Afraid for a fight
And a fight for the free
We’re in chaos my friend
And before we couldn’t see
All the conspiracy theorists are saying I told you so
Every other persons an activist now
But the protest isn’t clear cut anymore
Your cant just raid the streets
We’re competing with the lines
The wifi connection that’s tampered with time
The billions of oppinions
The billions of whys
The money that’s brought the truth out of lies
The nightmares are surfacing and battling with dreams
The supicions are growing that things are not as they seem
And they never were and we’ve been living in bubbles
Aware of the possibility of chaos and troubles
Reading is helping but overwhelming us more
Glued to the words of 1984
Spoon fed by facebook
Preheated by friends
Touched by tears of the video’d man we’ll never meet
Do we dare practice what we preach
Everyone’s a believer now
A teacher now
A sceptic
A unified bundle of ‘ What to do?’
In no way do I speak from a higher ground for I am one of them to
Its staring us in the face and I am trying with all my might
In this day and age how the heck do we fight?
– Amaroun
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
About Amaroun
Amaroun = I’m a Maroon
The Maroons escaped the slave ships arriving in 17th century Jamaica, were brave warriors and defeated their captors and set up home in the hills and forests building a society of free people with its own arts, culture and identity. They were also integral to the freeing of slaves across the Caribbean.
I’m proud to call the Maroons my ancestors. Their fighting spirit runs through me and fuels not only my own warrior spirit but my practice as a musician and a poet.
From Amaroun you can expect an experimental mind and genre blending performance that rests restlessly in being defined as ‘alternative r’n’b’. The music draws on my heritage and my experiences to shed light on some of the unique challenges in living at the intersection of all the things that make up life as a queer, black and british woman.
About me
Me = Jay Brown
I’m Jay, I’m a solo artist, a songwriter and a singer as well as a producer. I grew up in Northampton but am now based in Peckham.
Growing up in Northampton, and growing up with parents of Caribbean descent, the blending and mish mash of my Jamaican roots and my Britishness created a special environment that was an eclectic mix of these two worlds.
I discovered music strumming my mums guitar at 14. I was hooked and obsessed with emo music. Before long I was fronting my first band, Memphis, writing songs and gigging with my band, made up of my little brother and our two friends.
Since then I haven’t stopped evolving and neither had my music, from emo to indie, to alternative rock and r&b but where I am now feels like home.
My passion for music goes beyond the self; I want to help build scaffolding for others to share their music and passions too. I spend time working on my collective and have even hosted my own festival Greenstone in my hometown.
Check out Amaroun’s new track ‘Rosey’ on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3cgwhgM
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