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1. |
Black Excellence
01:41
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True story we can be anything
Little momma there's nothing you can't do
Young king you better know your worth
Shine your dark of em', you are so beautiful
Black Excellence, heavenly melanated
(what you mean)
We're stardust, celebrate it
We're made in his image, and for what it's worth
He said, "let there be light"
That means darkness was first
Black is required for every color to have hue
So basically all colors are variations of you
It means elegance, your money was very spent
Like that little Black dress at the Black tie event
Black is not a negative
Let them tell it, and they'll turn you from your heritage
Judges wear Black, priests do to
Some of these priests are creeps, that just means they ain't true
Black is the end, the end is the beginning
Omega... Alpha dripped in fine linen
Without knowledge of self, the whole worlds absurd
They just blank pages without beautiful black words
Word...Black Excellence
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We ain't the same
00:53
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I'm Black, and you Black right
I'm blue Black, you Black white
And I ain't talking but just a color
There's a big difference in
Looking Black and being Black
(facts) I'm Black to the core
Toussaint l'ouverture Black
Give me more, gimme more
Give me more, give me more, give me yours
I was born free, but you couldn't see it
I'll give you war
There's a big difference in being enslaved, and being slaves
Don't claim the Igbo's, then ride the waves
I hope history remembers your name
But one thing remains...
We ain't the same
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Black
01:07
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They said your butt was too big momma
Then turned around and got injections
I'm a child of the sun, I don't need sun protection
Go head Ms. Beloved, get yo educated on
Gave birth to the whole human race, and still the most hated on
Wow (is it because I'm Black)
Everybody wanna be Black until them lights flashin'
When you're the culture of cool, you bring that live-action
Like this, oh Lord, that oh Lord...nah mean
My style is impeccable, you see the stride
I walk in and it's a spectacle
The most imitated, most emulated, most underrated
They wanna call you everything but intellectual
Wow
I'm starting to think it's because I'm black
Nah for real though
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Repatriated
00:58
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First they sold us on Christopher Columbus
And that's ok, there's still some Christophers among us
Invading the village, to rape it, and pillage
You murdering appropriater, get away from my children
I wanna talk to you, really I wanna talk to you
Walk with you, conversation and thoughts
That'll put a spark in you
BBQ anybody that harming you or your body
I'm calling you to the party
Let's squeeze em' out like orange juice
Hold on (nah)
What did you discover, Black faces already there
You lost brother
Not brother like son of Louise, nah another
But brother like all humanities black mother
(read a book)
White supremacists mad cause they know they momma black
But secretly they under they bed in an Obama hat
Eat this food for thought, your brain is emaciated
Ask yourself where would go to be repatriated
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5. |
Check Mate
01:30
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Stolen kisses in the nighttime
Fingers through your hair
When you say you love me, when you say you love me
When you say you love me, I see needles everywhere
You baby are poetry in motion, you kept me alive with your potion
You are the only ocean I will dive into into
You baby are poetry in motion, you kept me alive with your potion
You are the only ocean I will dive into into
Ooo bring that electric, that you shock me to death with
I feel the surge up and down my spine
And Ooo, I try to run and hide, let me go inside... I gotta get away
It doesn't matter what I do
I just wanna love you, baby let me love you
For once let me console you
(its always what you do, but this time)
I just wanna love you, baby let me love you
For once let me console you
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6. |
Fire
02:02
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Who are you talking to
Back up out my face fella, move I'm walking through
Ooo you Black folk are aggressive
Nah, you just used to being reckless
Listen, I don't want problems from nobody
Listen, but I don't sambo for nobody
Listen, let's get right to the point
I will burn down this joint
What do you desire, burn it all down
More fire, more fire
This that back up out my way, this that no respect
This that mush you in your face, this that shoulder check
When will we see fire and sulfur rain on the oppressor
When will we see, fire... more fire
When will we see fire and sulfur rain on the oppressor
When will we see fire and sulfur rain on the oppressor
Bring the fire
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7. |
Frienemies
02:36
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Watch out for your enemies
What's even worst for your frienemies
I was always told to, keep your grass low
I was always taught to, keep my grass low
So when the snakes try to slither in
You can spot as they pretend
To be something they are not
All you ankle biters will be shot
