Name: Dark
Duration: P00H03M39S
Description: Though the world's history has shown ongoing antagonism and hatred of all that is dark...most of all the humans who are of darker skin - I am determined to take up my space in existence which is my inherent right to be. Dark is my response to all who continue to try to restrain and oppress us. You cannot contain what was here before you.

Dark

from The Assumption by Michele Thomas

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Though the world's history has shown ongoing antagonism and hatred of all that is dark...most of all the humans who are of darker skin - I am determined to take up my space in existence which is my inherent right to be. Dark is my response to all who continue to try to restrain and oppress us. You cannot contain what was here before you.

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Dark

…and they call me
Dark as the dirt
Dark as the earth from whence your sustenance comes
From where the fuel of the world flows
Gushing pools of fire brandishing the land and seas

Black as the night
Black as the sky when it’s time for restoration
Rejuvenate the very cells that make up your matter, your future, your whole.

You don’t understand the dark because of your greed for the light
But you’re blind to the light because your heart is so cold

Black is the scab
Black is the seal that protects your wounds
And keeps the light from burning what is yet to weak to heal
The flesh and bone discerning when the veil of time reveals
Only fools scratch it away
Scratch it away
Scratch it away
Scratch it away too soon.

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from The Assumption, released March 25, 2022
Music & lyrics by Michele Thomas

Michele Thomas - Vocals
Darren Scorza - Drums
Clark Sommers - Bass
Neal Alger - Guitar
Chris Mahieu - Rhodes

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Michele Thomas Chicago, Illinois

The daughter of a preacher, Chicago singer Michele Thomas brings an irresistible gospel-soul warmth to jazz.
JazzReview.com deemed her as, “one of those new artists that you anxiously wait to hear more from…"

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