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Imagine all of us getting along
Everybody laughing, singing a song
Imagine if we didn’t wait so long
Before we corrected all of our wrongs!
Imagine all of us living in health
Every single one of us living in wealth!
Imagine all of that, yeah if you dare
No more rations, or welfare!
Imagine if we all really cared
About one another it’d be fair!
Imagine it didn’t matter who I supported
In an election the government started!
Imagine if we supported one another
Love our Sistas, love our Bruthas!
Imagine all of that, yeah if you dare
East coast, west coast bring me there
Imagine all of that, imagine oh yeah
Imagine all of that
Imagine all of that
Imagine all of that, yeah if you dare
East coast, west coast bring me there
Imagine all of that, imagine oh yeah
Imagine all of that
Imagine all of that
Imagine I removed your last name
Everyone on the Rez treated the same!
Imagine I didn’t show for your campaign
To laugh and cheer, pop champagne!
Imagine it was me, ran against you
And I won but still I helped you!
Imagine the Law didn’t kill our race
With band numbers to erase our place
Imagine grandma didn’t lose her space
In her Nation, the laws from the state!
Imagine ancestors rise from the grave
Teach us a lesson how to be brave!
Imagine if we supported one another
Love our Sistas love our Bruthas!
Imagine all of that, yeah if you dare
East coast, west coast bring me there
Imagine all of that, imagine oh yeah
Imagine all of that
Imagine all of that
Imagine all of that, yeah if you dare
East coast, west coast bring me there
Imagine all of that, imagine oh yeah
Imagine all of that
Imagine all of that
Imagine all the hate, turned to light
That blind man walking got back his sight
Imagine Governments honour the Treaties
No pipelines, no diabetes
Imagine all the land back, no genocide
No missing women, no suicide
Imagine a world where living is peaceful
Justice prevailed like good over evil
Imagine no more death, no more pain
Imagine love unconditional with nothing to gain
Imagine no one homeless, everybody fed
We all had money, that’s what I said!
Imagine a world full of happy people
No poor, no rich, everybody equal
Imagine your dreams always came true
Imagine you realize, it’s all up to you!
Imagine all of that, yeah if you dare
East coast, west coast bring me there
Imagine all of that, imagine oh yeah
Imagine all of that
Imagine all of that
Imagine all of that, yeah if you dare
East coast, west coast bring me there
Imagine all of that, imagine oh yeah
Imagine all of that
Imagine all of that
Imagine all of that, yeah if you dare
East coast, west coast bring me there
Imagine all of that, imagine oh yeah
Imagine all of that
Imagine all of that
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Take the drugs out the Rez
Remove all the dealers
What’s the real problem and who’s the real healers?
Giving out the drugs to remove all the pain
The strain in the vein, mental health remains
A problem unsolved that resorts to cocaine!
Who’s to blame when we look untamed ?
I look all around at these little kids
Living in a world that’s reduced to this!
Why they can’t play like we used to did?
The only electronic was the lamp post lit
Run through the yards with their feet in the grass
The best connection was caught with a cast
What about the future? look at the past!
What we’re leaving them will never last!
I feel the pain and I’ve stared at the evil
Looked it in the eyes and clearly, I was equal
I have a hard time just to keep it peaceful
Invaders on my land, attacking our People
We need some Warriors, Warriors who bring that
We need some Warriors…need some Warriors!
We need some Warriors on every Rez, every corner east to west
From Van to Halifax and back to send a message
Stand against the dealers binging crack up on the Rez
Bringing shame upon the blessed
Bringing pain with every death, every death!
Fuck your peaceful protest, let’s get this land back!
Buckshot cocked and loaded, and that’s a damn bet
It’s open season on these cowards
Wendego is hungry rabbit run, rabbit run
‘Fore I hit you with the shotty, stop me!
Trap you sell, the mans you killed
The Reservation down in hell is what you got
It’s what you need your carelessness will make you bleed
Wendego is coming, Wendego is hungry
And if I have to take your life at least you know I’m coming
How many brothers gone? Sisters robbed?
How many of our People lost to this fucking drugs?
