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Artist Citations

THESIS INFLUENCES

MUSIC INFLUENCES:

PILOT JONES X FRANK OCEAN

THIS BITTER EARTH X DINAH WASHINGTON

WHITE X ODD FUTURE

DOOMED X MOSES SUMNEY

NEAR LIGHT OLAFUR ARNALDS

PARTITION X BEYONCE

EARTH SONG X MICHAEL JACKSON

HEART CRY REMIX X DREHZ

SATAN, WE'RE GOING TO TEAR YOUR KINGDOM DOWN X SHIRLEY CAESAR

STRING QUARTET NO.5 X EZZIO BOSSO

TEXT INFLUENCES:

CAGED BIRD

MAYA ANGELOU

A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wing
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn
and he names the sky his own

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.

LITTLE BLACK CHILD: COUNTEE CULLINS

Hey Black Child
Do you know who you are
Who you really are

Do you know you can be
What you want to be
If you try to be
What you can be

Hey Black Child
Do you know where you are going
Where you're really going
Do you know you can learn
What you want to learn
If you try to learn
What you can learn

Hey Black Child
Do you know you are strong
I mean really strong
Do you know you can do
What you want to do
If you try to do
What you can do

Hey Black Child
Be what you can be
Learn what you must learn
Do what you can do
And tomorrow your nation
Will be what you what it to be