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Equating the judicial system in America, for black men, as no different than the job of a coroner, Toussaint Morrison wastes no bars in getting straight to the crux of his new single release, Loaded Hearts. Inspired by Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between The World and Me, Morrison rifts on his struggle to determine if his black voice and body aren’t already hegemonized to the point he no longer has ownership over them. Embattled to take control over his skin in a country that has figuratively made it a target, Loaded Hearts is rife with unapologetic disdain for the U.S. judicial system referencing cops as “clones bred from the same venom” and living while black as “a social crime”.
Soul singer Faye Lewis joins Morrison in this ballad of social justice, stepping ever so slightly out of her natural lane of R&B and into a song brimming with synth & reverb. Produced by Dr. Wylie, Loaded Hearts sets the tone & theme of Toussaint Morrison’s upcoming debut album, Lesser Restoration.
lyrics
Chorus
Javelins flyin’ overhead, overhead, overhead
Attack of the clones bred from the same venom
Defendin’ a throne for an honor lost in it
You want me, you can go ahead, go ahead, go ahead
I made my peace with the past, lord willin’
But the future, future, future
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Coroner, judge, bank and jury
It’s all the same to me, it’s all game to me, customer service
Loaded hearts, black minds
I’m about it I was born into that life
Now, how they expect me to be chill when there’s prison blocks they wanna keep filled
Handcuffs they been waitin’ to refill and black bodies that they wanna keep still
Nah. You wanna advertise butterflies in a glass jar
I’d rather lose face, keep my skin and freedom standin’ on Gray Skull
Naaaah, you mufuckas don’t know me. Why you wanna act like it?
Teach me my history and let me celebrate it like you authorized it
Cut off the tragedy and accountability from the timeline and cauterized it
Green lightin’ the rewrite you rewrote, but we both know I’m the author of my shit
Yeaaaah, a threat to all you know and love
Simply by turnin’ oxygen in to C-O-Dub
Aire to the throne of Latveria
And born on a waiting list of Deathrow America with
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I could be sittin’ with Lauryn Hill singin’ “It could all be so simple”
Or whisperin’ sweet nothins to girls I ain’t even into
But I made a promise to my grandma, that I’d keep it trill
So my lane is only for my fans, my people, my work with or without the wheels
I push it like bad policies, religion, refinance and revolvin’ doors
But pushin’ ain’t a problem even if the wheels ain’t on’em. Hold up! Hoverboard!
But see me in my city where disparity thrives and livin’ while black is little more a social crime
Rock n roll on life support screamin’, “Life is short”. I’m from where hip-hop goes to die
Negative fucks, +1 Shield
I walk the day, I run the night, I’m a bonafide stone cold Dunpeal
Hit it. Wanna entertain I don’t come real
I don’t walk the house, I don’t run the field. Please believe, boy, I run fields!
Get it? Hell is relative to where you from
Rookies thinkin’ that they got a cure with the holy gun
But I see with my Buena vista from Doomstadt
It’s still black and white with old money and new traps with
Chorus
credits
from Lesser Restoration (Radio Clean),
released May 19, 2017
Lyrics & Vocals by Toussaint Morrison
Produced & Mixed by Dr. Wylie
Featuring Faye Lewis
Mastered by Bruce Templeton
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his separated parents, and their respective separated cities, Morrison details a story of being raised by activists in polar opposite environments. His new body of work highlights the dichotomy of Morrison’s upbringing, celebrating a life of music and damn good trouble....more
I have never watched a human being create sound with as much authenticity and contrition as Linden Killam. He and Dr. Wylie are two of my favorite artists, and cannot wait to have them co-produce. Toussaint Morrison
I traveled the country several times over and made the most important mistakes in my life with my first band, The Blend. Some of my most beloved work while here on earth are in these songs. Toussaint Morrison
My producer, soul brother, and best friend; Dr. Wylie is an innovative sound genius that astounds me every time I'm blessed with the opportunity to work with him. Plus, his album is FREE. Toussaint Morrison