“Cast Out Of Paradise”  by Bloody Mary & SIS feat. Anji Bee from Potluck (2011)

All they ever wanted
Was to be left in peace
But western man
Can’t seem to leave
Well enough alone
Foolishly
He believes
That he
Can improve
What God creates
Man destroys
On a whim
And out of greed
Without true need
Acting out
As if cast out
Of paradise

– by Anji Bee (BMI)

NOTE: I wrote this poem back in mid-2008 without any particular use in mind. In January of 2011, Bloody Mary sent me a rough musical idea which was basically a strong beat with just a wisp of ambient keyboard atmosphere. I thought a mix of spoken word and traditional singing could be interesting and so I chose to work with a poem, rather than a lyric. I recorded everything myself in my little home studio and sent them over via the Internet, and then Bloody Mary and SIS cut up the files and created a 13+ minute track which really expanded a lot upon the original ideas. Below is a shortened edit of the song I created to highlight my contribution to the piece; its not on the official release.

Buy “Cast Out Of Paradise feat. Anji Bee” on Beatport

Cast Out Of Paradise [Edit] by Bloody Mary & SIS feat. Anji Bee on SoundCloud