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Poster Child

from WHUS Sessions by Ashley Aisyah Hamel

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Look around the world you see,
Where fighting is "the first degree",
And everyone is full of this great Fear.
Believe in all this hatred, and discrimination, racism.
Oh please oh please oh make it disappear.

It's living with all these hyphens,
Been a hybrid all my life
I been complaining about what it's supposed to mean.
Check this box and it will be
Your own forsaken identity.
Now doesn't it make you wanna scream?

I feel so heavy...

I need to find the words that hurt to find.
And define all of the fears that I disguise.
I hide behind the lies that live inside
These hybrid eyes...
These hybrid, human eyes they cry for us tonight...

After all the melodrama goes away,
All I wanna do is find someone to hear me sing.
Cause even though there's no one listening,
There is no one out there who is speaking,
So tell me tell me, are you afraid?

Well here I am, I'm singing loud.
I'm another motherfucker proud
And so what, I got another name for God?
I date Italians who think I'm wild,
I have a really skimpy style.
So don't make me your poster child.

I feel so ready...

To sing so loud these words that I have found,
To sink below the surface so I drown.
Well it's these words they hold you down they hold you down.
Well it's these words, these wounds to whom we are bound.

Yes we are bound...
We're bound to bear the pain but never make a sound
We're bound to bear the weight til we're six feet underground.

Ashley Hamel

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from WHUS Sessions, released October 2, 2011

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Ashley Aisyah Hamel New Haven, Connecticut

Ashley Hamel is a singer-songwriter, improviser, and wizard rocker based out of Connecticut.

Her energetic live show combines her powerful pop vocals and rhythm guitar with strong songwriting and an infectious stage presence.

Her first full-length album, "WZRD" (Jan 2019) is a wizard rock concept album full of heart and a bit of a wink. ... more

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