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Track: Shoot'n up and Gett'n High
Artist: Meshell Ndegeocello
Album: Plantation Lullabies

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Name: Meshell Ndegeocello
Spotify Genres: neo soul
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Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, bassist, vocalist, and activist. Born on August 29, 1968 in West Berlin (Germany) as Michelle Lynn Johnson, and raised in Washington DC (USA) where she learned her musical craft by playing in go-go bands in the late 1980s. Before her debut album she adopted the Me'Shell NdegéOcello surname, which she says means "free like a bird" in Swahili, which she has since started spelling Meshell Ndegeocello. She has also used the nom de plume Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur. Ndegeocello has been nominated for 10 Grammy Awards (and counting). Daughter of "Saxman" [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/346644-Jacques-Johnson]Jacques T. Johnson Sr.[/url]. Sister of [a13629310] Mother of [a327005].

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Release: Me'Shell NdegéOcello - Plantation Lullabies
Year: 2018
Genres: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Styles: Acid Jazz, Soul

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He lived two train stops away I was a train ride away from heaven We signify about politics, low income housing Birth control and abortion The capitalistic hand around my throat Shootin' up dope to cope in this dehumanizing society We both found God when he O.D'd He found beauty in my black skin Amidst the cover girls and clairol ads Makin' no mistake what's white is right Livin' in a world where the TV shouts ?Forget where you come from!? And damn I thought I was shootin' up Africa in my veins White man voodoo slow my brain the while man fights wars and enslaves All in God's name What ya trying to achieve with your sun tan lotion You wanna keep me down keep me down Revolution against this racist institution The white man shall forever sleep with one eye open Dehumanize me. Criticize, set aside. Livin' in the midst of genocide I hear voices voices are what I hear Uprise would you die for your right