That doesn't mean that I'm a violent man
See you're trespassing on private land
Where my children run wild and free
You hurt them, I'll kill you so see
I gotta get you gone, gotta get you gone now
gotta get you gone, gotta get you gone now
gotta get you gone, gotta get you gone now
Watch out for your enemies
gotta get you gone, gotta get you gone now
gotta get you gone, gotta get you gone now
gotta get you gone, gotta get you gone now
Watch out for your frienemies
And when you're thinking its all good
Naw naw naw
Keep one eye on em', don't get misunderstood
Naw naw nooo
Frienemies
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8. |
Get Low
01:25
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They say Harriet went back to get her folks
And take them back to freedom land
Not everybody came, but those that did
They say she guided them by the hand
Then she told them
If you wanna make it to freedom, you better listen to what I say
Cause everybody out here wants to get us
But we not gon let em' get us today...its
Time to get low (keep on running)
Time to get low (stay on track)
Time to get low (if you hear them coming)
Time to get low (don't look back)
I heard Joshua put on his Jordans and marched on to Jericho
But when he got there, he saw something hanging out of a window
Little lady, I know you see us walking around
Don't be scared, but when you hear that trumpet sound...its
Time to get low (cause the walls are crumbling)
Time to get low (and the building is tumbling down)
Time to get low (keep on runnin)
Time to get low (ain't no time for lookin around)
Ohh we almost outta time
Low
Bring back the harmony
Low
That's what I'm talkin about
Low
If you search your roots carefully enough
Low
You trace em' right back to the south
Now get low
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9. |
Hard Times
01:29
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2 am on the strip with the pack on me
You'll never catch me slippin, got that mac on me
Tucked in Pelle Pelle
Call me soccer dude
Fiends lining up for the rocket fuel
That hand to hand money fast, but I'm wanting more
I want it legal too (what they call it)
Entrepreneur
I got that same muscle (brain)
Cause its the same struggle (same)
The same 2 am, cause it the same hustle
That pyrex turned into real check
That 97 Honda turned into Lear jets
Now they taking my picture with no felonies
A real business owner
Trademarks and LLC's
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10. |
I won't forget
02:00
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Ooo you better not forget where came from
Boy don't let this spoil ya
We was listening before they would record ya
You better never look down
Down your nose, at no people
But especially your people
Cause you don't know
They always told me, don't forget about the little people
What's that supposed to mean, I am the little people
I'm bout to burst at the seams
(what you mean)
I was birthed in cornbread, sausage gravy, and collard greens
Boy you so southern, unapologetically
Southern like Jazz and Blues
Peep the pedigree
Southern like the Gullah Geechee communities by the water
My roots are in Virginia, and they run clean to Georgia
So I won't forget
I won't forget
As long as I got blood in me I promise I won't forget
As long as I'm Ms. Louise son, there's know I'm gon' forget
Nah, you already know baby
From Virginia with love
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Magic
01:42
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You're something like an angel
A bonafide angel, baby spread your wings around me
I was so tragic, to caught up in your magic
I thank God you found me
Cause you give me something I could never get myself, baby
You make me wanna give myself
Oh I look into your face
I look into your face, and I see forever baby
Oh I look into your face, I look into your face
That's where you keep the magic baby
Some abracadabra... it's true
I just wanna fly, fly away with you
I just wanna fly, fly away with you
Take me away with your magic, Poof
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12. |
Never Will
01:30
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Remember back when we was little kids
Back before we knew just how messed up the world is
Everything was perfect, or so it seems
You remember the rodeo burger from burger king
But I digress, I just wanna return to a simpler time like that
Not return like return, but return like stress
But then again, that return means Ma Dukes gets pressed
Nevermind, straight-ahead forward we march
I know your souls gotten weary, let us carry the torch
Ubuntu, because we're nothing without you
I am because they were, so I can't let em' doubt you
I just wanna be loved by you
I wanna make you so proud
Oh and If I get tired, and I wanna sit down
I'll remember what you've instilled (for the ancestors)
I promise I never will
I will never give up, I never will
I won't ever, never
I never will
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13. |
Nostalgia
01:08
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20 years and feels like last night
Crossing fools up, yup mad nice
Breaking ankle, play me close I'll hurt you
We outchea making Nike commercials
You had twenty, missed the free throw
You know the rules
And when the girls start to look you gettin shook out your shoes
Every day we'd meet up at the chill spot
They chill spot, you know the spot
The green box
The green box, where I learned to freestyle
