Ode To The Heads
© Isatta Sheriff 2020
℗ Doctored Sound 2020

Verse 1
This is deep thought
This is meditation
This is staring at the sky
In deep concentration
It’s profound thoughts
And heavy contemplation
It’s considering the rising
From a hibernation
It’s a demonstration
Music stimulation
It’s a fixed gaze
Right into a new creation
I got a few things to show
The future generation
Take it all on board
Might get some nominations
And some of this was learned
Through my frustrations
But it’s clear now
That was all just preparation
And now I’m switching up my occupation
It’s possible
If you’ve had the right foundation
In primary they seemed to be
Obsessed with radiation
Or over population
But never once mentioned graduation
_some education
The worst thing is the time it took
For realisation


Chorus
This is my declaration
And yeah I know you been waiting
It’s my standing ovation
Ode to the beat Generation

Verse 2
This is what life has taught
This is my observation
One of my biggest goals in life
Is culture preservation
Raising aspirations
No negotiations
Say your birth given name
Without no hesitation
Because the reason you’re embarrassed
Is through orchestration
They didn’t tell you bout
The way we built this nation
I bet you heard about the deporations
Or complaints about nuff immigration
Now who needs education
I’ve had the grammar
Since Wretch punctuation
So never try and twist my conversation
Exclamation
Now they don’t like my pronunciation
But I possess the voice of a nation
I don’t need nobodies validation
Africa don’t need your donations
But perhaps a change in legislation
The imposed dept cancellation
Watch the way we Thomas Sankara up
The situation

Chorus
This is my declaration
And yeah I know you been waiting
It’s my standing ovation
Ode to the pirate generation

Verse 3
We loss great leaders
To cruel assasination
But still I say their names
In celebration
Just see this as a narration
Mental elevation
Surreal quotations
The peoples publication
The media’s too western, Oneacen
Vice Versa imitation
Leads to our depreciation
Even if it's our creation
Their fascination
Only ends up in our suffocation
The violation
When will we come into this realisation
I’m from the place
Where kids are
Black, White and Asian
Where we all came up
Playing pirate stations
A good example of our land’s integration
That doesn’t mean
I didn’t experience racism
Can’t idealise London’s modernisation
They said I’m ungrateful
They said that’s not
So I pledge allegiance through the stations


Chorus
This is my declaration
And yeah I know you been waiting
It’s my standing ovation
Ode to the new generation