Revolution is in the air. Is change coming? A punchy, funky, powerful new number by the American star that has a weighty political element, and is part of the soundtrack to a new documentary out now before the US elections – All In: The Fight For Democracy. The lyrics are a personal perspective on the larger issue – the film is about the insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States – of ethnic minorities, women, and the poor, and also the threat from Russian and other foreign interference in the voting process and on the influences within social media. Produced by Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés, the film interweaves personal experiences with current activism and historical insight to expose a problem that has always corrupted that country’s democracy, and includes perspective from Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives. A trailer is also below after the song.
The table 'bout to turn
The table 'bout to turn
The table 'bout to turn, yeah
I've been flippin' through my timeline
Tryin’ to get my mind right
My city cry-y
I got to cool down, but I'm under pressure
Cookin' with my Crisco
Look at where my fist go
A renegade when I'm in a rage
I got to cool down, but I'm under pressure
I keep my hands dirty, my mind clean
Got a new agenda with a new dream, uh
I'm kickin' out the old regime
Liberation, elevation, education
America, you a lie
But the whole world 'bout to testify
I said, the wholе world 'bout to testify
And the tables 'bout to
T-t-tablеs 'bout to
Turn, turn, turn (Turn)
Ain't no stoppin' 'til they
Turn, turn, turn (Turn)
No stoppin' 'til
Turn, turn, turn (Turn)
We can't wait for it to
Turn, turn, turn (Yeah, the tables 'bout to turn)
There's a boomerang boomin' back, yeah
You laid the egg, now it's 'bout to hatch, yeah
You gaslightin', 'bout to meet your match, uh
You fuck up the kitchen, then you should do the dishes
Burnin' down plantations, uh
Please no parkin', I don't need no validation
I like sage when I'm in a rage, uh
I don't need permission, I got my intuition
Hands dirty, mind clean
A different vision with a new dream, uh
We kickin' out the old regime
Liberation, elevation, education
I said, America, you's a lie
But the whole world 'bout to testify
I said the whole world 'bout to testify
We gon' watch the table
Now we gon' watch the table
Turn, turn, turn (The tables got to)
That's right
Turn, turn, turn (It's got to)
You waited too long, you gotta
Turn, just turn, turn (Said the tables got to)
We see it all now
Turn, said the table got to turn (turn, turn) ……
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