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Libation featuring Tony Fontaine

from The Watermelon Man by Bomani Armah

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Inspired by a lot of things, most importantly a conversation with my new family, the Oyugi's, in Kenya on my birthday. Energy doesn't die, it transforms.

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INTRO
the after life is speculation.
from heaven and hell to reincarnation
when I realized we are one organism,
it led to my decisions to make people my religion.
to be an ancestor honored in remembrance
because the seeds they plant are harvested by descendants
helping generations we won’t see is a miracle
nothing in the world could be more spiritual

CHORUS
heaven exist in the mind of the living
it’s where you will be if you’re kind and giving
to put our ancestors in that final destination
we’re here to pour libation

VERSE
we never forget so never fear
for homies who ain't here we're pouring out a beer
because of you it will never be the same
we keep saying your name while we pour champagne
for the mothers and the father figures
you flame still flickers we're pouring out some liquor
we're the sons and the daughters of heroes and martyrs
honor you by pouring out some water

CHORUS

VERSE

BRIDGE
this is how it works
your ancestors aren’t sleeping in the dirt
it's not metaphors, this ain't simile
I'm talking spiritually to scientifically, i mean literally
they're in our DNA
they're alive in the things that we do and say
lessons they taught and examples they gave
last way past when they are buried in their graves
so i try to understand and remember them
learn from their lives, i know i can depend on them
from when the light turns on to when it fades to black
our life span is shorter than a finger snap
and that’s a time i’ll never get back
so i use this time to keep the circle in tact
death with feel like before you were born
energy doesn’t die, it transforms

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from The Watermelon Man, released August 1, 2020
Written by Bomani Armah
Produced by Bomani Armah
Vocals by Bomani Armah and Antonio "Tony Fontaine" Parker
Engineered by Bomani Armah
Mastered by William Vaughan IV

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