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By Now (Accused Of Magic) feat. Anthony Joseph

from Flowers In The Dark by Kofi Flexxx

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lyrics

by now
we should be
highly evolved
spreading out
like rhizome
quantum and repeating
like creole
Creolising
and widening and widening

By now
we should be
free form
flowing free from
the lash, the lick
free from
the long con
of the fight
for freedom
by now
Our homes
should be
free from smoke
free from death

by now
we should feel
the holy vibration
build a religion
from concrete
from these streets where
we never found
gold
where we built
rebel attitude
with blues
and bass
In our music
everything happens
below the waist

by now
we should be
reconstituted
after being diasporic
come now come now come now
But we have
abandoned
collective faith
we have abandoned
the strong house
community
now, now
we should be
so far ahead
of your technology
we should have been coming back
to earth as
UFOs
seedlike
panspermic
seeking
suitable
soil

and we would have been
accused of
magic

by now, surely
should be by now

by now there should be no need
to measure the manifestation
of our culture
— our efforts in the realm of
creativity
against what is
essentially
imperial
against the judgement of Europe
against the image
of snow falling on a Canefield
against a poem
flickering like a blade
of autumn
against what light
the light
of a hurricane

come now, come now, by now

by now ma Sylvia shoulda done ascended into heaven
may spirits build nests in her beard

leader jimmy shoulda been mapping a constellation
after loosing them bad spirits

we shoulda been moving out the way
to let them spirit pass

by now, miss henry shoulda done reach Zion gate and enter,
long time now

all the good fruit shoulda been picked from her orchid
all the dogs shoulda been fed and set loose in the yard

by now, my fathers should have travelled through the island
collecting all his children

kneeling, breaking bread, apologising, for being late
in his living time — in time, in that time of our lives
— those were soulful days
and we had soulful ways

by now
miss janet shoulda reach the mouth of the river nile
oh throw up your hands
to hold up the house
be free from pain, be free
she should be
playing lovers rock on a Sunday
love
against our sadness
against the rain
come again…
by now

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from Flowers In The Dark, released September 1, 2023

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"The artist has close ties with some of the central figures in UK music, yet remains devoutly in the shadows. Perhaps that’s how he likes it – crafting complex, dynamic music, Kofi refuses to play the game" - CLASH

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