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"Smoking on yo' top five tonight, huh, tonight, you know
Yeah, I'm smoking on your, what's her name? Tonight, tonight
Smoking on you, shores, ain't 2-9, yeah, 2-

I am the omega, pgLang, Rollie gang, SIE
Don't you address me unless it's with four letters
I thought you'd known better
I been ducking the pandemic, I been, social gimmicks
I been ducking the overnight activists, yeah
I'm not a trending topic, I'm a-

Hold on, y'all n- playing with me, man
I am the omega, pgLang, Rollie gang, SIE
Don't you address me unless it's with four letters
Bitch, I thought you'd known better
I been ducking the pandemic, I been ducking the social gimmicks
I been ducking the overnight activists, yeah
I'm not a trending topic, I'm a prophet
I answer to Metatron and Gabriel"

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Family Ties represents the confidence that we can gain when we realize how powerful we are, as individuals (through education and our own means of contribution) and through collective actions (mutual aid, abolition, solidarity, etc). We feel more secure and more inspired when we realize that we are able to rise against our oppressions.

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"First order of business, dawg, I gotta thank my mama
Second order of business, share the blessings, no more trauma
Third order of business, do good deeds and get good karma
First order of business, get this money to my shorty
Loyalty and gratitude, the only thing you swear me
Will you be the person that's gon' love me in my forties?

First order of business, dawg, I gotta shake the toxic
All this back and forth, it's weighing heavy on my conscience
When I met your sister, she said, "This n- obnoxious"

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Authors like Dean Spade offer us tools against this negative feeling that we experience as individuals and as a collective. Mutual aid is one of the most powerful actions that we can take to move towards our goals in social justice. "First Order of Business" provides not only individual inspiration, but reflects a starting point.

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"I ask God (God)
Why this life You gave so hard?
Why all the choices that I make leave me with scars?
I feel like everyone I meet confuse my heart
I ask God (God)
Why this life You gave so hard?
Why all the choices that I make tear us apart?
I feel like everyone I meet confuse my heart"

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"Scars" is a symbol of the identities occupied by all individuals, and what these identities often entail when they face overlap or intersection. Our current systems of care and our societies, as a whole, fail to place the most marginialized and disadvantaged individual at the center when making decisions. Thus, they lead a life of inequality lacking justice--and may turn back to God to ask themselves why everything is so hard.

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"I've been duckin' my friends, I've been stuck on my ends
Memories about people all in my head
First come to mind is my mama buyin' me Jordans
Are we really made equal? 'Cause everybody got plans
I can't go ghost, I face demons
Don't let it defeat you, all in my hands
I know it's hard for you to come out that trance
I look myself in the mirror when I can
Let's speak the truth, tell me in pieces
I know it's you, I know just what you do
I knew since we first got evicted out our roof
My new since rehab, I was six, tryna see you
How could I resent you? Demons, they test you
Grandma and I missed you
You don't know what we been through
Don't let the wolves come get you, ooh-ooh
Please don't let them come get you, ooh-ooh
How could I resent you? Demons, they test you
Grandma and I missed you
You don't know what we been through
Don't let the wolves come get you, ooh-ooh
Please don't let them come get you, ooh-ooh"

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Care is especially not provided correctly within our carceral systems. Radical mutualism is introduced by Ren-Yo Hwang as a tool that must be provided here, and which can echo into larger systems of care. In “Issues,” the line “Let’s speak the truth, tell me in pieces” resonates largely as our system of accountability often does not elicit a real-world, overarching view of life.

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"I can't help but feel neglected
Changin' up the schedule, your calendar refreshin'
Time pass and we move on, nobody says shit
How I'm 'posed to act when my morals ain't respected?
How you 'posed to act when your feelings ain't protected?
I'm cashin' checks just to get some neck and some necklaces
What's next? War and turbulence, prayin' on this plane
Success, got a taste of it, never was the same"

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Trademark USA is introduced through a powerful set of lyrics. Through the concept of care, we can often feel neglected by our systems and societies as they place too much responsibility on the individual and fail to hold accountable the neo-liberal, capitalist, and unjust practices in place. The individual here may feel helpless in both receiving help and in making a difference.

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This is a visual representation (through dance) of some by Baby Keem, in his album The Melodic Blue, to tie together social issues and relate them in additional avenues.

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This is a visual representation (through dance) of some by Baby Keem, in his album The Melodic Blue, to tie together social issues and relate them in additional avenues.

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Dance is an incredible piece of communication and an incredible community that reflects mutual aid and community values. When we dance, we often hold positions or create pictures. I've selected the most important visual image from each of these dance videos that represents the concept it is about.

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As an individual, one of two realities may be present:
1) we may live through both our priveleges and challenges in ignorance, never questioning the systems that are present to live in a more collectively caring and community-based environment, or-
2) we may be hyper aware of all of the social issues happening within our personal lives and occuring within marginalized groups that we exibit concern over.

As we educate ourselves more within theses topics, we may feel an overwhelming sense of responsibility. Yet, utilizing our creativity through this process may be a huge contribution in and of itself.