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Blame (feat. Hyper-T)
03:25
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Welcome to the Q052 show
I’m with Hyper T, if you don’t know!
On this Old school beat with a Rezervation flow
I do this for the fun, homie not for the dough
I grew up on the Rez, in a Federal imposed ghetto
Sweet grass and baskets were economy
Most my friends died kinda tragically
Homicide and suicide, frequently
At the age of thirteen it was normal, see
Back of the church
Funeral experts
Dig the dirt
Hang the pain
Slit wrist, blown out brains
East coast to west coast
It’s all the same…
Who’s to blame for all this pain?
Who’s to blame, who’s to blame?
Who’s to blame for all dis pain?
All this pain, all this pain
What’s going on in my brain?
I’m my brain, in my brain
When are these thoughts gonna change?
Gonna change, gonna change
Where’s the place for us to remain?
To remain, to remain
Why can’t you hear what I’m saying?
Why can’t you hear what I’m saying
I’m Inuk, Indigenous, a blood full of trauma
My people committing more suicides than Osama’s
It’s like the colonizers coming North trying to stop us
Wishing they can sale us and our culture at the COOP Cause
They don’t see us as equal, like a shitty movie with no sequel
No potential with no brains and damned to use a pencil
We lived in simple times, survived the harshest climate
Be proud of who u are back then we had to hide it you know
You know, Eskimo, follow your role
Don’t forget to get a dog collar, u know we know
You know, eskimo, follow your role
Stop asking questions man, and do what you’re told
Who’s to blame for all dis pain?
All this pain, all this pain
What’s going on in my brain?
I’m my brain, in my brain
When are these thoughts gonna change?
Gonna change, gonna change
Where’s the place for us to remain?
To remain, to remain
Why can’t you hear what I’m saying?
Why can’t you hear what I’m saying
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Don’t worry about your friends holding onto your hands
Worry about your friends letting you go man!
I see it on your face and I see it in your eyes
You think I ain’t looking like I don’t realize
I really gotta say that it’s something I despise
I gave you all my love and you gave me all your lies
Hate in your eyes with a fake smile
Looking for a way to clamp onto my style
I seen you walk by and you tried to ignore me
Trying to find a way to hide your face in the floor beams
Lift your head, yeah common look up
I’d be the guy that helped you out through the rough
You Try look buff, try to act tough
I call you’re bluff and I had enough!
I heard you were out talking shit with the enemy
Talking about how you would pretend to be a friend of me
Laughing about how you’d get a lend of some money G
Then you go and spend it with opposition family?
I heard you were out talking shit with the enemy
Talking about how you would pretend to be a friend of me
Laughing about how you’d get a lend of some money G
Then you go and spend it with opposition family?
Enough! Yeah
Enough
The he said the she said they all got’ta story
Lies in front of an audience like this was Maury!
99% of the time I'm the Opposite of left
When you waste a breath you leave the situation effed!
I see you looking in try’na find what I really do
Makin' haters turn around saying that they feel me too!
I know it’s just a ploy you wanna destroy the boy
I get tons of joy not lettin' decoys annoy!
As I take a dab make it a habit to suck it
Really had enough of being a crab in a bucket
Grab your pride and tuck it yeah I’m here to set you str8
It’s Will E. the great now there’s nothing left to hate!
I heard you were out talking shit with the enemy
Talking about how you would pretend to be a friend of me
Laughing about how you’d get a lend of some money G
Then you go and spend it with opposition family?
I heard you were out talking shit with the enemy
Talking about how you would pretend to be a friend of me
Laughing about how you’d get a lend of some money G
Then you go and spend it with opposition family?
I heard you were out talking shit with the enemy
Talking about how you would pretend to be a friend of me
Laughing about how you’d get a lend of some money G
Then you go and spend it with opposition family?
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Who’s you’re right, on the left side wrong?
Who’ll be left when the right is gone?
Move from the left to the right, common!
Every side you’re on is completely wrong
Be from the left or the right, I don’t care
About your political atmosphere
Got my eyes open on you suckas, ah yeah
And every damn word you speak, I hear
I see you writing up those policies
Trying to force people down on they knees
Get pepper sprayed if they even sneeze
Click clock, take a shot, cure disease!
