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Cali P - Hit Like Gunshot (Prod. TEKA)

by Cali P

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Cali P has been stuck near Banjul (The Gambia) since the beginning of March 2020 due to current covid-19 travel restrictions. Inspired by the events in Minneapolis and the subsequent global anti-racism debate, he wrote: “Hit Like Gunshot”.

Caribbean-Guadeloupean-Swiss reggae artist Cali P goes hard on “Hit Like Gunshot” lyrics written while in quarantine in Gambia, West Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.Evocativelyrics flow from a river of emotions related to the murder of George Floyd in the US city of Minneapolisby the police and the anti-racism protest movement towards change worldwide.

A soul-stirring Afrobeats groove by Berlin-based producer TEKA (also producer on Cali P’s Vizion) andacoustic guitar lines drive a potent brew of timely poetry exclaiming systematic racism, focusing onthe root cause of the upheaval: “Slavery abolished but nottin’ demolished the schooling systemsupport the damage.” and calls out the injustice saying “there’s been too much unjust ruling” asking”Where is the justice, for those who die?” The artist makes searing observations in the context of hiscomparable safety in Africa, versus America, building his home as the bridge with its melancholicrefrain states:“It happened in May….”

A music video for “Hit Like Gunshot” filmed in Gambia, features vivid images of protesters in supportof Black Lives Matter worldwide, carrying signs with messaging in solidarity. The names of manythat have been victims of police brutality are listed as Cali P contemplates the global movementtowards change from his perspective from the streets of Gambia.

lyrics

CALI P – HIT LIKE GUNSHOT (LYRICS)

King in my place 4x
It happen today
It happen today
It happen in May
It happen in May

Shooting
People looting
Which real president would answer with shooting?
The world is watching
Who you fooling?
There‘s been too much
Unjust ruling
Your strings still pulling
We still been ruined
Now we marching on the street
And our gold is right there underneath
Nestlé cruel (Zurich)
Racist fuel
IG booming
The angry
The guilty
And the ashamed
After the wave
Will there be change
Tell me why
All of a sudden
I'm feeling strange?
I see your face
Worried bout race
It happen today
It happen today
It happen in may
It happen in may
It happen to me
Each and everyday

Slavery abolished
But nuttn demolished
The schooling system support the damage
Media mek you panic
Controled economics
Historical bandit
I say Check how dem plan it
I can not stand it
See the video
Vomit
Humanity
Damn it
You needed the graphics
To feel how it tragic
Now go back in time
When I phone wasn't
It sad don't
Mi nuh want di pitty
Tek a trip
Inna the real nitty gritty
Africa so pretty
still things ain‘t pretty right now
Mi nuh want the pitty
Tek a trip inna di real nitty gritty
Where is the justice for those who die

Gunshot
This hit me like a gunshot
Gunshot
This hit me like a gunshot

My focus is home
Build up my zone
No reason for me to leave africa
And be killed in America?
I'm not here to beg please?
You getting ceased
400 years
Still We ballin for justice and peace
Wickedness increase
Sometimes I can't belive
How do we let down our self,
Like a king weh accept defeat
Marching to prove I am human
Along with humanity
Suppn is wrong
Don't You see?
I can not breathe

Gunshot
Feel it like gunshot


King in My place 3x
No time to waste
It happen today
It happen today
It happen in may
It happen in may



(Lyrics: P. Nanon, Music: T. Jacks)

credits

released July 19, 2020
Performed by Cali P www.instagram.com/calipmusic
Produced by TEKA www.instagram.com/tekariddimz
Artwork by Jonathan Gehlen jgehlen.com
Master by Fabian Esser / SoulForce Mastering

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Cali P Jamaica

Singer, songwriter, rapper, vocalist, Cali P began his life in music playing drums at age three. Born into a musical family, his father founded the cultural drum ensemble Akiyo from Guadeloupe. Cali P would divide his time between Guadeloupe and Switzerland growing up, and his father would bring him along on band activities on the Caribbean island. more: www.calipmusic.com ... more

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