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Purify Me feat. Talilo Marfil + Antonia Marquee

from Remedy by Quincy Davis

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Feat. Talilo Marfil + Antonia Marquee
Quincy Davis and Talilo Marfil are Portland-based rappers and community educators/mentors who are releasing this song as part of the global day of hip-hop solidarity with Flint on Saturday March 19th. #HipHop4Flint is a day of unity of 50+ cities to raise funds to purchase water filters for the people of Flint, Michigan who have been suffering from toxic water in the city's current state of emergency.

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(Verse 1) (Quincy Davis)

I see no changes... wake up in the morning and I ask myself...
if life’s worth livin should I stash myself...

clean water for my family to survive
in Flint michigan, did we listen to the cries?

got me thinkin' as I’m watchin water flow
down the drain, not knowing where it goes, it’s a shame

to know people die everyday from the thirst
while fresh water flows to the lawns in the burbs

they got it good, but what about the rest?
and we never know, who’s next

while they tryin to privatize water, in my own state
got the cascades on lock, for their profits to raise

all around the world, controlled by nestle
but if I try to catch the rain, they’d arrest me

for the dollar bill, where does it end?
could you own the water? could you own the wind?

(16)

(Chorus) (Antonia Marquee)

Do you hear me?
Tell me do you hear me
I’m in need of purity
There’s nothing pure for me to drink

Why you tryin’ to own the water?
Who do you think you are?
You better give us what we deserve
We need it as pure as our hearts

(Verse 2) (Talilo Marfil)

knees weak arms heavy
they say they care about us, but they don’t
just cuz I’m poor don’t mean that I’m not ready
to give my body to greater good of yours, of course

a war is breaking out so... i see the drought through the windows
but it stained with the pain of the chains
that have stayed even tho back in the day they was broke

i wrote and put my broken soul into the ink of the pen
paint a picture of this vision, the Picasso of men
i see a throne built on power and the greed at the head
of its sheep, is a wolf in its skin

in the middle riddle civilians belittled by the mighty men that are witful
that says, your basic needs aren’t fitfull to grip a pistol
your water contaminated your race is not superior
you don’t know your history we flippin this pyramid

(Bridge)

purify, purify me
in my reach, swear that I got it
life that i thirst, death surrounds my whole body
as I open the bottle, I aint finding no water

purify, purify me
i can’t believe what I’m seeing
i been trying 't find a reason
why my family is bleeding
in a land full of water but can’t drink it

(Chorus)

(Bridge) (Quincy Davis)

purify me
need to find a way to live for my seed
m’ni wichoni, water of life
so holy, sacred
what will it take us...

to remember, never take it for granite
tell me what they search for when they look at the planets

yeah, water is life
to grow the seed into the trees
we need the trees to breathe

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from Remedy, released July 7, 2016
Instrumental by Kloud Nine Music
Studio recording / production by Quincy Davis

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Quincy Davis Portland, Oregon

Quincy Davis is a music-producer, lyricist, recording artist and creative director based in the Pacific Northwest, USA. His work taps into the depths of his story and speaks to global issues we face as humanity, with the intention to inspire personal and collective transformation. ... more

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