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gendah bendah (remix)

from 333 by d'bi.

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lyrics

gendah bendah schooling pretendahs
defendahs a di box trap call man
genda benda / yuh nah guh offend har
when yuh tell har seh she don’t look like a wo-man

she being me di queen a androgyny
a put a hole inna yuh whole philosophy
(patriarchy)

mi nuh fit yuh paradigm mi sorry mi incline
follow mi own mind cuz I’m
an individual

shave mi head once a week eye brow mi nuh tweak
mi nuh wear nuh lipstick nor nuh makeup

den yuh si mi walk by still mi a look kinda fly
cyaan look inna mi yeye you don’t know if I’m a guy
dyam idiot

gendah bendah schooling pretendahs
defendahs a di box trap call man
gendah bendah / have a wombanist agenda
unshackle oomaan oppreshun

years of socialization
girl wear pink boy wear blue
boy play sport girl play house
girl get barbie boy get fire-truck
gendah is a social construct
wi tell har seh she musn’t climb tree we tell him seh dry him eye
we tell har seh fi close har legs wi tell him seh boys don’t cry
we tell har seh fi please har man wi tell him oomaan deh deh fi please man

gendah bendah schooling pretendahs
unlearning british colonizashun
gendah bendah urging di sisters
redefine your wombanist position

question di standards a beauty
make-up hygiene weight-loss clothing industry
base pon di sale a wi body
dem teach we early seh
if yuh anorexic yuh more beautifu/
if yuh physically week yuh more feminine-ful
if yuh passive an meek yuh more female-ful
and if yuh black-work-inna-di-fields-fi-500 years enslave-oomaan strong and assertive
yuh not beautiful yuh look like a man
betta still an african

to all my people who be fucking with gendah lines. dissecting race class sexual orientation. the status quo. what’s expected. the institutionalized shit. to all weirdos. people who be responsibly different. she-he he-she transvestite transgendered queer gay bi lesbian and straight. drag-king drag-queen. to all people raising their children outside of gender norms. tell them she’s a boy. tell them he’s a girl. and let them both play with dolls (not barbie). to all chi chi man. maama man. sodomite . butch dike. malecon. femme
to all cross-dressers. wimmin who are fathers. men who are mothers. everybody in between. to people who don’t assume when they meet me that I am boy because I shave my head. my clothes are genda neutral. I stand with shoulders broad. I am not passive and apologetic. to people like me gendah bendahs undoing the social conditioning. transcending. creating new tradishuns. rediscovering old ones. who bleed di blood a androgyny. when every foetus born they be she. first. gawdess. always androgynous. god always androgynous ast/vadz.

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from 333, released September 23, 2023
gendah bendah (remix)
lyrics & vocals by d’bi
original produced & arranged by pablo herrera
remix produded & arranged by mandiemafu

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d'bi. is a global dub poet jamaican-dancehall-diva-womxnist-warrior-chanting-conscious-fyah on the mic. their lyricism stems from the socio-political genre of dub poetry fused with dancehall reggae, hiphop, punk rock, blues & performance art; producing a pepperpot of theatricality that crosses cultural boundaries, reconfigures social norms & inspires r/evolution. ... more

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