pagan Lover” and “Fame” recorded by Brendan Steele
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All music composed and recorded in East Van, on the traditional, unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations).

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Rupert Common creates music in a way that is completely his own- combining the gentle skills of acoustic folk music with the mentally ambidextrous art of Hip-Hop.

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