Powerless (Say What You Want)

Album: Folklore (2003)
Charted: 13
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Songfacts®:

  • Furtado is of Portuguese ancestry, and in this song she calls out the practice of publicists doctoring photos to make ethnic talent appear more white. Furtado describes the song as about trying to find order in a complicated world.
  • This uses a popular sample from "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren. The sample is mixed with a banjo played by Bela Fleck. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Donovan Berry - El Dorado, AR, for above 2

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