Put your hands up, yeah up in the sky
Get Ready for the shot, don’t ask why?
Scan code, passport open y’a eyes!
One shot, two shot, cop shot, die!
Everybody out with they picket signs
Trying to find a way to save mankind
The government man is completely blind
Puppets in the front, companies behind
The hotel book is the root of all evil
Propagate the lies to vulnerable people
The scales of justice, never were equal
I burn the sage and watch the burning steeple
Openin’ up your eyes Sensei H on the stage
Tearing apart the rhyme book intelligent rage
We’re seein’ it in the headlines, on every page
We’re openin’ up the fences, lettin’ you outta the cage
On sait c’qu’ils ont fait, on ne fermera pas les yeux
On est prudents et ils sont fous de croire que le monde est à eux
J’n’entends pas grand chose quand ils parlent
Écoute sélective
Le coeur à moitié plein de rêves
Quand je n’ai pas les pieds dans le vide
Grand fille qui n’a pas besoin d’eux pour briller
Je n’attendrais pas qu’ils me mettent à genou de force pour prier
Mon esprit critique est un soldat de la résistance
Laisse les penser de moi ce qu’ils préfèrent jusqu’à la prochaine danse
Je suis vulnérable oui tu es vulnérable aussi
Notre différence c’est qu’j’en ai fait un ami toi un ennemi
Tu n’peux pas imaginer perdre ton pouvoir
donc tu ne demandes pas pardon
Un peuple en colère peut retourner les choses en quelques secondes
J’reste éveillée
Chez moi le marchant d’sable ne passe pas
Amour universel
J’traverse les frontières sans mon passeport
Quentin dis-leur
Qu’on n’baissera jamais les bras
Ici on joue au jeu du plus malin
Pas à celui du plus fort
The hotel book is the root of all evil
Propagate the lies to vulnerable people
The scales of justice, never were equal
I burn the sage and watch the burning steeple
Openin’ up your eyes Sensei H on the stage
Tearing apart the rhyme book intelligent rage
We’re seein’ it in the headlines, on every page
We’re openin’ up the fences, lettin’ you outta the cage
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Candles (feat. Stun)
03:34
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Tell me that it’s over, that you’re gonna come home
I need you right now, I’m all alone
Miss you every day, I smudge and I pray
Looking to find a way to go back to that day
Prevent them from taking your life away
I hang a red dress and I light up a candle
This unjust system put my life into shambles
Remember when I used to hold your hand in the park?
We’d walk around late, like way after dark
You’d make my heart melt every time that you’d smile
Everything you did, yeah you did it in style
Talked about our plans, our future and gradually
Gonna finish school and then start a family
Didn’t have a chance, put a that ring on that finger
Bow down on my knee, while you happily whimper
Instead our ceremony is a funeral service…
Such a beautiful soul you didn’t deserve this
Seeking justice now is my only purpose
I can’t explain the pain I felt when you crossed over
Nightmare please stop, tell me it’s over
Tell me that it’s over, that you’re gonna come home
I need you right now, I’m all alone
Miss you every day, I smudge and I pray
Looking to find a way to go back to that day
Prevent them from taking your life away
I hang a red dress and I light up a candle
This unjust system put my life into shambles
Tell me that it’s over, you’re gonna come home
Almost every day, I see your face
It’s On the news, they be saying, who to blame
It’s so cold like the food on your dinner plate
Because you never came back from your dinner date
Nah, it’s so wrong what they do to woman
We need to see our girls shine, with some supervision
Cuz underneath the perfect picture, is a name and number
Like who to call, I hope we get to see each other
I seen your mother and she wanted you to call her back
I hear’em praying everyday like its gods plan
I’m optimistic, I picture you in the kitchen
Washing dishes and smiling, we laughing at something silly
Actually, in my dreams, I see you and all your pretty
I’m praying I see you shining, whenever I see the city
Tell me that it’s over, that you’re gonna come home
I need you right now, I’m all alone
Miss you every day, I smudge and I pray
Looking to find a way to go back to that day
Prevent them from taking your life away
I hang a red dress and I light up a candle
This unjust system put my life into shambles
Tell me that it’s over, you’re gonna come home
Tell me that it’s over, that you’re gonna come home
I need you right now, I’m all alone
Miss you every day, I smudge and I pray
Looking to find a way to go back to that day
Prevent them from taking your life away
I hang a red dress and I light up a candle
This unjust system put my life into shambles
Tell me that it’s over, you’re gonna come home
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The rain is pouring down, the moon is bright
I light another cigarette, earphones tight
Sip another drink cause I’m ready for night
Rain drips down from the canopy top
Do I got the money to hit the shop?
