Irony. Utility. Pretext.
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โฑ๏ธ 4:31 duration
๐ ID: 2683550
๐ Lyrics
They said it's not enough
Just to shoot us down
It's a sound that's systematized
Yeah, it's a noise just to drown us out
But when your time has come
We'll all be there
Just to watch you fall
And then one by one
All the parasites will just fall off
You put your vote in a ballot box
This one's marked UNDP
Inscribe your tyrant's name in blood
Choice is the guillotine
We'll put our faith into Afro Pop
In a decolonized context
Espouse the aesthetes
Contempt for ethos
Irony, utility, pretext
But all you just say
Embrace primitive man
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) embrace primitive man
(You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) embrace primitive man
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
You put your hand out to shake
Then they export you in chains
You fought for centuries for change
And they gave you more of the same
They swapped the dogs and the cross
For sublimated forestalling
They changed the names of the boss
Until you forgot who it was
Find your favorite color
So you can wash it out in your hymns
Correcting primitive cracks into straight lines
Superiority is born again
We'll put our faith into Afro Pop
In a decolonized context
Espouse the aesthetes
Contempt for ethos
Irony, utility, pretext
But all you can say is
Embrace primitive man
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) embrace primitive man
(You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) embrace primitive man
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
Just to shoot us down
It's a sound that's systematized
Yeah, it's a noise just to drown us out
But when your time has come
We'll all be there
Just to watch you fall
And then one by one
All the parasites will just fall off
You put your vote in a ballot box
This one's marked UNDP
Inscribe your tyrant's name in blood
Choice is the guillotine
We'll put our faith into Afro Pop
In a decolonized context
Espouse the aesthetes
Contempt for ethos
Irony, utility, pretext
But all you just say
Embrace primitive man
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) embrace primitive man
(You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) embrace primitive man
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
You put your hand out to shake
Then they export you in chains
You fought for centuries for change
And they gave you more of the same
They swapped the dogs and the cross
For sublimated forestalling
They changed the names of the boss
Until you forgot who it was
Find your favorite color
So you can wash it out in your hymns
Correcting primitive cracks into straight lines
Superiority is born again
We'll put our faith into Afro Pop
In a decolonized context
Espouse the aesthetes
Contempt for ethos
Irony, utility, pretext
But all you can say is
Embrace primitive man
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) embrace primitive man
(You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) embrace primitive man
(You say) destroy primitive man
(You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:36.89] They said it's not enough
[00:40.56] Just to shoot us down
[00:44.40] It's a sound that's systematized
[00:46.74] Yeah, it's a noise just to drown us out
[00:51.73] But when your time has come
[00:53.91] We'll all be there
[00:55.62] Just to watch you fall
[00:59.50] And then one by one
[01:01.28] All the parasites will just fall off
[01:06.99] You put your vote in a ballot box
[01:10.53] This one's marked UNDP
[01:14.45] Inscribe your tyrant's name in blood
[01:17.87] Choice is the guillotine
[01:23.65] We'll put our faith into Afro Pop
[01:27.23] In a decolonized context
[01:31.20] Espouse the aesthetes
[01:32.86] Contempt for ethos
[01:34.74] Irony, utility, pretext
[01:37.68] But all you just say
[01:39.18] Embrace primitive man
[01:43.15] (You say) destroy primitive man
[01:46.48] (You say) embrace primitive man
[01:50.19] (You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
[01:54.16] (You say) destroy primitive man
[01:57.70] (You say) embrace primitive man
[02:01.54] (You say) destroy primitive man
[02:05.08] (You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
[02:24.46] You put your hand out to shake
[02:28.13] Then they export you in chains
[02:31.92] You fought for centuries for change
[02:35.51] And they gave you more of the same
[02:38.71] They swapped the dogs and the cross
[02:42.89] For sublimated forestalling
[02:47.07] They changed the names of the boss
[02:50.44] Until you forgot who it was
[03:10.13] Find your favorite color
[03:12.62] So you can wash it out in your hymns
[03:17.32] Correcting primitive cracks into straight lines
[03:20.90] Superiority is born again
[03:24.87] We'll put our faith into Afro Pop
[03:28.11] In a decolonized context
[03:32.38] Espouse the aesthetes
[03:33.74] Contempt for ethos
[03:35.62] Irony, utility, pretext
[03:38.54] But all you can say is
[03:40.29] Embrace primitive man
[03:43.49] (You say) destroy primitive man
[03:46.99] (You say) embrace primitive man
[03:50.78] (You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
[03:55.18] (You say) destroy primitive man
[03:58.63] (You say) embrace primitive man
[04:02.56] (You say) destroy primitive man
[04:06.14] (You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
[04:10.49]
[00:40.56] Just to shoot us down
[00:44.40] It's a sound that's systematized
[00:46.74] Yeah, it's a noise just to drown us out
[00:51.73] But when your time has come
[00:53.91] We'll all be there
[00:55.62] Just to watch you fall
[00:59.50] And then one by one
[01:01.28] All the parasites will just fall off
[01:06.99] You put your vote in a ballot box
[01:10.53] This one's marked UNDP
[01:14.45] Inscribe your tyrant's name in blood
[01:17.87] Choice is the guillotine
[01:23.65] We'll put our faith into Afro Pop
[01:27.23] In a decolonized context
[01:31.20] Espouse the aesthetes
[01:32.86] Contempt for ethos
[01:34.74] Irony, utility, pretext
[01:37.68] But all you just say
[01:39.18] Embrace primitive man
[01:43.15] (You say) destroy primitive man
[01:46.48] (You say) embrace primitive man
[01:50.19] (You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
[01:54.16] (You say) destroy primitive man
[01:57.70] (You say) embrace primitive man
[02:01.54] (You say) destroy primitive man
[02:05.08] (You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
[02:24.46] You put your hand out to shake
[02:28.13] Then they export you in chains
[02:31.92] You fought for centuries for change
[02:35.51] And they gave you more of the same
[02:38.71] They swapped the dogs and the cross
[02:42.89] For sublimated forestalling
[02:47.07] They changed the names of the boss
[02:50.44] Until you forgot who it was
[03:10.13] Find your favorite color
[03:12.62] So you can wash it out in your hymns
[03:17.32] Correcting primitive cracks into straight lines
[03:20.90] Superiority is born again
[03:24.87] We'll put our faith into Afro Pop
[03:28.11] In a decolonized context
[03:32.38] Espouse the aesthetes
[03:33.74] Contempt for ethos
[03:35.62] Irony, utility, pretext
[03:38.54] But all you can say is
[03:40.29] Embrace primitive man
[03:43.49] (You say) destroy primitive man
[03:46.99] (You say) embrace primitive man
[03:50.78] (You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
[03:55.18] (You say) destroy primitive man
[03:58.63] (You say) embrace primitive man
[04:02.56] (You say) destroy primitive man
[04:06.14] (You say) with our art, we'll transcend again
[04:10.49]