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Shecession or She's Essential

from Prosperity Sounds EP by Kashimana

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How can there be a She-cession if She's essential?

The lyrics say pretty much everything I could say about this song. This is my homage to the mothers that saw their work and labor triple while jobs, salaries and opportunities were lost during the pandemic. It is also a hope that as we see more people talk about Universal Basic Income and Guaranteed Income across the world that we make changes to ensure that this doesn't happen again. We have to make changes now to affect the future.

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Let's talk about the original essential worker that we forget about everyday
Who's labor is expected but never rewarded
Holds space everywhere but isn't on the currency
A stay-at-home parent if paid for all the services would be looking at a median annual salary of $178,000
The pandemic has glaringly shown us how much labor was going under-appreciated, unpaid and unaccredited
This pandemic has and is causing a Shecession, burn out and have millions of us asking
Where are the breaks?
Where is the rest?
Where are the sick days?
Where is the care?
Where is the essential love?
Where is the prosperity?
Guaranteed income leads to prosperity, but it is only part of the solution
We all know we need more and this song tells only one story

She is 24/7
365 she, splits herself into 7
Days a week
Filling her mind, with all the thoughts, of what she gotta do
And she, work work work
Till it hurt hurt hurts
You can't imagine, you can't imagine

She she she she she she she she cession
She she she she she she she she cession

She is a warrior
Behind the laughter
She keeps it together
She's a boss
Queen mother and a wife
Kissing skinned knees
Zooming between calls
Yeah, she fights, fights, fights
Though she tired, tired, tired
She is essential
She is essential

She she she she she she she she's essential
She she she she she she she she's essential

You've heard it all before
This time we can't wait
Gotta change the present for the future
It's now or never
Gotta change the future for the present
Ooo ooo ooo ooo
Heal!
Heal!
Heal!
Mmm mmm

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from Prosperity Sounds EP, released February 4, 2022

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Kashimana Saint Paul, Minnesota

Kashimana is a multi-talented artist who wears many hats mother, musician, composer, producer, and teaching artist. Their music evokes profound emotions with its beautiful blend of soulful vocals, acoustic R&B, folk, and Afro-funk. Kashimana's performances are a raw and authentic expression of vulnerability, infused with joy and pain seeking to heal, comfort, inspire and ignite life and love. ... more

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