"THE TREES WILL GROW AGAIN" piece is speaking to the mass destruction colonialism currently has made for the people in Palestine & historically across Turtle Island aka North America. With the ongoing imperialist devastation that humanity is facing from systematic oppression at this moment of history. This feature builds solidarity with Palestine through cultural work. And as people of color, it speaks to building a cross cultural movement in joint struggle against these illnesses on earth, in relation to the destruction of the earth, people are rising, and the trees will grow again.
World famous DJ Dez is on the cuts delivering the phenomenal hook.
_ raíz the flags, raíz the children, raíz a new system
clean out all the evil and the villains tryna kill us
We living like some strangers in our own damn house
what really went down, in a land so proud?
uprooted from the ground, theres looters in the town
they snatching up all of the people, so just look around
_Let’s flip the script for a real quick minute
let’s glorify sinning, n pillage the lil village
and take these weapons and murder all the civilians
_thats state side, where the hood gotta organize
against the police, they give no phvcks about
WE
_build community and take these damn
STREETS
Im layla khaled, mixed wit caesar chavez
free rasmea odeh, free oscar lopez
now free the land, and then free palestine
build the evolution, so we can decolonize
go
Cuts by DJ Dez
_ apartheid, apartheid, apartheid
thats three times, for the colonial enterprise
_ as it lies, and our babies gotta die
every word is with precision as we spit our rap lives
_I’m singing silently hanging from these olive trees
dropping tobacco down for my ancestors calling me
telling us to use our brain, and never be afraid
cuz we build a strong frame wit our indigenous ways
_ this is joint struggle, _ organized hustle
_ this is 48 laws of power with flexed muscle
_ nah nah, this head crack, concussions
we step back, wage love, raiz fists, and pump em
disrupt and rush em, no justice, no peace
no prison, no police, hate. it get crushed up
our people get cuffed up, locked in a tortured cell
but culture works well, as a weapon, never fails
its goes
Cuts by DJ Dez
_OUR EXISTENCE is an act of rebellion
in the belly of the beast as the shell hits
bunch of nit-wits phvckin up the climate that we in
making pro-fit off lies, mass in-car-cer-a-tion -NO!
_this is dangerous, political statements
capsules of knowledge, shout out to my spaceship
struggle form the grave shift to the day shift, shape shift
the matrix, take the red pill, swallow it
wake up, this is real, from the gaza strip
imperialism is strong, and loading up the clips,
Don't trip cuz we gotta tip the masters ship
no more slaves, cuz owning all the masters-is
make beauty out of disaster, much faster
Jedi master, manipulate dark matter
_can’t stop this flow, weak bladder
_as you should know..
from The Trees Will Grow Again,
track released August 8, 2014
Sacramento Knoxx featuring DJ Dez
"The Trees Will Grow" Written & Produced by Sacramento Knoxx
Recorded at the legendary East Side Arts Alliance in Oakland, CA
Cuts recorded with Geno XO in Detroit, MI.
Cover Art Design: www.sKnoxx.com & Nidal El-Khairy
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Very Special Thanks to
-SOUL, The School Of Unity & Liberation
-AROC, Arab Resource & Organizing Center
-AYO!, Arab Youth Organizing
-East Side Arts Alliance: Peps, DonJuan, Sammy, Michael, & George
-Dustin Haffner, DeathStar Kilc
-Nidal El-Khairy
-DJ Dez
-Chris Gazaleh
-Lara
-Sharif
-Tina
-Casa De Kennedy
-The Regiment
-The Raiz Up
-Carl, J, Kayla, Jahayra
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