Captain Planet - BIG MAN (feat. Shungudzo)

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3 years after releasing his groundbreaking collaborative album with singer Chico Mann (which landed him live sets on Boiler Room & KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic as well as a feature on NYTimes “Best Songs Of The Week”) DJ/producer Captain Planet returns with the premier single “BIG MAN ft. Shungudzo” from his forthcoming album NO VISA set to drop June 15th on Bastard Jazz Recordings. Over a bed of West African balafon and earth shaking 808 bass, Shungudzo's voice cuts like a razor- subversively envisioning the day that she will be on top, calling the shots, running the world, a “BIG MAN”. When the heavy percussion drops out midway through the song, a powerful chant acts as a call to arms, where each of us is invited to join the dream, imagining what we would do if we were in charge of this corrupt and unjust world. NO VISA, the 5th full-length album from producer Charlie Wilder (aka Captain Planet), is both a return to form and a launchpad into the future. With 13 songs that feature vocalists from around the world, long-time fans will recognize several previous collaborators as well as the global influences that have always been central to Captain Planet's music. Wilder's trademark sound pulls from African, Caribbean, Middle Eastern and South American styles of music, blended with the Hip Hop, Reggae, House, and Electronic music that he grew up playing as a DJ. While “BIG MAN” stays true to form, the song also represents a harder hitting, more focussed vision. Showcasing the Captain's production chops and songwriting talents equally, the song unveils a unique musical landscape, a place where our political boundaries and cultural hierarchies begin to dissolve, where foreign languages mingle together and deep rooted traditions dance with the future.

[RichMaciverPhoto]

Why is there not a sick video for this! Such sick energy!

[zimbuzz]

The Zimbabwean Mbira instrument is taking over 🔥

[eustacheamerique]

Love this - More Captain Planet and Shungudzo collaborations please

[JjDNozell]

Lyrics:

Imma be a big man
Buy my own island 
Money in my cereal
Spoonful of diamonds

Everyone one looking at me
I’m who they all wanna be
I own the air that you breathe 
Tell you what I’m gonna be
Yeah, Imma be a big man 

London to Limpopo 
Water, I make it flow
Drum beat to my tempo 
You jump when I say so
Black in Montenegro 
Shanty in Soweto 
Drum beat to my tempo
You jump when I say so

Numbers, I watch ‘em grow
Wall Street, I take it all
Make it rain on skid row 
Ey ahhh ey ahhhh
Big boss, I’m in control 
Some tried to tell me no
Heads fell like dominoes 
Ey ahhh ey ahhhh

What’s mine is mine
What’s yours is mine
My gold
My god
My gun
Your mind
I’ll take ya over 
Snake ya, cobra
You carry my load
While I break your shoulders 

Once I’m the upperclass
I’ll have the upper hand 
Them crooked policemen
I’m gonna arrest them

I’ll be so vip
No need to show ID
So rich I drink for everything I free 
Ey ahhh ey ahhhh

[tareqsamman]

so freaking good!!
it's super rare for something to sound like M.I.A.
am i the only one feeling the M.I.A. vibes?

[ilanieb]

This is so unique I love it. Also here bc of Lauren Jauregui 💚💜💚💜❣❣❣

[lesssithole]

Great lyrics! London to Limpopo, Water I make it flow

[nathaliet.]

Finallly a song that talks about the broken system...Are you a part of it? How?

[jummyay]

I'm here coz of Lauren jauregui's iG post, buh I need lyrics I don't understand what she's saying, anyone?