Ashes

[Intro]

When's it all gonna change on me?

Check, okay

[Verse 1]

This a topic I didn’t wanna touch

We’re so used to being painted with a broad brush

There's a lot of anger boiling in this pot

Look, I don’t have the answers

But it’s time we talked about us

There’s a lost trust we can see it’s tangible

I don’t trust you and you don’t trust me so we keep it all casual

Maybe it’s just easier to keep it moving

You do you and I’ll do me. It’s all Gucci

We don’t gotta cross paths or look at each other

No need to pay attention to your struggle

I’m busy getting mine so I pay you no mind

As long as I’m quiet I’ll be doing just fine

I know it’s taboo to rock the boat like this

But it’s time to rip the scalеs out from our eye lids

In order to build a bеtter future for our kids

We need to take an honest look at all of our shit

[Chorus: Sarah Kang, Uzuhan & Sarah Kang, Uzuhan]

There’s a ring around the have-nots

They laugh while you dance like a mascot

Ashes, Ashes

We all fall down

They consider you a Sasquatch

Don’t worry, thy pocket’s full of cash crops

Ashes, Ashes

We all fall down (Okay)

[Verse 2: Uzuhan]

Ignorance begets more ignorance

Respect has to go both ways

Why minimize a people for an argument’s sake?

How’d we learn to hate a person by the shade of their face?

I’m shaking my head

This scarcity mindset's about to kill us all

Plus the goofy ones weaponize the word of God

Y’all wanna play oppression olympics

Fine. But don’t ever say you care for my village

Don’t act like you care for my healing

I don’t see the receipts, your paper trail’s like a cat on a leash

If you can’t see a problem I’ll just hold my peace

Every auntie beat down on the cold concrete

Is a travesty no matter how you try to spin it

Some says “it’s not a big deal, it’s only been this year”

I understand they have to be extreme to get a point across

Downplay our history to lift a burning cross

[Chorus: Sarah Kang, Uzuhan & Sarah Kang, Uzuhan]

There’s a ring around the have-nots

They laugh while you dance like a mascot

Ashes, Ashes

We all fall down

They consider you a Sasquatch

Don’t worry, thy pocket’s full of cash crops

Ashes, Ashes

We all fall down (Okay)

[Bridge: Uzuhan,  Uzuhan & Sarah Kang]

Ashes, Ashes, Ashes

We all fall, We all fall, We all fall down

Ashes, Ashes, Ashes

We all fall, We all fall, We all fall down (Check, okay, yeah)

[Verse 3: Uzuhan]

Is it justice for all or just the optics?

Keep on opting for options

With guap in its pockets

But I can’t seem to shake off this strange little feeling

Our stories aren’t appealing

Well, who am I kidding?

Why’d I need their approval to tell me what I should do

The conditioning is baked-in, a lot to undo

Waiting for the powers that be to tell us how to think

Money grabbers use our struggles for their marketing schemes

I’ve been mocked at, so I talk back with a riddle

Don’t you speak to me like all the other people you’ve belittled

I can finally breathe and take my space

Planted both of my feet, now I’m proud of my place

But it’s “Parasite” playing out in real time

We’re fortifying walls, drawing real lines

I’m not choosing an agenda, these are real lives

I’m trying to reconcile, and give a real try