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U Can't See

by Aziza & Finguz

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'U can’t see’ is a moving exploration of the psychological effects that institutional and cultural discrimination have had on a young black woman brought up in the north of England. It tells of the psychological battles to remain positive about her ethnicity and was inspired by Aziza’s concerns for her own daughter’s mental health and sense of identity during a time of political and cultural upheaval, the Black Lives Matter movement and our disconnection from real communication due to the rise of social media.

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Welcome to the digital era
Where all you see and all you hear
Is lacking mutual reality
Distance between you and me
Is not the way it used to be
Or how it is supposed to be, I crave familiarity

I’m feeling more and more alone
When I’m steppin outside of my home
I’m with my friends but on my own
The only ones who really know
That I chose to be with you today
Cos you won’t make me feel that way

Welcome to the misinformed era
Where all you see and all you hear
Projects a false sense of reality
Difference between you and me
Separating unity
Where are the similarities, I crave familiarity

Whenever I look at my phone
One of us who didn’t make it home
We’re scared to walk the street alone
We should have never had to grieve
But instead they have us on our knees
Just give us back our right to breathe

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released April 27, 2022
Written by Jessica Armstrong and Chris Morris
Vocals: Jessica Armstrong, Double Bass and other instruments: Chris Morris
Drums: Rich Westley
Backing Vocals: Rebecca Armstrong
Produced by: Chris Morris

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Sounds Like This Sheffield, UK

Aziza+Finguz are a genre-blurring music group from
Sheffield, UK.
Their tough, powerful music is forged both from Sheffield’s
rich industrial electronic music legacy and
a wider global diaspora of black musical influence, including
African Funk, Brazilian Batacuda, US Soul and UK Broken
Beat.
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