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Rights To My Body (2013​/​content warning)

from Take Up Arms by Momma Swift

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I'm standing there in the club, I've got my friends and a lot of love for the music and a love for the night
You seem to think it's okay to stand there and prey on the girls cause you think they're too drunk to be right
We may be dancing and we may be laughing
But you might be sleeping in the gutter tonight darling
If you don't get out of my face in 5 seconds time
Just because I've had a few and my vision's not that good as new
And I'm tripping up when I'm in the loo
It doesn't mean i'm up for it with you
Or with anyone
Did it cross your mind I'm no singleton and I don't want to be involved with a dick head like you
Not tonight and not ever
And especially when I'm walking back home on my own

Where the fuck's your right to my body
Where the fuck's your right to my mind
Since when do you have a licence to justify your violence
with the classic old timer 'she was dressed to have a good time'
Where the fuck's your sense of morality
Or even just a slither of respect
Learn your own language, no is always no
And don't get too big headed even when we say yes

But of course how can we enforce our thoughts in a court with no recognition from the law
We're all sluts we're all easy we're good for nothing whores
I thought we had it bad here with hyper sexualisation
But what about Iran the families bear too much humiliation
For them to take, for them to live with and so they're willing
To eliminate embarrassment with your standard backstreet honour killing
But if she lives she won't talk
Where's the required 4 witnesses
And if she talks she'll be branded, ostracised and left to bleed
Or left to carry the remains of her burden in the form of a potential rapist too

And don't give me the response 'oh i'd love getting sucked off in my sleep'
You don't deserve the right to breathe let alone the chance to breed
And don't give me some bullshit pathetic line
She was grinding on me so I decided to take whats rightfully mine
She's a goddess you're the lowest of lows
Regardless if she's come out tonight not wearing too many clothes
She's a lioness, you're a worthless pig
Put down that roofie and for fuck's sake put down her drink

Where the fuck's your right to my body
To my pride, my dignity and my soul
i don't remember giving you permission
To destroy everything that I know

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from Take Up Arms, released September 15, 2015

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Momma Swift Brighton, UK

Momma Swift was the solo project of musician Em Swift, between 2014-2015. Since then, they played in folk punk band Cistem Failure, and are currently touring and making music under Rootweave.

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