1. |
Forever Impure
03:12
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Despite still being in positions of power
and privilege, many belonging to the
higher castes still oppose reservations
and the practice of affirmative action.
Are they terrified of being treated like
they’ve always treated minorities and
lower castes?
Equality is oppression they believe
The fear of losing rule
Of being dealt like a minority
They’re united in terror
Of those they’ve subjugated
They dominate but they’re still so scared
Afraid that they’ll be replaced
This day we respond to your violence
Forever impure, forever unclean
Forever tainted, forever obscene
Forever on the outside, spitting in
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2. |
No Healing
02:52
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We live in a rape culture where victims
are blamed and sexual abuse survivors
are silenced. The taboo surrounding rape
and sexual abuse means that, more often
than not, perpetrators of sexual violence
get away without punishment.
Raped, strangled, mutilated
Beaten down in a dozen ways
Thresholds crossed, lines desecrated
It goes on and on and on, and they’re still
defended
We hear them justify
We watch them vindicate
For every fearful finger pointed
Thousands turn it down as fabricated
The victims shamed for speaking up
Blinkered views come creeping out
No healing in this culture of silence
No healing, no easing
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3. |
They Come With Laws
02:37
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Whenever South Asia’s oppressed
minorities - often betrayed by their
community leaders - have risen up
against prejudiced, majoritarian
governments, hundreds (even thousands)
have been arrested and tortured to death.
Those responsible for these custodial
deaths have rarely been punished.
No mercy, devoid of compassion
No place to hide existing under unjust
laws
Prejudiced against, no masks for the
state’s intolerance
Justified protests in the face of blind
disregard
Betrayed by those on whom they had
placed their faith
They come with laws, enforced by guns
They come with laws, their eyes filled
with cold intent
The state holds the needle that weaves the
cloth of prejudice
And so they spill out on the streets
They who have always faced defeat
Black flags raised they march down
Towards the armed, the uniformed
The path leads to their demise
Into a tiny cell, entombed for life
Held for days, cut off from the world
Screams falling upon deaf ears
Left ignored, aid refused
Fevered, bloodied, death comes slow
Mere silence, no answers
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4. |
Traitor in their Midst
03:43
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Brahmanical patriarchy has suppressed
women in South Asia for centuries. The
differences between the ways sons and
daughters are treated, the practices of
female infanticide, dowry and menstrual
exile, and unequal citizenship laws, all
have their roots in Brahmanical
patriarchy.
Governed by religion
Guided by the right to suppress
Sanctioned in the constitution
The traitors in their midst must be
controlled
Their bodies are the host
To the sons they claim are a scourge
To a land they judge to be besieged
The burden, the ignored
The sister scrubs, the prince sits and
gloats
Just a body, nothing more than a womb
Bridled by the father
Steered to stay behind
For every prayer to a goddess
There’s a daughter repressed
Regard curbed to temples
Some they can’t even access
Man kept at the center
Regardless of class and caste
Thus the system perpetuates
They’ll forever expound
On mythical theories and perceived past
glories
They’ll always ignore
The injury, the harsh reality
And so millions suffer in silence
Suffer in silence
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Vehement Records Kathmandu, Nepal
Underground Independent label from Kathmandu, Nepal.
vehementrecordsnp.wordpress.com
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