Name: Blue Is More Than A Colour
Duration: P00H02M18S
Description: My only foray into Hip-Hop R'n B, I decided to dedicate this song to those who have felt discrimination and oppression because or race, religion, sexual orientation etc. Written in the wake of George Floyd's murder, this song speaks to all who have felt the foot of oppression on their necks.

Blue Is More Than A Colour

from To Be Young Again by N Jay Burr

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My only foray into Hip-Hop R'n B, I decided to dedicate this song to those who have felt discrimination and oppression because or race, religion, sexual orientation etc. Written in the wake of George Floyd's murder, this song speaks to all who have felt the foot of oppression on their necks.

lyrics

Colour, such a fickle creature
An instantly recognized feature
Taught by our primary school teachers
Sermoned by Baptist preachers

Mind and memory erased
Horrors with love misplaced
Desperate, trying to save face
This game, the end of race

Blue is more than a colour
It’s mood and feel like no other
Distances sister and brother
Children of different mothers

Colour is blind, or so they say
Dressed in blue, policemen prey
On people of colour, queer and gay with
Unequal rights, no time to delay

Tides they turn, bridges burn
Money’s their god, nothing earned
Lockdown means global downturn
Protests showing our rights spurned

Blue is more than a colour
It’s mood and feel like no other
Distances sister and brother
Children of different mothers

Black, white, colours they fight
Targets by day, hiding by night
Systemic response is fight or flight, we must
Stand for injustice with all our might

Blue is more than a colour
It’s mood and feel like no other
Distances sister and brother
Children of different mothers

Blue is more than a colour
It’s mood and feel like no other
Distances sister and brother
Children of different mothers

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from To Be Young Again, released April 7, 2021
N Jay Burr: backing tracks, vocals

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N Jay Burr Hamilton, Ontario

Stories unfold by a professional musician turned songwriter. I play a lot of instruments. In the Covid19 summer and winter of 2020 and 2021, I performed and recorded these songs for my 2 solo albums. I hope you enjoy.

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