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As Long As I Breathe

by I Am Fya

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Smiley Culture Sean Rigg Cynthia Jarrett Kingsley Burrell Olaseni Lewis Dorothy Cherry Groce Sandra Bland George Bland Soon you will be home in mothers arms Soon you will be home Your life taken way too damn soon Took your life too soon Took your life so cruel Mother I call for you I will speak your name Can you hear me loud and clear? Loud and clear Call out for you Mother You appear I will see you soon Mother Azelle Rodney Mark Duggan Sarah Reed Jean Charles De Menezes Rashan Charles Ian Tomlinson Sheku Beyoh Brutality Police Brutality Police Brutality Police Brutality Police No I won't stop shouting out No I can't stop shouting out Cos I’m still fucking breathing Yeah as long as I’m breathing Shout loud & clear ‘til those muthafuckers hear Cos I’m still fucking breathing Yeah as long as I’m breathing Rayshard Brooks Mya Hall Janisha Fonville Breonna Taylor Trayvon Martin Leon Briggs Tony McDade Tanisha Anderson Yvette Smith Christopher Alder Aura Rosser Roger Sylvester Stephon Clark Leon Patterson Botham Jean Atatiyana Jefferson Philandro Castile Elijah McClain Alton Sterling Joy Gardner Tamir Rice Darren Cumberbatch Freddie Gray Eric Garner Akai Gurley Aiyana Stanley Jones Michael Brown Jimmy Mubenga And many many more from all over the world Say their names No justice no peace Black LIves Matter
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100% of proceeds will go to The United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC)

On May 25th 2020 a 46 year old black man called George Floyd was murdered by members of the Minneapolis police force. While he was dying he called out for his mother who had died two years previously. When I started singing I had no plan & no idea what sounds or words would leave my lips. I started to sing a conversation between George Floyd and his mother. I then added the names of other Black and brown people killed by law enforcement as I wondered if they too had called out for loved ones.
I thought it was important to include many names of people from the UK as well as more well known names from USA including women & trans people because I believe that all black lives matter.
I couldn't include all the names but this song is for everyone, from all over the world that has died at the hands of a brutal, unjust and flawed system.

The UFFC is a coalition of those affected by deaths in police, prison and psychiatric custody, supports others in similar situations. Established in 1997 initially as a network of Black families, over recent years the group has expanded and now includes the families and friends of people from varied ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
You can learn more about them & donate directly to them here : uffcampaign.org

Photo of Miles Mlambo was taken by I Am Fya at Black lives Matter march in Brighton, East Sussex on 13th June 2020

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released July 3, 2020

Written and produced by I Am Fya
Maastered by Abraham Moughrabi at Jinn Records

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I Am Fya Brighton, UK

I Am Fya is a Manchester born multidisciplinary artist based in Brighton, UK.

Her recent work collects sound from her homeland, Barbados. It focuses on identity, culture, spiritual connections to land and ancestors, radical self-love, the power of chosen family, otherness, and acceptance. ... more

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