we went to the apocalypse and all we got were these t​-​shirts

by Asteri & Savan DePaul

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[Verse 1: Asteri & Savan DePaul] Lemme tell you bout the love lost It was deep within the dust-fog Ba’athists and mobs kicked the fuck off In a global chess game filled with much loss Lemme tell you bout the men lost And the women that got offed by a TEC shot And the children clinging on by a thread Rocked from all the fibbing from the bosses and despots So many sources and actors at play My god, your eyes and media, turn them this way! What do I gotta say in a age of misinformation Slick-shit defaming, civic-depraving, sadistic framing within these nations? Lemme say to you Lemme pray to you Lemme give you a space within our state to you Lemme say to you Lemme pray to you Lemme give you a space within our state to you The thoughts of those who fled The workers, not the Feds Those in ghetto threads Propagandised heads: We’re dead Here we go again... [Hook: Asteri & Savan DePaul] See the hype beyond the hypebeast See the hype beyond the hypebeast The rivers of blood like Syria What you gonna do about it? The rivers of blood like Syria What you gonna do about it? The rivers of blood like Syria What you gonna do about it? See the hype beyond the hypebeast See the hype beyond the hypebeast The rivers of blood like Syria What you gonna do about it? Dictator fallen, lemme tell you lemme tell you ‘bout the troops What you gonna do about it? Dictator fallen, lemme tell you lemme tell you ‘bout the troops What you gonna do about it? [Verse 2: Savan DePaul] Cannon, uzi, landmine Cannot use a landline Damn this brutal franchise Can’t be soothed with grand prize Ample food for vampires Hammers shoot humankind Cameras shoot the damned sight Transit route was transcribed Families ruined, mass crimes Trampled thru human rights Fights between the empires Find a cease then blast fire Strike a deal, it backfired ISIS evil transpired I can see the gas fired Lines of people ran till tired, strive to be free and thrive Lines of people ran till tired, strive to be free and thrive Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey
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city of soil 01:37
[Intro: Asteri] Oh you're gonna spit a verse? Ew... [Hook: Savan DePaul] Ninety-nine cicadas spawned from the city of soil Ninety-eight were passes going dead as dead, crawling in shit, sent all back to shit One cicada left to survive and toil [Bridge 1: Asteri] What are you gonna do? Are you gonna spit it? Can you do it? What are you gonna do? Are you gonna kick it? Can you do it? What are you gonna do? Are you gonna hit it? Can you do it? What are you gonna do? Are you gonna sit-sit-sit-sit it? [Bridge 2: Savan DePaul & Asteri] Nah nah, that’s pretend, bruh (Again, lemme tell you, lemme tell you, lemme tell you, lemme tell you) Philly cats some excellent life enders Don’t act like we're tender (Again, lemme tell you, lemme tell you, lemme tell you, lemme tell you) Outwrite you outright on a night bender For real and for truth (Again, lemme tell you, lemme tell you, lemme tell you, lemme tell you) What's the deal with them youts that deal wit' a kilo to move And act like we adhere to the rules? (Again, lemme tell you, lemme tell you, lemme tell you, lemme tell you) They say I'm too weird with the tunes [Verse: Savan DePaul] Blowing skull from jaw, DePaul will call willingly No respect at all for laws that cause misery Incessantly sound off like the coqui be chirpin' Sometimes needed homies to console me in person Gotta watch your step ‘cause these Oath Keepers lurking And they'll send their finest units to assault G's and hurt them Peering over rooftops just like they done in Missouri Left a bitter taste in mouth like the coffee were burning I write this wired from the hot tea I'm slurping Fight for revolution never stops being worth it Worth it [Hook: Savan DePaul & Asteri] (Lemme respond...) Ninety-nine cicadas spawned from the city of soil (nope, nope) Ninety-eight were passes going dead as dead, crawling in shit, sent all back to shit (nope, nope) One cicada left to survive and toil (nope) [Hook: Savan DePaul] Ninety-nine cicadas spawned from the city of soil Ninety-eight were passes going dead as dead, crawling in shit, sent all back to shit One cicada left to survive and toil
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For Khartoum with Love (Uprising!) [Verse 1: Savan DePaul] World war torn, fuck a warlord Spreading gore more What’s the force for? Militias and feds as cowards and killers The power administered down on civilians Blacked out, now they’re killing em Strapped (blaow!) mass abuses Repressed anarchists set as targets Scapegoats for the crooks who sit in parliaments I wonder who else is complicit in crimes? Digging up mines used for splitting up thighs (oh my) Blood and the Earth, mutter the herb (word) Fucking absurd, fucking absurd (eurghhh) Companies splurge, money to burn (burn) Suckers’ll learn, come to the burbs (swerve) Blood on the ferns, bloodiest purge (word!) Rise up yutes, fuck what you heard [Verse 2: Asteri] With ignorance and gusto No perspective of hustle It's people missing Revolution hissing Don't you see em fighting for freedom Like we did three hundred-some years ago? More all those killed, raped, and losing hope? But yall just looking away? While RSF is rapidly taking away And you're just looking away? [Verse 3: Savan DePaul] In between the ganja weed Look at all the janjaweed dropping teens Bump stock is locked is key Nigga it ain’t locked on me But I see the rotten regime plus an Emirati scheme Raised fist to Khartoum teens Free all Sudanese peeps Liberate the populi (you’ll all be free!) In between the ganja weed Look at all the janjaweed dropping teens Bump stock is locked is key Nigga it ain’t locked on me But I see the rotten regime plus an Emirati scheme Raised fist to Khartoum teens Free all Sudanese peeps Liberate the populi (you’ll all be free!) [Chorus: Savan DePaul & Asteri] (Free, free) It's people missing Revolution hissing (Free, free) It's people missing Revolution hissing (Free, free) It's people missing Revolution hissing (Free, free) It's people missing Revolution hissing (Free, free) It's people missing Revolution hissing (Free, free) It's people missing Revolution hissing (Free, free, free, free) (Free, free, free, free) [Outro: Savan DePaul & Asteri] No rest 'till freedom Go! No rest 'till freedom Go! No rest 'till freedom Go! No rest 'till freedom Go! No rest 'till freedom Go!

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a selection of songs made in 2019 + 2020 about world issues. the first of many projects with Asteri. it's always a great pleasure to work and talk with her, she's a great friend :)

peace to the masses. love to the syrian/sudanese/nigerian/armenian folks. love to the diasporas. love to the protesters, rebels, and revolutionaries. love to anti-imperialist rigor and resistance in the face of state oppression.

for belarus, zimbabwe, west papua, turtle island, aotearoa, and everywhere.

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released November 6, 2020

writing by both of us
production by Savan
additional production by Asteri
engineering by Savan

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