Sun Ra once said, “If you’re not mad at the world you don’t have what it takes. The world lacks for warriors. You have to prepare yourself accordingly.” Philadelphia’s Moor Mother (né Camae Ayewa) is a fighter, a storyteller, a liberator. After years of Bandcamp releases, “Deadbeat Protest” is the debut track off Moor Mother’s first record with Don Giovanni, Fetish Bones. The rapid industrial jam summons the type of dark strength Sun Ra alludes to, a dogged resolve to keep existing against society’s harsh blows.

Static, spaced-out drums and abstracted electronics are woven to create “Deadbeat Protest”’s abrasive texture and seemingly endless depth. Ayewa’s guttural voice scratches, drones, and stretches into a roar: “Trying to save my black life by fetishizing my dead life/Fuck, get away from me/You can see my dead body at the protest,” she repeats, a horrifying scenario that seems all too possible in a world where every day another black body is murdered. Moor Mother is prepared to be the warrior the world needs.