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Subject: 1 in 6 Black Men Have Disappeared From: GUEST,Jerome Dancis Date: 07 Feb 20 - 01:12 PM I'm looking for the lyrics to "1 in 6 Black Men Have Disappeared". IMHO, this song should be the anthem of the anti-mass incarceration movement. This is Black History month, a good month to be singing this song. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jerome Dancis From: GUEST,cnd Date: 07 Feb 20 - 01:26 PM Do you have any additional info that could help find it? A singer, time it's from, etc? I can't find a song at the moment |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jerome Dancis From: GUEST,Starship Date: 07 Feb 20 - 01:29 PM Ditto. Is the song out now? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1 in 6 Black Men Have Disappeared From: Joe Offer Date: 07 Feb 20 - 02:43 PM Boy, I'm comin' up empty on this one. Where did you hear it, Jerome? -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1 in 6 Black Men Have Disappeared From: GUEST,Jerome Dancis Date: 07 Feb 20 - 08:04 PM You may listen to this song at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TnpxX7L3UA This song is based on the New York Times article: "1.5 Million Missing Black Men", April 20, 2015 The New York Times article begins: "For every 100 black women not in jail, there are only 83 black men. The remaining men – 1.5 million of them – are, in a sense, missing. 17 missing black men for every 100 black women |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1 in 6 Black Men Have Disappeared From: GUEST,Starship Date: 07 Feb 20 - 08:22 PM You were looking for the lyrics. You need someone to transcribe it for you? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1 in 6 Black Men Have Disappeared From: Joe Offer Date: 07 Feb 20 - 09:00 PM I found the song in the Swarthmore Songbook, https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/alumni-resources-events/Swarthmore%20Songbook%202019.pdf One in Six Have Disappeared |
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Subject: ADD: One in Six Men Have Disappeared(Charlie King) From: Joe Offer Date: 07 Feb 20 - 09:41 PM I wasn't able to find lyrics or mention of a recording on the Charlie King Website, https://charlieking.org/. Here's my transcription of the YouTube performance by Ben Grosscup.The lyrics are almost exactly the same as in the Swarthmore Songbook. ONE IN SIX HAVE DISAPPEARED (Lyrics © 2015 Charlie King/Pied Asp Music Music: Rick Burkhardt with Charlie King) By the latest estimation, black men in the prime of life Due to mass incarceration, taser, chokehold, gun and knife Notwithstanding loud entreaties falling on disdainful ears Now are an endangered species: one in six have disappeared Father, brother, son or lover, one in six have disappeared Stolen lives we can’t recover one in six have disappeared Every home bereft or broken, every bond that we hold dear All the love that’s left unspoken: one in six have disappeared Elder, mentor, willing student, one in six have disappeared Damned by forces juris prudent, one in six have disappeared Master, journeyman, apprentice, pacifist or bombardier Teacher, lawyer, doctor, dentist, one in six have disappeared Out in Ferguson Missouri, two in five have disappeared Numbers tell a harder story: two in five have disappeared Genders equal at beginnin’, if they live past teenage years Sixty men, one hundred women: two in five have disappeared Ends the song that’s sung in sorrow: one in six have disappeared Even if we change tomorrow, one in six have disappeared Reparations and repentance, justice rendered, life revered Still we hear the heavy sentence: one in six have disappeared One in six have disappeared. My Rise Again Songbook boss, Annie Patterson, has been performing with Charlie King, and she has really enjoyed it. He's an old-time folkie with a lot of experience. They put out a CD together last year called Step by Step, but it doesn't include "One in Six." -Joe- |
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