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Fix the World

from Mordecai by Dr. Fruit

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This song was written in the aftermath of the killing of Keith Lamont Scott by the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Department, and in solidarity with Charlotte Uprising, which began as a direct response to Scott’s murder. Charlotte Uprising “is committed to ensuring the safety of their communities, and advocating for police accountability, transparency and social and economic equity.” The U.S. incarcerates more citizens per capita than any other place in the world, and black people are disproportionately targeted at every level of our "justice" system. The song is an homage to Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, and other black men and youth murdered by police around this country, as well as to all oppressed people everywhere. As the world gets worse and worse and worse, “Fix the World” calls on us to pay attention, to identify the root causes of injustice and to fix it by talking about it and standing up together.

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Racism puts white people on top.
We say “Black Lives Matter!”
Cause that often gets forgotten.
And classism gives the goods to those with wealth,
Money gets you better schools and food and jobs and health.

And adultism makes the world for adults only,
Ableism makes the status quo inaccessibility.
Heterosexism tells you who to love and when,
And sexism is why governments are mostly made of men.

All these unfair power schemes
Are different. They’re distinct.
They’re also all alike in ways,
They’re all complexly linked.

In a reckless vicious cycle,
A positive feedback loop.
And we’re all part of that big machine
In everything we do.

So if we’re silent or don’t stop it,
It gets worse and worse and worse.
And from the top it’s hard to recognize
Just how the system works.

So once you see it, name it, talk about it.
So other people know.
And if you’re able, organize,
Get up, it’s time to go!

We’ve got to fix the world,
Make it great for everyone.
Make a world that values all of us,
So we can all have fun.

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from Mordecai, released September 3, 2019

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Dr. Fruit Durham, North Carolina

Intelligent kids' tunes that combine Dr. Fruit’s youthful passion for social change with playful attitudes towards gender, vegetables, and biology.

Dr. Fruit lives in Durham, NC with their dog, Mordecai.

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