Cash it in get the bills for the crop
Lightning flashes in the skies for my eyes
I know that hanging out is bad for a guy
Prolly be too late ‘fore I realize!
Families all tucked in, now I got a buck in
To the bag, I already stuffed in
When do I stop with all this stuffin'?
They say it’s too late, I better fill my plate
Never wanted more, than I can take
I take a look around and everyone’s fake…
I’m sick of them watching every move I make
Kwe Kikpesaq
Where’s the luck? And where’s the chance?
All’s ever wanted was to make y’all dance!
Everybody braggin’ bout they money and they riches
How they be hot and all of they bitches!
Disrespect people, the women they get with
Your style’s played out, why you keep missin’?
You expect our people to listen?
You better pay attention to the people you dissin’!
Women missing, men in prison!
We need more than, you been spittin’
Go ahead, yeah…you made a mistake
Turn it all around, say something great
Seven generations, we’re the eighth!
Get yourself to work, inspire the youth
Write a better story, yeah tell the truth!
Don’t waste my time when you’re in the booth!
Kwe Kikpesaq
It can rain all day for all I care!
I’d rather feel the drops from the clouds down here
The pain dissipates, clouds separate
My love is too strong to feel your hate!
The Pow Wow’s dropping, everyone’s boppin’
Crow foot dance, got everyone hoppin’!
sweat it out in four rounds in the lodge
With the Great Spirit in his entourage
When you get a vision, it’s not a mirage!
Received a message from the other side
Carried by the waves, ceremonial tides!
Feel alive and feel the pride
Wash away the pain and let it rain
Dance around and let it rain
Let it rain and let it rain
Dance around and let it rain
Kwe Kikpesaq
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Mom
02:53
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This one’s for my Momma
Let me brag about my Momma
I love you Mommy
Gimme da mic so I can talk about my momma
Raised by the state of perpetual drama
With a childhood of unescapable trauma
Momma taught me to dance outside in the rain
Always makin the time, showin’ a smile through the pain
No worrying about the darkness it’s all in your brain
I’m talkin’ about these difficult times when I sing
My Momma’s a Queen, yeah, my Momma’s a king
She’s the reason why I’m even doing this thing
A little Irish girl with her Irish pride!
Red, red hair and her green, green eyes!
County Mayo, NYC and Nash combined
Move to the North, on the Rez we reside
Family she built with family pride
My Momma, this one’s for my Momma
She grew up in the rough, put time in the struggle
Wasn’t afraid to find a way to get through the trouble
Never had a handout, worked on it double
Momma built a castle on top of the rubble
Now I see you laughing and living it good!
Livin’ in the moment, the way that you should!
I wanna say thank you for my childhood
And I’m sorry if I ever misunderstood
Sometimes when I was selfish I know you felt helpless
You never gave up even though you might’ve felt it!
I want you to know that I’m here for you too!
Any little thing that you need me to do
Anywhere you need to go, I’ll bring you
Anytime you wanna call, I’m here for you!
I love you mom and know that’s true
I love you mom, yeah, that’s for true!
My Momma, this one’s for my Momma
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Q052 Sherbrooke, Québec
A strong advocate for Indigenous youth and women fighting alongside his brothers and sisters, he started to write in hope that his truthful music will inspire systemic change. Q stands for Quentin. 052 is the official governmental name for his reserve. Welcome to Gesgapegiag in Gaspesia. ... more
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