E54: The Sankofa Session Feat: Rudy Francisco's "Rifle"

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Standing in our present, looking back at our past, moving towards our future. Say, "Cool."

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Sound perform.

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This is Rudy Francisco.

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And the article says, "The Mexican government confiscates approximately 30,000 illegal firearms per year. When the guns are taken, they get dismantled, and the metal is used to make other types of weapons that will later be utilized by their military." In 2012, Pedro Reyes, an artist from Mexico City, convinced his government to donate the guns to him so he could turn them into musical instruments. So somewhere there's a tambourine, a drum set, a guitar, all made out of things that were used to take people's lives, but now they create a sound that puts life back into people's bodies, which is to say, which is to say that a weapon will always be a weapon, but we choose how we fight the war. And from this I learned, and from this I learned, and from this I learned that even the most destructive instrument can still create a melody worth dancing to, and sometimes don't we also call that a battle? I wonder how long it took to convince the first rifle that it can hold a note instead of a bullet, but still fire into a crowd and make everyone move. When I was six, when I was six, when I was six, when I was six, I was taught how to throw a punch. In the '80s, that was the anti-bullying movement. The first time one of my classmates took a yo mama joke