MAAFA continue their warpath with the release of their second single "Welfare" today. This scorching track arrives hot off the heels of May 19th's "Deficit" single drop, setting the stage for their highly anticipated debut full-length album Because We Are, due for release on the momentous occasion of Juneteenth. Listen to the song below!
“Welfare speaks on class inequality, capitalism, different forms of race/gender privileges and the urgency of reparations for how atrocious systems like American Chattel Slavery during the middle passages (or “The Maafa”) are one of the greatest factors to how White Colonial & Capitalist Supremacy has accumulated and contnues to accumulate the wealth & power they stand on at the expense of the exploited labor of Black people & POC for “*generation after generation,” All while calling out the people with these privileges who perpetuate the inherently racist and hyper-capitalist ideas that uphold systemic oppression globally.
The breakdown section of the song towards the end also lists off just some of the ways these colonialist governments maintain their wealth and power via translating these systems into industries such as the prison system for example, and the Anti-Black & Brown Violence we face globally under these fascist states.”