This is a mixtape I made for Tad Nakamura’s documentary A Song For Ourselves.

The film documents the life of Chris Iijima, a Japanese American musician, activist, educator, and father, who’s music was the soundtrack for the Asian American movement in the late 60s, early 70s.

For the mixtape, I arranged Chris’s music along with Blue Scholars, Bambu, Kiwi, and Native Guns songs, interwoven with sound bites from the movie. We also did exclusive remixes which sample Chris’s music and feature verses from Geo, Bam, and Kiwi.

Tracklist:
1. Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin – “We Are The Children” (Intro)
2. Blue Scholars – “Cornerstone”
3. Native Guns – “Slave Thinking”
4. Native Guns feat. Geologic – “Agitation Propaganda”
5. Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin – “Jonathan Jackson”
6. Bambu – “When Will The Time Come?” prod. by Will Bracy
7. Kiwi – “Gaza 2 Oakland” prod. by DJ Phatrick
8. Blue Scholars – “Back Home”
9. Chris Iijima – “Vietnamese Lament (Live)”
10. Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin – “War Of The Flea” (Senz of Depth Remix ft. Bambu)
11. Bambu – “Chairman Mao” (Paper Planes edit)
12. Blue Scholars – “Fire For The People”
13. Kiwi – “Cause”
14. Native Guns feat. Geologic – “Said It” (Asi Remix)
15. Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin – Divide & Conquer (Fatgums Remix ft. Geologic, Kiwi, & Bambu)
16. Chris Iijima Soliloquy
17. Kiwi – “Imagine”
18. Bambu – “Seven Months”
19. Blue Scholars – “Life and Debt”

A Song For Ourselves Mixtape

Here are songs to help inspire you during your writing process. 

Bob Marley - WAR

A pop song about Kilmar Abrego Garcia and Yunseo Chung and America becoming a fascist nation.

America is a Lie

She came here with her family

Only 8 years old.

Grew up like the other kids

America is her home

She went away to college

To learn and to be free

She joined protests 

for what she believed

She joined protests 

for what she believed


They ordered her arrested

‘cause our gov did not agree

She had no right to speak out

She had no freedom of speech

They tried to send her flying,
To a place she'd never known
like other students rising
She was not alone.

Because America

Is a lie

She found out America

Is a lie


He fled poverty and violence 

To a fabled promised land

The greatest nation in the world 

His future in our hands

He dreamed of a great life

Help me if you can

He said Help me if you can yea

He said Help me if you can yea


They ripped him from his car

As his child wailed and cried

They denied him all his rights

As his future quickly died

They forced him on a plane

Head bowed and wrapped in chains.

They asked for his confession

To hide their lies and shame

Because America

Is a lie

He found out America

Is a lie


We voted against Freedom

In America

We voted for fascism

In America

We voted for oppression

In America

We may never vote again

In America


Say Goodbye

Say Goodbye  

Say Goodbye

America

America Is a Lie (Kilmar Abrego Garcia)

Beat 721 – “Compass”
A heavy boom bap instrumental rooted in the reality of poverty, injustice, and greed—featuring a powerful clip of Tupac calling out the wealth gap and Trump-era capitalism.

🔊 Drum break by @sonalsystem
🎹 Flutes from @output Arcade
🔉 Bass made using @user-10892243 / @cherryaudiovst (IG) P-10 Prophet emulator

This is Hip Hop as a compass—pointing toward truth, equity, and resistance.

#BoomBap #HipHopInstrumental #Tupac #SocialJustice #Beatmaker #Phillipdrummond #TodaysFutureSound #CherryAudio #OutputArcade #SonalSystem #JusticeBeats #PoliticalHipHop #Compass721

Beat 721 -  Compass

VERSION : ORIGINAL
LANGUE : VERSION ENGLISH
FIXATION : 2025
ISRC : FR-9W1-25-41798
ARTISTE : PHILIPPE JOUMARD
SITE : www.philippejoumard.fr

“Patriots of Tomorrow (Universal Version)” is a powerful anthem of unity, hope, and civic pride. Blending poetic lyrics with heartfelt harmonies, this song invites us to redefine patriotism for a modern era — one rooted in inclusion, justice, and care for our planet. With stirring verses that celebrate diversity and generational responsibility, it's a call to action for dreamers, changemakers, and compassionate citizens worldwide. ✨ For those who believe patriotism isn't just where you're from — it's how you show up for others.

Patriots of Tomorrow (Universal Version English)

I wrote this song following the riots that took place across the UK in 2011. It was a response to the way in which our Government and media chose to demonise the young people involved, looking for an easy scapegoat, rather than looking at the social conditions and inequality that led us to that point.

