A cover of Nina Simone's cover of Baltimore from the perspective of a Londoner.
Lyrics:
Beat-up little seagull
On a marble stair
Lookin' find the ocean
Searchin' everywhere
Hard times in the city In a hard town by the Thames
Ain't nowhere to run to
There ain't nothin' here for free
Looker on the corner
Waiting for a train
Drunk, lying on the pavement
And sleeping in the rain
And the people hide their faces
And they close their eyes
London's dyin'
And they don't know why
As Londoner
Why's it hard just to live?
As Londoner
Ain't it hard just to live?
Just to live
Get my sister Temi and my little brother Seun
Get a big old g-wagon
And take us away
Move out of the country
For our quality of life
Never gonna come back here
'Til pigs will fly
Oh Londoners
Ain't it hard just to live?
Us Londoners
We are trying to live
Us Londoners
We are trying to live
Trying to live
TW: child labour, human trafficking and slavery
First published on twitter Jun 13, 2019
Image reads: Deb @zebzalebz Jun 13, 2019
Also fashion is a scam. And keeping up with new fashion and constantly buying new clothes and getting throwing away old clothes does nothing for the environment. Theres enough clothes on this planet that if we never manufactured a single item again we'd still have a huge surplus.
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Feb 2026 reflection: now I know how much the fashion industry pollutes I hate it even more. Plus the fashion industry faciliate and benefits directly from child labour, human trafficking and slavery.
