The Geek x Vrv created “Sea Slavery” as part of The Outlaw Ocean Music Project — a global collaboration that brings artists together to translate the journalism of The New York Times bestselling book by Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean, into song.
[Instrumental]
[Vocal: Ian Urbina]
You see everything from intentional dumping, to murder, to
Kidnapping, to slavery, to casting stowaways overboard
[Instrumental]
[Vocal: Ian Urbina]
Intentional dumping, to murder, to kidnapping, to slavery
[Instrumental]
[Vocal: Ian Urbina]
The conditions were really bleak. The ship we spent time on
Had about forty Cambodian boys mostly, and some young men, all migrants and most
Of them indentured. This was a rat infested, roach infested boat, and mostly the
Boys had been on there for over a year
[Instrumental]
[Vocal: Ian Urbina]
We focused on one specific egregious murder that was
Captured on a cellphone capture and found in the back of a taxi in Fiji. And
The video, quite graphic, shows over the course of 10 minutes four men in the
Water being unceremoniously killed. It’s fairly clear this is murder because the
Men in the water are not a threat
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Sea Slavery was written by Vincent Teoule.
Sea Slavery was produced by Ian Urbina.
The Geek x Vrv and Ian Urbina released Sea Slavery on Fri Apr 03 2020.