CULTURAL APPROPRIATION: The adoption by one cultural group of some of the cultural forms of a different cultural group. – Oxford English Dictionary
Music by Mel Marvin and Dahlak Brathwaite
Vocal – Chuck Cooper
Backing vocals – Dahlak Brathwaite, Jonathan Levi, Mel Marvin, Greg Pliska
Bass – George Rush
Trumpet – Jim Hynes
Tenor Saxophone – Andy Snitzer
Trombone – Mike Davis
Programming – Dahlak Brathwaite
Horns arranged by Greg Pliska
Tempura (Fufu)
Hummus (Fondue)
Feijoada (Vindaloo)
Bao bao (Barbecue)
All faces, all places,
All spaces, all races.
We borrow, we steal,
A mask, a meal.
We rip-off the real,
Convert, conceal.
Inappropriate,
Inappropriate?
What’s in–appropriate!
What’s in, appropriate!
I say immigrate,
Disseminate,
Miscegenate,
Cross-pollinate.
What’s that you ate?
What’s that you ate?
Shashlik (Fondue)
Matzoh Balls (Fufu)
Khachapuri (Vindaloo)
Sukiyaki (Barbecue)
Sail to Tahiti
Fly to Saipan
Put on a muu muu
Paint like Gauguin
Tell it, don’t whisper.
Steal it, don’t ask.
Paint like Picasso
Put on a mask.
All genders, defenders,
Offenders, upenders.
We borrow, we steal,
A mask, a meal.
We rip-off the real,
Convert, conceal.
Inappropriate,
Inappropriate?
What’s in–appropriate!
What’s in, appropriate!
I say triangulate,
Re-incarnate,
Appropriate
In triplicate.
The welterweights (appropriate)
The heavyweights (appropriate)
The Fourth Estate (appropriate)
What’s that you ate?
What’s that you ate?
Tempura (Fufu)
Hummus (Fondue)
Feijoada (Vindaloo)
Bao bao (Barbecue)
Sail to Tahiti
Fly to Saipan
Put on a muu muu
Paint like Gauguin
Tell it, don’t whisper.
Steal it, don’t ask.
Paint like Picasso
Put on a mask.
We’re all whores of Avignon
In masks from Ivory Coast
Who’s the artist now?
The one who earns the most.
