Sidney Chase

Pretty impressed with the song here, but even more impressed/depressed after reading the lyrics and understanding what's been happening without my knowledge. I couldn't say it any better than Sidney here. So...

Peep the write up from Sidney Chase and then give the song a spin or three. Also, if you're so inclined, consider purchasing the track from their bandcamper linked in the image. 

This song was written by transgender writer and artist Sidney Chase. It is about the 17 deaths of transgender women of color this year alone. The track is name your own price, because every download sold will go straight to Trans Women of Color Collective, an organization set on uplifting the narratives and ending the genocide of trans women of color. 

You don't have to be black to say #NotOneMore to murder.

Say her name, it's Elisha Walker 
She was 20 years old, 
murdered in cold blood. 
Think about Amber Monroe, 
and what the news won't show 
she was killed in broad daylight 

Accountability is uncomfortable, 
but we still gotta take it sometimes 
responsibility for what we benefit from, 
got a choice to make and we still gotta make it sometime 
not another one, not another one, 
not one more, not one more sister 
not another one, not another one, 
not one more, not one more sister 

Say her name, it's penny proud 
scream it out loud, 
being born black shouldn't be a crime 
I'm gonna talk about Kandis Capri, 
and how it could have been me 
if she was a white girl she could still be alive 

Accountability is uncomfortable, 
but we still gotta take it sometimes 
responsibility for what we benefit from, 
got a choice to make and we still gotta make it sometime 
not another one, not another one, 
not one more, not one more sister 
not another one, not another one 
not one more, not one more sister 

India Clarke, i'll say your name. 
KC Haggard i'll say your name. 
London Chanel i'll say your name 
Shade schuler I'll say your name. 
Bri Holec I'll say your name. 
Yazmin Payne I say your name 
Lamia Beard I say your name 
I say your name, I say your name. 
Goddess Edwards, I'll say your name 
Kristina Grant I'll say your name 
Mercedes Williamson say her name 
Ty Underwood say her name 
say her name , say her name 
i'll say her name. 
will you say her name?