Name: Origin
Duration: P00H10M07S
Description: It is always said that humans as we know them today originated in Africa. The lyrics of this song challenge this theory, which draws from the book by C. G. Browne - The Darkness is Not Now, suggesting that we could not have originated in Africa, as it quite quite an unworkable suggestion.

Origin

from Origin by Patrick Jasper Lee

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It is always said that humans as we know them today originated in Africa. The lyrics of this song challenge this theory, which draws from the book by C. G. Browne - The Darkness is Not Now, suggesting that we could not have originated in Africa, as it quite quite an unworkable suggestion.

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Around us, lives a story, a tale so very old
If only someone would believe us, we wouldn't feel so out there in the cold
In the future, who will remember, who we are, yet they'll still have a to say
They'll believe our souls were taken to fill their every single night and every single day

Don't tell us we come from Africa
They don't know what origin means
It's a crime to say that we came from Africa
When it's a place we've heard of but never seen
You are not slaves, said the traffickers
It was witnessed by thousands of stars
Trying to place us in Africa means we might as well say
We're from the plain of Mars, we're from the plains of Mars

We were hunters, we painted pictures, mostly when when were sad
We were granted many favours, to give them everything we had
We remember that early journey and how the colours flowed through our hands
A reaction to hearts all broken, just to fill their moments of every single night and every single day

Don't tell us we come from Africa.....

In the future please remember that your origin contains the seeds
Of all those people whose lives were taken to fill their moments of every single night and of every single day

Don't tell us we come from Africa.....
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from Origin, released December 26, 2021

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Patrick Jasper Lee Wales, UK

I am something of an activist with my music & literature. As an indigenous Rom Gypsy my cultural and artistic work explores the highs and lows of life/soul. I champion tribal origins, and the underdog in our modern times. I am tired of what this society tends to throw at us, especially innocent folk. I believe the awesome beauty of nature & the arts remains our only hope in this chaotic world. ... more

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