HARD
Fight the power, the powers be trippin’. Assuming control, our throats they grippin’. No more injustice. Push! Persistence! We hold the future. WE ARE RESISTANCE!!!
Short & sweet, this is our fight song. We just needed to go hard and channel the fiery, down & dirty spirit of resistance flowing through our veins. Get up, get out, run down the street, mob out through the city, scream it from the rooftops! (As long as you’re socially distanced or masked up or vaccinated. We’re doing this cuz we care about people, fam.) Whatever you feel compelled to, whatever you gotta do to make your voice heard. We won’t be silent in the face of brutality, in the face of discriminatory systemic issues; we won’t take shit lying down.
These emotions burst out the seams in “HARD”. It’s not pretty, it’s not polite, it’s not safe. HARD is a hard hitting, bass heavy track dripping in distortion and a deeper meaning. It is a reflection of the aspects of society that have us feeling at times hopeless but mostly enraged. Brave, righteous action taken in search of justice in the streets is distorted through a media lens which upholds a white supremacist narrative and portrays those leading resistance in the streets as bad or dangerous. Meanwhile, state sanctioned violence is justified with ever increasing police and war budgets. Black and Brown folks are not represented by the laws or government, and are left only one means to get their voice heard, then are villanized. We will stand by no longer, we will be heard. Change is not an option, it is the only sustainable future. Until then, we will continue to fight, resist and support those taking action for change.
We respect and support all those standing with BLM, in protests and in other forms. We stand with the AAPI community against racism, rooted in colonialism and white supremacy upheld in our government system and media.
p.s. originally the song was going to be named “H.A.R.D.” which stands for “Hayward Area Recreation District,” inspired by some warning signs we saw in a park in the middle of a late night stroll, while making this song. No beef with them though, shoutout to park maintenance people.