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The Letter

from Louverture by Sorg & Napoleon Maddox

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lyrics

(Chorus)
I got a letter from the government the other day
Wanting more cafe
But they ain’t trying to pay
I got a letter from the government the other day
Opened and read it, It said they were suckers
How many empires must get dissed, before they understand we ain’t having it? (2x)
(Verse 1)
Your permission for my freedom is unneeded And if I’m asking for it then I’m blaspheming Your pen strokes is jokes from misled demons Chains on brains, stockades on thinking
You’re slaves too but you can’t see it
What we won’t do is let you keep us
Take this Leclerc tell your chief to read it
His pride might hurt because he’s quite conceited But he gonna learn exactly why I’m leading
No more free work and we don’t mind bleeding Gone tax us for that but these shots ringing
Metal clash echoes when these blades swingin’ Connect to the necks of heads that’s not conceiving For the next generation, liberation achieving
You can try to hide us but they still see us
Rikers island or Fort du Joux you won’t defeat us
(Chorus)
(Verse 2)
I block my post box
From faux intox
Of those that broke stocks
Exploiting crops
And try to make us sweat
until our bodies drop
I went to the spot
Where they write them joints
Said I read your mail and I got the point
You just want me to do what you don’t want to Give my best
and leave the rest for you
But you sound lazy
Just plain crazy
Like the fools in history
That try to destroy Haiti
But F you pay
I’ll say daily
If you don’t fait gaf about the mail you send me I know that’s not friendly
And it’s hard to hear
Be more hard to breathe
If we cut the air
You been breathing
Best you see this
If you writing then I’m reading
So watch what you send
When I’m receiving
(Chorus)

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from Louverture, released November 18, 2022

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Sorg & Napoleon Maddox Besançon, France

The France-American Hip-hop duo is back with a new album "LOUVERTURE", a black history salute to the great revolutionary Haitian general Toussaint Louverture. The texts of Napoleon Maddox are engaged as always, giving voice to the disenfranchised to match the well-crafted, imaginative soundscapes of Sorg, the French beatmaker. ... more

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