HunterS - Audre Lorde Shines lyrics

[Verse 1:] Keep Shining The shadows grow The light is dim A torch to show A path through the din We need Audre Lorde in hip hop And if she were here now we'd say “you don't stop” We need immigrants, we need feminists We need conscious poets, we need activists But now to stun let's set the phasers Cause Macklemore's acting like a Trailblazer Getting his name etched in bas-relief Dawg, make like wood and Le1f! Straight white guy, getting props What about Cakes da k**a, have you heard his drops? Or Big Freedia, the trans* dancehall queen? And where's Nicki at, she's supposed to be mean But I don't hear a meaning to her mean-ing So it's empty like a colon: post juice cleans-ing [Verse 2:] Keep Shining Other immigrants are coming on strong Love to Shad, Blitz, and K'naan And I'm always proud to be Canadianese But doubly so when we've got lines like these: “This isn't gay rap, do gay chefs make gay food?” Smart words from an F'in Virtue-ous dude "Cause who the kids gonna listen to?" It won't be me so it better be Audre's crew You ask what's my business on the track You say cultural appropriation's super wack I say let's just call it an ‘omage To the only type of music I feel at home in [Verse 3:] Keep Shining Her mom taught her how to keep apart Gennie taught her how to be a part Of something, Murs taught her amor Nah that was Eudora for sure And Afrekete brought it home That home is a place that lives in the dome She knows there's no curls too tight No mind too bright No skin too dark to keep shining