“Andy ‘Wake Self’ Martinez died November 5, 2019 after being hit by a drunk driver two days prior. He was 30 years old and ready to release his new rap album ‘Ready to Live’ on November 7. From New Mexico he travelled the world performing and taking time out of his busy schedule to give children from under-privileged communities workshops about rap and the power of the spoken word. He came to Maui in 2017. He empowered, motivated and brought healing into this world. Below are the lyrics to his song that he penned called Malala. To find out more about his music go to www.wakeself.com. To find out how we can help prevent more senseless deaths see the article on Page 11.
RIP Wake Self.
“We can not all succeed when half of us are being held back.” ~ Malala Yousafzai
Malala by Wake Self (lyrics)
Verse 1.
Dear rappers I think you need to take a second and listen
To yourself and the way that you’re disrespecting our women
I’m not here to judge I know that you’re just trying to make it
But why is it okay for our daughters to be degraded
In all these songs and videos I never feel
How we got a generation corporation’s control with sex appeal
But sex sells show some skin that’s show business
I’d rather see a women graduate and own her own business
Our future’s being affected by
Children being conditioned from seeing women objectified
How come we use the word bitch like it isn’t nothing
Lowering our standards and de-evolving our mental function
Don’t be imprisoned by opinions of the general public
You’re beautiful no matter society’s definition of it
This is the introduction to the healing coming sooner
Watch how you treat our daughters they’re the mothers of the future
Verse 2.
Dear world it’s so upsetting to me
That our economy has turned misogyny to a revenue stream
Let us see through the lies discover why the entertainment industry taught us how to dehumanize each other
And all these rappers are scared to explore the topic
Of how our human natures exploited for corporate profit
Surrounded by these industries promoting sexual content
Some would rather see a women topless than see her in office
And the kids are a cash target
Little children idolizing womanizing rap artists
All the music and images that the youth are conditioned with
Always rooted in ignorance got them losing their innocence. Feel the truth in the penmanship
Rappers rap about pimping women while they’re being pimped by the companies they do business with
We all came from our mother and we live on mother earth but we still don’t understand the greatness of a woman’s worth (Yep)
Respect to those raising their daughters raising their sons
So they can be the ones to finally save us from us
Image Credit: Wake Self
