A song I wrote for my friend who passed away many years ago.  Kirsten was a powerhouse activist that helped run / host / create:  the Really Really FREE Market, Access Cafe, Dirty Dove Infoshop, and the Collective Autonomy Network.  She was an anarchist with a heart of gold and one of the coolest darn people I ever met!

reallyreallyfree.wixsite.com/rrfm

KStrong (for Kirsten Brydum, amazing SF activist)

Could That Be Your Buddy? (Live, Louis Jordan Cover)

Revolt - Gotta Be With You (prod. ProleteR)

Stay The Same (Prod. by Pabzzz)

Survival - by Revolt http://www.revoltrightnow.com
(soundcloud.com/revolt_revillusion)

Production: Brock Chavez (https://soundcloud.com/jooel-chavez)
Lyrics/ mixing/ mastering/ rap & vocals: Revolt
Audio sample: Meredith Miller (Stockholm Syndrome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUKgIXHD278&vl=)

[Chorus 1]:
don't ever let another person make you feel like less than what you are
a survivor bearing scars
inside and out, you're beautiful still the same
take a deep breath through the pain
build the courage to resist any kind of abuse
this was never your fault; they took advantage of you
build the courage to resist any kind of abuse
and understand they never have and never will deserve you

don't ever let another person make you feel like less than what you are
a survivor bearing scars
inside and out, you're beautiful still the same
I promise there is an end to the pain
build the courage to resist any kind of abuse
this was never your fault; now whatever you do
build the courage to resist any kind of abuse
and understand they never have and never will deserve you

[Verse 1]:
too good to be true, I guess that's how it always starts out
living on a cloud like a fairytale, wow
she was beautiful, smart: everything that I could dream of
I heard of it in songs like, this was some obscene love
two peas in a pod, if I did believe in God
I'd have think I seen an angel
every gift I could I bought her
who could ever guess that I was living in a lie?
An insect trapped within her web
I was a prime target for everything that she seeked to have
I was a new supply to feed her ego while she played the act
love bombing me with gifts; too confused to do the math
and I slowly fell in love with a sociopath

[Chorus]:
don't ever let another person make you feel like less than what you are
a survivor bearing scars
inside and out, you're beautiful still the same
take a deep breath through the pain
build the courage to resist any kind of abuse
this was never your fault; they took advantage of you
build the courage to resist any kind of abuse
and understand they never have and never will deserve you

[Verse 2]:
questions and confusion flood to the surface
how could I spend three years and all my love with this person?
Who threw me out like yesterday's trash
and her new boyfriend's another activist that raps
trying to pick up all the pieces and examine all the facts
this wasn't just a breakup, there's a hundred red flags
left me for dead, took $500 cash,
when this disease was killing me- I barely made it back
I found myself apologizing for everything that I could
to a creature without emotion
like a cardboard or wood
her mask was falling off and what I could see was terrifying
emotional abuse is...domestic violence

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]:
a year passed; still assuming the blame
very little had changed, indescribably strange
rewriting events, tense, lacking all common sense
lost in the hope that she would come around
the fog it was dense
and I was falling apart like shipping antiques
anxiety attacks, no hope of trying to sleep
ripping out the broken arrow where Cupid left his mark
she sucked my soul down to the marrow; got it down to an art
I can't breathe; no one believing me 
like I need to have proof
avoid the drama; silent trauma
keeping the victims on mute
it can happen to men too, though we pretend to
act tough
but we just bottle it up
much love to all the counselors that handle my calls
when I be falling apart, can't handle it all 
that's coming my way
to keep a positive mood
look up, march forward
and what ever you do

[Chorus]

they never will deserve you
they never will deserve you
you deserve better
respect is the measure
of words and the acts we pursue

Survival (Narcissistic Abuse) - Revolt (www.revoltrightnow.com)

https://opendoorsnyc.org/reality-poets

Some of the realest shit I ever heard in my life.  Mad respect.

Revolt_Revillusion

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