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As Long As I Breathe

from As Long As I Breathe by I Am Fya

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A percentage of the 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 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 get more info and donate directly here: uffcampaign.org

Cover art is photo of Miles Mlambo taken at Black Lives Matter march June 13th 2020, Brighton

lyrics

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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from As Long As I Breathe, 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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