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Call It Revenge - The Diction

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This is a song about our government's failure to take steps to address systemic racism, which is so deeply ingrained in our institutions. There's particular focus in this song on our justice system as that is an area I'm familiar with.

This is a WIP home recording. It's a rough mix. There are no backing vocals recorded yet or any sort of compression. I may include a short guitar solo in the bridge right before the vocals come in. 

Lyrics:

Verse 1: 
Prejudice tainted your judgment again
You acted on colour of skin
Don't use tired tactics to hide and dismiss 
Don't try, don't you lie and you best not deny,
That your bias exists 

Pre-Chorus:
You lead and you say the magic words
"I hear you, I feel you, your problems are heard"
Then you appoint those who follow old ways
And you give marching orders to challenge all change

Chorus:
You wonder why the streets burn 
You question “what have we learned”
Without it they wouldn't be heard 
You'd tell them their views absurd 

It's time to admit it's real
The pain and the hurt they feel
It’s not just overt hate
It's what our world perpetuates

Verse 2:
On paper, the words and the codes of law
Are neutral, blind justice we saw
But on the ground enforcement is flawed 
More arrest, and more deaths, more pain, and more regret 
The truth is so raw 

[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]

Bridge:
More aggression from police 
Harsher sentences unleashed 
Your policies demotivate
Cut funding then incarcerate 

To those who lead, this stops now 
Hear their voice, don't tell them how 
Show your words have dedication 
Not moves for polling stations

[Chorus x2]

The Streets Burn

The Streets Burn - Kelly Gates - WIP - 2021 - 08 - 15

This is a song about the failure to treat refugees humanely.

Lyrics: 

Verse 01
We turn away some desperate lives
Report them with suspicious eyes
Forgetting when we look inside
That we are all and will remain human

Chorus
Think about what it would take
Uproot your life and seal your fate
Cross all the world on a metal plate
All for safe haven x2

Verse 02
We draw a hard line in the sand
Say don't you dare enter our land
Take families, make them disband
We think we are, we praise ourselves heroes

[Chorus]
[Bridge]

Outro
Think about what it would take
Uproot your life and seal your fate
Cross all the world on a metal plate
All for safe haven
All for safe haven

Safe Haven - Kelly Gates - WIP - 2021 - 09 - 17

This is a song I wrote for my mom on Mother's Day - May 10, 2020. She is a nurse and I wanted to do something special for her during this time. I am grateful for everything she did as a mother my whole life, but am also grateful for the sacrifices she has made and continues to make as a nurse.

Mother - Single

Mother

This is a song about the fact that terrible consequences can arise from a decision made in a second.

Kelly Gates

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