This song is dedicated to Alex Nieto, he was 28 years old when he was murdered by SFPD on Bernal Hill in March 2014.
piano/voice/composer: Camille Mai
bass: Schuyler Karr
Recorded and mixed by Nahuel Bronzini
Mastered by John Greenham
lyrics
All is quiet above the city
The sun lays itself to sleep in the fog
And though it's not always easy to feel it
Right now you know it
You're more than just your body
Cuz love was sewn into the stories
All of the hopes and the pains of those who came before you
And blood had carved its lively way
Through generations like veins all the way to you
But now it's spilled into the grass and yet they keep on shooting as your spirit seeps into the ground
You may be strong and full of truth but they'll still come for you if you make the mistake of being brown
Smoke, lavender and sage
Wondering which innocent will be next
There's voices calling out the names
Of those who were served and protected to death
Even when love was sewn into the stories
All of the hopes and the pains of those who came before you
And blood had carved its lively way
Through generations like veins all the way to you
They will still spill it on the grass, they'll still keep on shooting as your spirit seeps into the ground
You may be strong and full of truth but they'll still come for you if you make the mistake of being brown
And the hawk saw it all go down
But love was sewn into the stories
All of the hopes and the pains of those who came before you
And blood had carved its lively way
Through generations like veins all the way to you