on the history of anti-blackness in the US

from anthology (2009-2014) vol. 2 by Minor Cat

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

he walks around
gun at his side and pepperspray
hes a man of the law
upholding the state and property
white skin and a shield
badges of privilege
and the right to weild
force if necessary

he rides around
his tennessee walker in southern fields
a man of his word
upholding his duties and his deals
white skin and a star
on slave patrol
in a history not far
from present we all share

strange fruit
being shot to the ground
civil rights shattered
with every round
no laws can protect the innocent
when the protectors just serve
their interests

when prisons are
just plantations of industry
justice is lost
to profits over community
and no white savior can save
them from their own selves
and the damage theyve done
as history repeats
and no one remembers choruses of
grief and injustice’s lamenting
call for change

history is jaded
with promises that never come
the oppressors in power
have their wars already won
when words have lost meaning
like justice for all
were content in believing
the oppressors call
but resistence endures
with solidarity

credits

from anthology (2009-2014) vol. 2, released July 23, 2015

license

about

Minor Cat Cottage Grove, Oregon

Currently based in Cottage Grove, Oregon Minor Cat is a DIY music project by compulsive songwriter and experimental enthusiast Mary Love.

contact / help

Contact Minor Cat

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Minor Cat, you may also like:

Vulgar Displays Of Affection
by Luke Mawdsley

Liverpool's Luke Mawdsley uses pitchshifted vocals and industrial textures to create darkly experimental, painfully intimate music. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 11, 2020
go to album
The Nail House EP
by iT Boy

Hooky, edgy music from iT Boy, which pushes its way toward the intersection of pop and avant-garde to gripping results. Bandcamp New & Notable May 16, 2020
go to album
TITWRENCH STHLM Festivalen II Promo
by Titwrench Collective

A mixtape of songs from artists who performed at the feminist collective's recent second satellite festival in Stockholm. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 13, 2018
go to album
Lives
by St Celfer™

St Celfer returns with tracks culled from a series of live shows, each one a showcase for his inventive experimentalism. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 26, 2023
go to album
SAD GODS presents "Singing for Survival - a Compilation for Project Onward"
by Various Artists

A stellar compilation featuring shoegaze and indie favorites like Drowse, Midwife, and Mount Eerie benefitting Project Onward in Chicago. Bandcamp New & Notable May 11, 2023
go to album
NO SOUND IS LOST
by Laura Cannell

featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 11, 2023
go to album
Fleeting Adventure
by Andrew Tuttle

Banjo player and producer Andrew Tuttle creates ambient cosmic country that glows with warmth and comfort. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 26, 2022
go to album