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Hashtag feat. Riwo

from Soul Merchant by Arlo Maverick

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"Hashtag" featuring Afro-fusuion singer Riwo is a song of protest about racial profiling and police brutality. The aim of the song is to continue the conversation around the issues that Black people continue to face nearly a year after the global uprising in response to the murder of George Floyd. The song points out that the problem is not just a few bad apples but a system that is complicit in each death by not holding anyone accountable.

lyrics

CHORUS - RIWO
I don’t wanna be
I don’t wanna be
A hashtag one day
I don’t wanna be
I don’t wanna be
A hashtag one day
I don’t wanna be
I don’t wanna be
A hashtag one day
I don’t wanna be
I don’t wanna be
A hashtag one day

VERSE - ARLO MAVERICK

Three Fifths of a man
Catching six from the Klan
Stop tellin’ me to march
Like my pleas stand a chance
What’s all the hate for
You tryn’a start a race war
Oh you should pray more
Is that what we wait for
The morals of our enemy
To show some empathy
That’s not the remedy
And never will it ever be
Shot for jogging
Imagine that
Completely unprovoked
And he still got clapped
No matter what we do
They find an excuse
I was scared
I didn’t know what to do
Protected by courts
Lawyers and unions
Believe me when I say it
They know what they doin’
When there’s consequence
They’re more thoughtful in
Dealing with arguments
And exercise common sense
Todd gets irate
He’s told calm down
Jerome gets upset
He gets shot down
Can we talk about this man’s life
Or will you gaslight
Say he didn’t act right
Or even, that’s life
Get defensive
Make it about you
Never said you were racist
But, what will you do
The truths you ignore
Are the ones I gotta live
Your “get over it”
Is the Fuck I gotta give
My bad
You don’t like my skin B
That sounds like an ish-you
Not an ish-me

CHORUS X 2 - RIWO
I don’t wanna be
I don’t wanna be
A hashtag one day
I don’t wanna be
I don’t wanna be
A hashtag one day
I don’t wanna be
I don’t wanna be
A hashtag one day
I don’t wanna be
I don’t wanna be
A hashtag one day

credits

from Soul Merchant, released July 9, 2021
Written by M. Wilson
Produced by Jamel “J-Mello” Wharton
Mixed & Mastered by Atreus XO

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Arlo Maverick Edmonton, Alberta

Arlo Maverick is a hip-hop MC whose sound explores Jazz, Electro, and Soul yet identifies itself as hip-hop through fusing nuances of hip-hop’s golden era and Jazz theory. Lyrically Arlo Maverick’s music is a poetic narration of everyday life experiences. For Maverick it is as much about moving his audience physically as it is about moving them emotionally. ... more

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