Our Streets

DOWNLOAD HERE https://chrisraygun.bandcamp.com/track/aint-no-rest-for-the-triggered

LYRICS

Well I shared a thought online
It was an innoucuous tweet
I didn't really think much of it at the time
But then a couple of days later
I was fired from my job
And the reason left me well beyond surprised

Someone had taken what I said
Wrote a ridiculous op-ed
And spread it all over the goddamn internet
I came in contact with the author
And I asked her, "Hey, what gives"
She messaged me and this is what she said,
"Oh, there ain't no rest for the Tiggered
We're easily displeased
We've got hair to dye
We've got tears to cry
Please gimme your sympathy
No I won't let loose, I get my news
From places like Salon
No there ain't no rest for the triggered
Donate to my patreon"
Not even fifteen minutes later
I had come across a crowd
It was a protest over something someone said
They called for the resignation
Of a man who seemed quite patient 
In explaining what it was he really meant
Apparently the crowd was mad
That he didn't wanna ban
Halloween costumes that might have offended some
When I tried to intervene
A lady lunged out right at me
She summoned some muscle, and then began to hum 
So now a couple hours passed
I'm walking up to my front door
But from my peripheral vision I could see
That a man had dropped his keys
And like a gymnist on trapeze
I caught them in mid-air and said, "Sir, you dropped these"
He turned around in pure disgust
He said, "I'm not even a man
I'm a bigendered girl with manly tendencies"
I said, "Okay, Sir, whatever"
And he called up the police
Now I'm serving six to ten cuz I dared to disagree


Ain't No Rest For The Triggered

YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Knuwl2ZQXE

The Sound of Social Justice (Simon & Garfunkel parody)

Released August 7, 2017 
® 2017 Frontline Media Group, LLC / RMG Amplify

Woke Ft. Lecrae

Karrujah Jones ended racism and Chrisfferent found the beat mama 😍

Expensive/Hoes (Un-Problematic Version) - Ayesha Erotica/Karrujah Jones (feat. Chrisfferent)

Dirty trashcan beats. Growing up in NYC in the Golden Era of Hip Hop, he is informed by the East Coast 90’s sound with touches of G-Funk and West Coast flavor, as he now resides in Oakland, CA. Currently working on a concept album with DJ Ammbush (Oakland Faders/Drums and Anmo) entitled “Drums and Ammo,” “Philthy,” as many know him, fuses obscure samples lifted from dusty vinyl dug from across the globe with retrofuturistic synths and garbage-can snares and rhinoceros charlie horse kick drums, laced with hi-hats drenched in kisses of the Gods of Rome. He has a steady output of beats and artistic works, including live beat performances. Dr. Gann has been working with TFS in Bay Area schools and community settings, and across the globe using Hip Hop beat making and culture as a mental health, educational, social justice and cross-cultural intervention. He has worked with more than 75,000 youth on six continents in the past six years through TFS and is currently developing the Therapeutic Beat Making (TBM) Model.

Devil's Pie. Motown On Mondays. Heartbreak Radio. Bambu. Lagrima.

🧬 Biographie officielle – Philippe Joumard

Philippe Joumard est un auteur-compositeur indépendant installé à Cers, dans l’Hérault (France). Artiste ouvertement gay et engagé, il façonne une musique poétique, inclusive et solaire, où s’entrelacent chanson folk, slam narratif et atmosphères occitanes. Son univers sonore célèbre l’identité choisie, la mémoire des lieux, et les voix en quête d’asile intime.

À travers des titres comme “Cers, Mon Village” ou “Béziers, la Perle du Sud”, il explore les liens entre territoire, fierté et transmission, avec une démarche artistique hybride mêlant direction humaine et technologie musicale assistée (Suno AI).

Passionné de musique depuis l’adolescence, Philippe a évolué dans la radio locale, en tant qu’animateur à Loire FM (Saint-Étienne – 42) et Radio Pluriel (Saint-Priest – 69), où il a également exercé comme producteur. Cette expérience lui a offert un regard curieux et ouvert sur les esthétiques sonores, en particulier les scènes trance, qu’il explore aux côtés de proches producteurs.

Depuis 2025, il compose des morceaux solaires et intimistes pour toutes celles et ceux qui cherchent à se sentir chez eux — dans une voix, dans un village, ou dans un refrain. Son prochain album, Tomorrow Belongs to Everyone – Global Anthem Series, poursuit cette quête universelle à travers des hymnes engagés et multilingues.

🎙️ Official Bio – Philippe Joumard (EN)

Philippe Joumard is an independent singer-songwriter based in Cers, southern France. Openly gay and socially committed, he creates poetic, inclusive, and sunlit music that blends folk songwriting, narrative slam, and Occitan-inspired atmospheres.

His songs like “Cers, Mon Village” and “Béziers, la Perle du Sud” explore the bonds between identity, memory, and southern roots, through an artistic process that combines heartfelt direction with AI-assisted musical tools (Suno AI).

Philippe is passionate about music, with long-standing ties to the trance scene through close producer friends. He was formerly a radio host and producer at Loire FM (Saint-Étienne – 42) and Radio Pluriel (Saint-Priest – 69), where he cultivated his curiosity and eclectic sound culture.

Since 2025, he’s been composing radiant, introspective tracks for all those seeking a home — in a voice, a village, or a chorus. His upcoming album, Tomorrow Belongs to Everyone – Global Anthem Series, extends this mission across languages and borders.

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