Anak nelayan mambaok cangkua
Mananam ubi di tanah darek
Baban sakoyan dapek dipikua
Budi saketek taraso barek
Anak ikan dimakan ikan
Gadang ditabek anak tenggiri
Ameh bukan perak pun bukan
Budi saketek rang haragoi
Anjalai tumbuah di munggu
Sugi-sugi di rumpun padi
Supayo pandai rajin baguru
Supayo tinggi naikkan budi
Alu tataruang patah tigo
Samuik tapijak indak mati
Tarandam-randam indak basah
Tarapuang-apuang indak hanyuik
Anyuik labu dek manyauak
Hilang kabau dek kubalo
Anguak anggak geleng amuah
Unjuak nan tidak babarikan
they picked the cotton that saved the world. that picked cotton propelled u.s. economy; a unique capitalist setup. (though anglo saxon colonizers are not unique.) so many pop stars and hip hop billboard mainstays trumpet u.s. capitalism ad nauseam; or escapism & distraction.
"Don't Die," also powerful.
"i don't believe they lies. don't believe their truth, need they heads for proof" -- that's direct and powerful.
the violinist Saydah Ruz stands out here, i think. Jeremy Leaming
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