The first place that we learned to beat, wow
The safe place in hide and go seek
I wonder if I went back whose first it be now
This feels like Nostalgia
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14. |
Not this Time
01:59
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Not this Time
We know you've won before
You've secured the battle
The battle not the war, not this time
Keep the kingdom safe from the animal
We'll make sure it's understood this time
1831, looking for a sign in the sun
The green sky gave the signal
We gon' need more than a sickle
hey Joe pass me the burner
What yo name is son...Nat Turner
And furthermore, I am not your son
My fathers a maroon, I am not the one
Let the bodies hit the floor
Drowning pool full of blood, created the first war
Man, woman, child... everything you know
Liquidation style, everything must go
And you'll remember me in history
As the one who fought the giant
Goliath, you are a tyrant
I'll birth a nation, this time
I'll gird myself with all the wrath of the Kings
They tell me that you're ready for the battle
But you're not ready for the war, not this time
Do not be afraid, and don't ever get used to them
Be careful, I was betrayed on my way to Jerusalem
By one of us, a son of us
But a coward is a coward, so a coward must
Do what cowards do, smile and lie to you
Fight the power, if that power don't empower
I am Nat Turner
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Sundays Best
02:03
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I got my two tones walking
Seersucker suit, don't do it often
I'm in my Sunday's best, but its Tuesday
This one cures the sickness
I ain't tryna get religious
Cause u could be Baptist, Pentecostal, Jehovah's Witness
Muslim, Agnostic, it don't really matter
I know you feel this
This one's for the people, you know we don't have no equal
We on some Harlem Renaissance, Black Wall Street 2.0
We are not the sequel
Ooo and that fit been hanging up for the weekend
So take another lap, cause ain't enough people see it
Come on, baby come on
Ooo, little darling come on
You've got that Black Excellence all around you
You were birthed in Black Excellence
Sometimes I wonder if you remember who you are
Ubuntu
I am William Edward Burghart Du Bois
I am Ella Fitzgerald
I am Jame Baldwin
I am Zora Neale Hurston
I am Marcus Garvey
I am Ida B. Wells
I am Booker T. Washington
I am Langston Hughes
I am Harriet Tubman
I am Frederick Douglass
I am Angela Davis
I am Paul Robeson
I am Malcolm X
I am Dr. Martin Luther King
I am Black Excellence
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Black Girl, Brown Girl
03:52
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You're something like my mother
I love you like my wife
You fight me like my sister
But to you I owe my life
Cause you are the Garden of Eden
From your womb, the whole world is leaving
No matter what they say you are
And there is no distance near or far
Your composition's in the stars
You are a rocket taking off
We've never had a drought in your atmosphere
You sprinkle brown raindrops everywhere
Your fingerprint is right there
I do it for you sister
Black girl, Brown girl
We've gotta put on for you
This is not a song to talk about how you make me feel
Nah, this is a song to talk about you in all your glory
Black girl, Brown girl
This is a song that highlights the point that...
For many years they've talked about how big your lips were
And now they inject their mouth to make them look like yours
This is a song that highlights the point that
For so long they've said your butt was too big
Your thighs are too thick, but now
Everybody wants an implant to try to imitate yours
This song talking about the fact that for so long
People have made fun of your beautiful skin
Because it's quote-unquote too dark
Then turn around and do every kind of tan to look like...
Black girl, Brown girl
We don't show you how much we love you
I'm ashamed of that
We're gonna change that
Because the world is not worthy
That's a fact
Black girl, Brown girl
Double dutch Queen
Princess in Afro puffs
You've been kissed by the sun
And we're proud to be the children of its lust
I see you down in the Caribbean
I see you here in the states
Black girl, all through South America
I see you Black girl, Brown girl
Queen mother Afrika, you've birthed them all
You've sprinkled those brown raindrops everywhere
Your fingerprint is everywhere
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I ask God to forgive me for my transgressions
But give me the strength to breathe fire for my ancestors
So I can with the strength of a thousand slaves
That got raped, murdered, and brutalized in a thousand ways
Long before we marched with Martin Luther
We marched to Timbuktu with a King named Mansa Musa
I bomb atomically with Afrikan philosophies
The prophecy wants redemption for the untold atrocities
So logically, or maybe I should say pathologically
(seen)
They say for Chicago (we're dying everywhere)
I say pray for tomorrow
(one more once)
They say pray for Chicago
(true story)
I say pray for tomorrow
Auntie Harriet, we shall follow
You into the night, our north star of tomorrow
Weepless sorrow, a nap sack, and these worn clothes
And a map to freedom written in my daughters' cornrows
Written in my daughters' cornrows
The map to freedom written in my daughters' cornrows
Day to night, night turns to day
Here I stand so not afraid
In the face of the tyrant scream
I am my ancestor's wildest dreams!!
