Star2โs staggering new โconscious rapโ release, documents theย crushing social and environmental catastrophes that plague our worldย and consume us with alarm and despair, including theย horrific invasion in Ukraine. Woven in his sobering retrospective is his personal sorrow and anguish growing upย without a mother and father in a refugee campย in South East Asia โย fleeing genocide and ethnic cleansingย of his Ka-ren people by the brutal Burmese Army and Myanmar Military Regime.
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The acoustic guitar song begins with a haunting arpeggiating guitar intro that flows into Star2โs almost spoken narrative about the worldโs ills and his own hollow suffering, โwe should appreciate things we have in life, appreciate your mama and papaโฆIโm one of those kids who grew up with no parents you seeโฆitโs ok, itโ ok, itโs what I say to myself everydayโฆbut deep down I ainโt feeling ok, I been puttin on a fake smile every day! I been putting on a fake smile.โ
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The song builds through the first verse and at the chorus carries to the arpeggiating guitarโs actualization, along with haunting, filtered vocals, and a sustained bass synth which support the songโs intense emotional refrain: ย โI just wanna go away, just wanna go away, I just wanna run away, got me thinkin, fuck the world โฆ this place ainโt safe.โ
Part religious testimony, part philosopherโs insight, Star2 directs us to consider what the rest of the world is facing and how they are suffering โ also how people are in misery and anguish because of homelessness, poverty, violence, and war. ย
Part religious testimony, part philosopherโs insight, Star2 directs us to consider what the rest of the world is facing and how they are suffering โ also how people are in misery and anguish because of homelessness, poverty, violence, and war. ย
โโฆSo mean, so unfair.ย People suffer every day, with these hurricanes and viruses. Itโs all real shit, killing thousands of people every day. I pray to God to bless this place, to make this world a safer placeโฆโ
He delivers the chorus, retreating to an aching pain of wanting to โrun awayโ and โfuck the world.โโHella shitโs been going on! Killing, shooting, people dyingโฆโ
The video was filmed in an LED panel warehouse in Compton, California.ย A wet floor reflects the panoramic and mesmerizing images as well as a series of vintage tv sets Star2 views in a 1970s style living room watching in a peace symbol sweatshirt. Included are the Black Livesโ Matter protests, the desperate exodus from the Afghanistan airport, border patrol agents whipping Haitian refugees, tornado carnage in Kentucky, apocalyptic fires in California, homeless encampments, Burmese soldier atrocities, the Russian invasion in Ukraine, and the juxtaposition of the last views of stunning nature โ birds, ocean, forests, mountains, what once wasโฆ
The video was filmed in an LED panel warehouse in Compton, California.ย A wet floor reflects the panoramic and mesmerizing images as well as a series of vintage tv sets Star2 views in a 1970s style living room watching in a peace symbol sweatshirt. Included are the Black Livesโ Matter protests, the desperate exodus from the Afghanistan airport, border patrol agents whipping Haitian refugees, tornado carnage in Kentucky, apocalyptic fires in California, homeless encampments, Burmese soldier atrocities, the Russian invasion in Ukraine, and the juxtaposition of the last views of stunning nature โ birds, ocean, forests, mountains, what once wasโฆ
The visuals are instantly recognizable and bring sadness and even temporary numbness.Star2 reveals, โI wanted to write a song about the state of the world.ย I was in the studio recording during most of COVID and in LA during the Black Livesโ Matter protests.ย My family fled genocide, has experienced starvation and atrocities.ย My neighborhood in San Diego is a crossroads for refugees and the problems of poverty, homelessness, mental illness and addiction.โ โThe chorus poured out of me โ at my lowest point, I literally want to run away – to a place of safety. Most of the suffering in the world is heartbreaking and so unfair!โ The end of the video asks everyone to โPray for peace in our world.โ Star2 implores: โpray for my Ka-ren people who continue to experience genocide, for the Ukranian people, and for everyone suffering injustice โ pray for peace.โ