Kitty Hawk - 16 Days

In honour of International Women's Day I hereby post the lyrics for our song 16 Days. It deals with gender based violence (the 16 Days of Activism of the United Nations and the memory of the Mirabal Sisters) and letting go of toxic masculinity. On top of that it is a shout out to the art of Emma Ruth Rundle en her song 'Protection' in particular. 

16 DAYS 

She gave me 16 days 

To access my hidden mind 

It's teaching me 

Breaking me 

Deconstructing me 

Building me anew 

I found a form of true protection 

It's in the tearing me down 

To hell with false ideas of manhood 

I’ll drag my pride through the mud 

It's teaching me 

Breaking me 

Deconstructing me 

Building me anew 

She gave me 16 days 

To assess my hidden mind 

Commemorate the Sisters Mirabal 

Fuck you and your patriarchy... 

Fuck you and your patriarchy! 

She gave me 16 days 

To access my hidden mind 

She gave me 16 days 

To lay bare my humanity

International Women's Day - 16 Days

In honour of International Women's Day: the lyrics to our Kitty Hawk song '16 Days'. It refers partly to the '16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign', that falls between 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and 10 December, Human Rights Day.

It's a call to remember the struggle women face all across the globe when it comes to violence and inequality.

It's a call to topple down normative patriarchy.

It's a call to all to be thoughtful of these issues.

A call to men to tear down their own prejudice, be open and accepting and through that find a form of protection against insane expectations of what 'masculinity' must entail.

It is a shout out to strong women. A commemoration of the sisters Mirabal, who fought to topple a dictatorship and who were murdered because of it.

A shout out to women musicians, artists, label owners. To their resilience.

Inspired by the works and work of Emma Ruth Rundle (in particular her song 'Protection'), but also that of Joan Slonczewski, Simone Weil, Sargent House, Waxahatchee, UMFANG, and many, many more.

Yes, we're feminists.

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She gave me 16 days

To access my hidden mind

It's teaching me

Breaking me

Deconstructing me

Building me anew

I found a form of true protection

It's in the tearing me down

It's teaching me

Breaking me

Deconstructing me

Building me anew

She gave me 16 days

To access my hidden mind

Commemorate the Sisters Mirabal

Fuck you and your patriarchy...

Fuck you and your patriarchy!

She gave me 16 days

To access my hidden mind

(NT, 2017)