Mariama - a Woman alone 

Written by Mariama
Produced, mixed and mastered by Manuel Schlindwein
Filmed and edited by Gareth Stack
Make Up: Larissa Hewan Pauli
Hair: Lucia Binta Lammertmann
Styled by Kasapio
Very special thanks to Nicole O'Connor for help, and support and most of all Ay Wing and El Loftie for making this video shoot happen in the first place.
LYRICS:
When we speak up you don’t wanna hear
When we show up you don’t wanna see
Everything we know you don’t believe
We can move through your world but not for free
When we tell you there’s a fire
you accuse us of starting the flames
when we stand up for what’s right
you accuse us of spreading hate
You made a world where there’s space for so many things
But a woman isn’t one of them
These dreams weren’t made for us
These streets aren’t safe for us
There is nowhere to escape for us
Half of the sky has been taken from us
And with our backs breaking we still hold it up
They put a price on our peace of mind
But the Universe
made us in her own image child
Anything that won’t serve our soul
We gotta let it go
Branches and roots
We’re gonna grow
Break their rules
'til we rule on my own
Leave a woman alone
Leave a woman alone
Fatal steps on
sacred ground
continually trespassing,
shame and pressure and assault
Weapons of dispossession
Now the strongest parts of us are living subterranean
Cause we never know what happens if we happen to scare one of them
We’re always
Too soft
Too tough
Too much
Not enough
Too nice
Too cold
Too easy
Too difficult
These dreams weren’t made for us
These streets aren’t safe for us
There is nowhere to escape for us
Half of the sky has been taken from us
And with our backs braking we still hold it up
They put a price on our peace of mind
But the Universe
made us in her own image child
Anything that won’t serve our soul
We gotta let it go
Branches and roots
We’re gonna grow
Break their rules
'til we rule on our own
Leave a woman alone
Leave a woman alone