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Put Me Out

from The Baptism (EP) by Dynesti

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Outro backing vocals by Deanna Jade.

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INTRO
Brothers and sisters
If anyone is caught in any transgression
You who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness
Shalom

VERSE ONE
This is for you good church people
Thinking that those four walls mean no evil
I spent 18 years stuck making excuses
But now I’ll say it straight, your holy air is polluted
I think I was in love with your image
Never challenged the slides cuz of how they were presented
Music so sweet that the bass is what held my soul
Stuck to your main lines, and put God on hold
Always at war with the elders old
Said our drums called demons into the fold
That sparked the reason we wouldn’t go
Playing truth or dare in the basement rooms
Prettied up my hair to attract the dudes, tighter skirts had my self-worth all confused
If Jesus was the reason, why the fashion feud?
Christian competition is a deadly truth
Who slept with who sings better than who
Heard who started the fight in the back of that church
What did a young wretch like me know?
Stayed cuz the fake seemed safer than the world, oh
What an oppressive deed
I know fear turns wants to needs
Pastor can you translate for me?
Tell me what I see

HOOK
As your throne gives way
And your image fades
Hope you figure out
What it’s all about
I’m aligned with me
Where I’m to be
If I’m burning now
Will you put me out?
(One love, one love, one love)

VERSE TWO
Sunday or Sabbath, same old system
Old stay stubborn, youth don’t listen
Walk like, talk like, or get a hell sentence
Translate your way cuz I stay sinning
Backslider if I’m more than one week missing
Then I reach into my pocket and fund these prisons
You’re listening to secular? One weak Christian
Not only did I rap, I called it The Baptism
Not only are these facts, but most of you drown in em
Never fight back your silence backs the image
Burns when I look at the shelter system
So many queer youth from you in em
Put out anyone who disgraces the household
But keep all the secret abortions, rapes, and Yah knows what else
Don’t ask why we’re walking out
We love you so much that now

HOOK
When your throne gives way
And your image fades
Hope you figure out
What it’s all about
I’m aligned with me
Where I’m to be
If I’m burning now
Will you put me out?
(One love, one love, one love)

OUTRO
Please Just
Wade in the water
Every religion, each race
Stop the division, find me in the
Indigo water
LGBTQ, elders connect with the youth
Wade in the water
So much we don't know
Yeah, just let the pride go in
Indigo water
Take it back to the all

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from The Baptism (EP), released April 15, 2014
Lyrics and vocals by Dynesti Williams, produced by Jermatic, mixed and mastered by Ante O'Connor of www.musicisabstract.com

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Dynesti Toronto, Ontario

Dynesti, AKA The Dyna, delivers royal hip-hop/soul with a dash of rudegyal–feminine Afro-Caribbean attitude. As a Toronto- based rapper, singer and dancer immersed in Caribbean cultures, her vibe fuses neo-soul, conscious hip-hop, and dancehall. Emerging from years in the shelter system and community arts, Dynesti centres freedom, raw honesty, and healing in her work. ... more

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