#chickspit

[ellefingers]

The Model Minority

Obey

Comply

Model minority is a lie

Be the model minority

In this western society

Pull your weight

Serve their capitalist state

Remember to comply

If you want to qualify

Obey

Comply

The model minority is just another fucking lie

Ingrate

Why don't you assimilate

Not your model minority

In your colonial fantasy

You expect me to be

Part of your society

Play by your rules

Servitude

A good immigrant

A law abiding servant

Obey

Comply

The Model minority is yet another fucking lie

I'm trying to live my life

I don't wanna be your Asian wife

I'm not some exotic sex object

I deserve some respect

What did you expect?

You colonised my country

And you have displaced me

And now

you want me to be the model minority

Is this liberty

From oppressive society?

Did you save me from me?

Save me from my anger

Oh white saviour

It doesn't matter to me

What the majority

are expecting from me

[ellefingers]

My Molotov

As you run in circles, you burn a hole in the ground

You were always there but never around

I'll light up your fantasy and burn your reality

You wore your ignorance like a crown

I will burn all bridges to stay warm

I burnt this bridge that led to your arms

I'm not beautiful

I'm much more than that

My flame will burn this doormat

You won't see me until it's too late

Until all that's left is hate

I'm too old to regret

Too young to forget

I am a feminist fuck

You were just a fuck

[ellefingers]

The Band Played On

Get onstage

play to a crowd

Play it loud

play it proud

Behind closed doors

Tear your partner apart

Back on Centre Stage

Act the fuckin part

And The band played on

The show has to go on

The silence

The violence

The fake alliance

Black and blue

She pried herself apart

She stood brave and loud

Her voice filled the crowd

As her other half

Gets pats on the back

He's a good guy

a great musician

She's a liar and a hack

And The band played on

The show has to go on

The alpha

Dilemma

Female hysteria

The drama unfolds

An ugly story was told

Centre stage

Filled with rage

The audience, loud with silence

Here for the music

Not here for the politics

Who cares if it's wrong

Just play a fucking song

And The band played on

The show has to go on

I'm a feminist fuck

You are just a fuck

A fuckhead with a mic

Take a fucking hike

The band played hypocrisy

The crowd danced to apathy

The band drank the flattery

The crowd stroked their vanity

You put DV on a pedestal

Your silence is unethical

[ellefingers]

The last show Chickspit played at was in January 2020 at The Rosemount in Perth. How good is the first show gonna be once the COVID19 restrictions are over? Using the down time to write more lyrics and songs. Make no mistake we'll be back with more angst. Sorry mum, it wasn't a phase.

[ellefingers]

The Colour of My Voice

How can they hear me

when your privilege is too loud

How can they not hear me

When I'm equally proud

My voice is never white enough to be heard

The colour of my voice as dark as my words

Thank you for saying all the things I've said before.

Thank you for being the Christine to my phantom

Thank you for being too white to be ignored

Thank you for adopting my anthem

The colour of my voice

Comes with a price

The colour of my voice

Was demanded to play nice

The colour of my voice

Needs to be white washed

Only then they'll see my screams

And the coloured lives at cost

For it's only you they will listen to

It's only you they believe to be true

You're the voice of reason

While I'm hysterical one

You are the shining beacon

While I'm invisible one

I'm the unreasonable one

I shout I scream I swear

My tone too brown for you to wear