[Verse 1] They built tomorrow for a chosen few Colonial dreams in white and blue But what does loss mean to those left out When the future was never theirs to doubt Progress marched in a single line Leaving millions behind by design [Chorus] Who owns the future, who gets to dream When tomorrow's not what it might seem Linear time is just one way Indigenous circles show another day Afrofuturism breaks the chain Temporal repair heals the pain [Verse 2] Native peoples know time as a wheel Seasons returning, wounds that heal Seven generations guide each choice Ancestors and children share one voice While Afrodiasporic rhythms bend Time into loops that never end [Chorus] Who owns the future, who gets to dream When tomorrow's not what it might seem Linear time is just one way Indigenous circles show another day Afrofuturism breaks the chain Temporal repair heals the pain [Bridge] Black Quantum Futurism rewrites the code Multiple timelines on freedom's road When progress fails those it left behind New temporalities free the mind [Verse 3] Sun Ra's arkestra flies through space Octavia Butler's saving grace They quantum leap through broken time Making futures more than pantomime Not loss but liberation's call Different tomorrows for us all [Chorus] Who owns the future, who gets to dream When tomorrow's not what it might seem Linear time is just one way Indigenous circles show another day Afrofuturism breaks the chain Temporal repair heals the pain [Outro] The future's loss becomes a gift When other voices start to lift Time is not a straight-line race But a circle, quantum space
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