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Life In The Colony

from Hypergiant by Original Swimming Party

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Arrive in the Cape
Enslave and dominate
Convert or kill
(this is a list in bullet points)
Dominate the land
Shoot all the animals
Dominate the people
We’re a violent kind

Open up your arms
And let the gentle flow
Into the body that’s ready to let go
Life in the colony

These are my ancestors
This is my inheritance
Armor of white skin
This is my empty voice
(these are the shades of my privilege)
The deeper I go inside
Colonised
Where to from here?
Give back the land

Ah
If you think that ‘they must just get over it’
If you think the dispossessed should accept our privilege
When we inherited the wealth of 400 years of evil
When we point fingers but won’t be the ones to change and heal
It’s an opening
Let’s walk through

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from Hypergiant, released February 24, 2017
de Tolly / Glendinning / Abrahams
Guitar by Greg Abrahams

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Original Swimming Party Cape Town, South Africa

Original Swimming Party (OSP) are an audio/visual group from Cape Town, South Africa. Drawing influence from an African tradition of rhythms and harmony merged with elements of left-field electronica they create a unique sound that is emotionally powerful and rhythmically captivating. ... more

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