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Alphonso Mango

by Lines of Hour

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Invocation 01:22
When you look inside, what do you hear? If the soul and the body Walk with me, on this path From, first breath A white box barring his being Had walls bearing his bashings By the body desperate A single bulb overhead Dimmed, clicked, buzzed And gave a circular glow His torso-shaped attempts at art And matters of the spirit, stared Back at him, in the walls marked With his bumblings in the box Bearing his being He's not the stone So free absolutely In the holes where Hand had punched And foot had kicked Multi-colored light Jabbed back through
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Hatred and anger all fall away in the face, of love But you, have to see yourself As, you are A violence in the system it's in the air That we, all breath And though, you may fear Don't, despair We are all Born into a conflicted world That's cold on it's skin And warm in it's heart And that's the way it's been Since the start
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Here in my life There's no quit in me But it didn't come easy It was rough start It was a rough start Ooh wooo Ooh wooo Of this love, that will surround This is a sound Oh, it's in our blood Ooh wooo I was born on Thursday Oh, in the month of May
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To Myself 02:35
I remember when I was so afraid Of being seen Of being me In a deception to myself, because what I was told And they say this is what a boy's like And that's what a girl's like But that's not me No I can't do that A kid in a box, and you can't get them back So now, I want to burn down the closet door But I'm, scared they're gonna burn me too But if I lose, those that I love, can I bare that? But still they say, those that you love, can surprise you
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I'm so done with bullshit in my life I'm so ready to step into my power Oh, I'm all Bursting at the seams I'm ready to be me I've been touched by fear But I'm still here The dark black night Of hatred and anger I made my way home It was a rough start I will follow, my soul's own light And I know, I will be alright I will follow, my soul's own light And I know, I will be alright I will follow, my soul's own light And I know, I will be alright I will follow, my soul's own light And I know, I will be alright In the fullness of life I cast off shame I will save myself I will change my life A rain from above Comes on down
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Change 03:14

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This is my second album. This album chronicles this first part of my journey in life through the lens of the fictional title character Alphonso Mango. In life we are often pushed and bullied into judging and rating ourselves based our environment or because of limits set by others. But we can overcome these limits and become who we're meant to be, in all our splendor. For all the weirdos and outsiders, I love you.

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released November 15, 2021

Written, Produced, Mixed, Mastered, and Performed by Nana Aforo

Additional Guitar by Ambrose Prince

Additional Vocals by Kayleigh Ketcham

Mixed at The Dubbing Studio in the Center For Contemporary Music at Mills College in Oakland, California.

Mastered at The Dubbing Studio in the Center For Contemporary Music at Mills College in Oakland, California.

Recorded at Mills College Chapel in Oakland, California.

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Lines of Hour Minneapolis, Minnesota

Black queer musician from Minneapolis making songs about life.

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