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Owen Clapp; Aisha Fukushima, rap​/​lyrics - Beautiful

from Foundation by Music Action Collective

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Beautiful is about the conflict between what society thinks of as beauty and how we perceive ourselves. It's about believing that you are beautiful no matter how much pressure there is from the outside world to conform to a certain standard. By extension, self-acceptance and self-love becomes a metaphor and call to action for recognizing and respecting difference, and the shared humanity within all of us.

It stands as a call for universal love and challenges oppression and discrimination based on one’s “identifier”—physical appearance, dis/ability, race, class, gender, sexuality, religious beliefs, and so many other that lead to judgment and bigotry. For us to live productive and meaningful lives—and enrich those of others—we first have to accept this important truth.

lyrics

Girlfriend
Let me break it down for you again
Don’t be a hard rock when you really are a gem
You are truly genuine
You are truly genuine
[Repeat]

At an early age
Learn to hate what she sees
Kids used to tease
For every hard bleed
We all got needs
To be loved
To be seen
Baby girl, you’s a queen

In a twisted world
Want you to let your love unfurl
The gaze to twirl
The movement to swirl
To know that you’re beautiful
Every single curl

No need to pretend
Gift from the gods
Beauty have a scent
Love within yourself
Romance without an end
Breaking all the barriers
The love that starts within

Caramel sunshine
Beauty in your heart
Beauty in your mind
[Repeat x3]

Ooooooh…oh-oh
And the way you comb your hair
When you let down your curly hair
You’re beautiful…ah-uh
Oooooh

Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
[Repeat x6]

The feeling within
We are
Open with paper and pen
We are
Power beyond measure
We are
Wealth in the treasure
We are
Worthy of love and pleasure
We are
At work and leisure
We are
Heart, mind, and soul
We are
Don’t let them get you down
You are gold
We are
Breaking all the mold
We are
Going high as they go low
We are
Constant in the flow
We are
More powerful than we know
We are
Not to be bought or sold
We are
Not just the product of stories told
We are
Warm when it gets cold
We are
Never give up
We are bold

Caramel sunshine
Beauty in your heart
Beauty in your mind
[Repeat x3]

We are
[Repeat til fade]

credits

from Foundation, released May 12, 2017
Aisha Fukushima, rap, lead vocals
Teta, vocals
Will Magid, trumpet
Derek Beckvold, saxophone
Amen Viana, guitar, backing vocals
Farhan Bogra, rubab
Owen Clapp, bass
Tyler Nam Berg, drums

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Global social justice music collective.

Sevana Tchakerian, vocals, accordion, keys, flute (Armenia/France)
Rona Nishliu, vocals (Kosovo)
James Brandon Lewis, tenor sax (USA)
Kauzeni Lyamba, percussion, flute, vocals (Tanzania)
Erika Oba, piano, flute (Japan/USA)
Avery Waite, cello (USA)
Kasiva Mutua, percussion, vocals (Kenya)
Chris Bastian, bass (USA)
Ernesto “Matute” Lopez, drums (Nicaragua) ... more

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