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Complicit

from Protest by Gene Pritsker & Friends

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Complicit
Music by Gene Pritsker words by Gene Pritsker and Chad Harper

Gene ‘Noizepunk’ Pritsker - rap/guitar
Chad ‘Brooklyn Globetrotter’ Harper - rap
Francesco Coppola Bove - drums

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Words:
Chorus:
We be explicit
are you complicit?
are you a racist
don’t you dismiss it

We be explicit
are you complicit?
this attitude been around forever
its reminiscent

If I comply with what right
ill be remembered on the right side of history

Gene Rap:
White Americans you better listen
Do you stand with justice or you complicit
Social change is coming you don’t wanna miss it
Grab this opportunity or away u piss it

Now let me revisit sit down and wait a minute
do you view humanity as kind of timid
cause if you show some courage and stand for whats right
everyone will benefit, I’m trying to enlight
and take this fight in to the light to feed your justice appetite
I incite you to be upright and reject the centuries of wrong
open your heart to truth and song do not prolong
the hate thats gripping our society
undeniably afflicted by bigotry and anxiety
why are we spiraling into backwards way of thought and spiritual
criminality we need to alter our mentality focus our personality and feel the gravity of this insanity

Chorus:
We be explicit
are you complicit?
are you a racist
don’t you dismiss it

We be explicit
are you complicit?
this attitude been around forever
its reminiscent

If I comply with what right
ill be remembered on the right side of history


Chad Rap:
The pain don’t die but it might subside
Temporarily long enough to not cry
No need to believe in a reason or why
God for black folks seem slow to reply

Who’s down to take 10 steps and only move two
Knowing this is in everything you pursue
You don’t know the strength it takes to live subdued
With a crack in your heart permanently tattooed

We immortal as long as our stories are told
I kneel in front of elders who carry the load
Carry their tradition yea the honor bestowed
Nothing means more to me than walking in their shadow

My hands are tied by Ancestral giants
They read me my rights said never remain silent
Riot in the face of those who stay quiet
Stay relying on the science of David and Goliath

Chorus:
We be explicit
are you complicit?
are you a racist
don’t you dismiss it

We be explicit
are you complicit?
this attitude been around forever
its reminiscent

If I comply with what right
ill be remembered on the right side of history

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from Protest, released June 23, 2020

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Gene Pritsker New York, New York

Composer/guitarist/rapper/Di.J./producer Gene Pritsker has written over eight hundred compositions, all of his compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles and are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures. He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation; an eclectic hip hop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble and co-director of Composers' Concordance and Eclectic Music eXtravaganza ... more

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