(natives) [feat. Jess Kav]

Lyrics: Jess Kavanagh Music: Adam Cleaver We have newness But we are natives And our tears nourished the roots That hold together your spaces We have our maps now And we know our route Into safety and we are elated
Confusion hatred and the crooked words of your misunderstanding we’ve found our worth Nestled among the nurturing crannies of hybridity and spectrum Your grey area is my multiplicited wonderland And plans are big for renovation We have starved on your crumbs of validation Plans for education Self forgiveness No shame From bottom to the top
We have newness But we are natives And our tears nourished the roots That hold together your spaces We have our maps now And we know our route Into safety and we are elated If you are afraid that queer is better It’s only because it’s true But aren’t you lucky that it also embodies you
You don’t need to fall in line Time for fractal unity and for inner mutiny Let the ship sink loose lips Only provided the waves to kill the tyranny of secrecy We have newness But we are natives And plans are big for renovation Oh shame you have no power here! Begone before someone drops a house on you