Bobby Sanchez - Trans 101 (Scarim)

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🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Bobby Sanchez - Trans 101 (Scarim) from the 2022 Prophecy EP on Harawiq Records.

Bobby Sanchez carries a plethora of identities on their shoulders - poet, musician, painter, model, activist. The American-Peruvian Indigenous artist is vocal about speaking on the topics close to their heart such as Indigenous displacement, gentrification, environmentalism, and gender identity. Their most recent EP Prophecy covers all of these in just four short yet vibey tracks.

Based solely on the number of Tik Toks that have used “Trans 101 (Scarim)” over the past few months, our Song of the Day has clearly hit home for a lot of trans people. Over a jazzy piano sample, Sanchez effortlessly flows about the beauty and danger of being trans. In one of the more triumphant verses, Sanchez coos, “Trans bodies are like temples I could see you worshipping /Trans bodies sentimental more beneath the surfaces /Trans bodies love each other and the love is permanent /Trans bodies will prevail and you cannot circumvent.”

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0:00.0	Why are trans people targeted?
0:12.8	Colonialism, marketing, the right for us just to exist shouldn't be an argument
0:17.1	Catchers walking down the street, flowing glow and sparkle in, resisting against the system
0:21.0	Our existence is a monument, man wanted touches but behind closed doors
0:25.3	Love us in secrecy, don't we deserve much more?
0:28.1	I'm not your experiment like new world to explore
0:31.1	Not this new to us because we were here before
0:34.2	Which culture you think invented gainess
0:37.1	I could never tell you cuz it's ancient
0:39.6	Transphobia is an native to first nations
0:42.4	Homophobia's white supremacy invasion
0:45.5	You must have respect for the ancient ways
0:48.4	I bet you still hoping this is just a phase
0:51.1	I knew I was trans at an early age
0:54.0	Coming out the wound when they misgendered me
0:57.0	You can't circumvent our happiness
0:59.6	Transbodies have our beauty, it's immaculate
1:02.4	We are accurately, passionately, fabulous
1:05.2	And whatever we exist is miraculous
1:08.5	Having pride is nothing without inclusivity
1:10.9	They're trying to criminalize us
1:12.8	Just for being me, all these anti-trans bills that hate us willingly
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