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Trouble
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Trouble, trouble trouble
Sometimes I wanna touch ya
Sometimes I wanna fight
Sometimes I really love you
Sometimes I do not like ya
Ooo inside my head I'm screaming
But it comes out so smooth
Then you open up your mouth so crooked
And you find the button, just to push it
Sometimes I could, sometimes I could
I could just bend you
Comes out so smooth
In reply, let's simplify this another way
You can take your simpleton self
And get out of my face
Comes out so smooth
That wasn't smooth at all
Ahh man... I think I'm in trouble baby
Trouble, trouble, trouble
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Victory
02:01
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Victory, Ooh I'm claiming all victories
I can't be defeated, claiming victory
We stomp through the ghetto
From Chicago to Soweto
And everything's designed to make you let go
But we're created from the stars, don't ever settle
Grand rising King, long live the Queens
We love you
Can't you hear freedom ring
It feels like when children hug you
So my feet are steady, ain't nothing weary
Who shall I fear, who
Who shall I fear, who
Who shall I fear, who
Who shall I fear, who
Who shall I fear...
You?
You don't even know you're so defeated right now
I'll bask in my victory
It's so sweet you can taste, ahh
I'll bask in my victory
Victory
I'ma make you sick of me
I'm going down in Back History
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Reflect some sun
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Look at you baby, melanin poppin
Black girl magic
Oh yes
Look at your skin, look at your skin
(melanin poppin)
Angels get jealous babe, (black girl magic)
I heard the angels get jealous babe
Wishing they compared to you, no they don't compare to you
Because nothin can compare to you
I know that you are children of the sun
You are children of the sun (you are)
Shine your dark on me, ah yea
All I know is (nothin compares to you ) I can't go
(nothin compares to you)
I don't grow, (children of destiny) if you're not shining on me
That's all I know
Just reflect some sun
Daughter of the...
Shine it on the world
Just reflect some sun
Melanin Queen Mahogany Princess
You are the mother of life, can I get a witness
I could just dive in your darkness, swim through your ocean
This is a love supreme, my deepest devotion
They say the Blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
I wanna climb in your tree and eat from your fruits
I wanna dig in your soil, and study your roots
This is what they mean when they say to search for your truth
Underappreciated, over-sexualized
Appropriated, we gon make em' recognize
Underappreciated, over-sexualized
Appropriated, we gon make em' recognize
Queen see you are so fine
Oh you are so fine
Not even trying, not even trying
Queen see you are divine
Just let your light shine
Shine it on the...
Just reflect some sun
Daughter of the...
Shine it on the world
Just reflect some sun
Black girl magic
Black girl magic
Black girl magic
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21. |
You never loved us
01:51
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All these years, all these years
And you still hate us for no reason yea
I think I've cried my last tear
The storm ushers in a new season
I heard you're afraid of me
Stop lying, you're afraid to lose your privilege
See
They stole our babies and used them as gator feed
(Lord they fed babies to the gators)
You better pray we never become what you've portrayed us to be
Scary Black man, angry Black woman
Yes they still kill us when we cry out in anger
Cause you've convinced the whole world that that's the real danger
You love our culture, but you've never loved us
You love our culture, but you've never loved us
You love our culture, but you've never loved us
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Still
02:46
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Watch out for that house slave
We have plans for you
I am not afraid, we have plans for you
Ooo they gettin away massa
Ooo slaves are recaptured
Ooo escape plans ruined
These coons are still cooning
Ooo we's sick ain't we massa
Ooo go quick call the doctors
Ooo who are you fooling
These coons are still cooning
All I wanna know is
What's on your mind when you look in the mirror
All I wanna know is
What do you see when you look
Let me explain it clearer
Self-hate is so real, I think you're anti you
You are still a slave
You do know that the rat that wins the rat race is still a rat
I am not afraid, we have plans for you
I am not afraid, we have plans for you
I am not afraid, we have plans for you
I am not afraid, we have plans for you
Field slaves come together, It's our turn
They can keep their seat at the table, the house burns
Burn slow, strong wind, scorched earth
And it would've burned forever
Were it not for the moist earth
(why's that)
There's blood, sweat, and tears in it
My Great Grandfather put years in it
My Great Grandmother put kids in it
Follow the blood footprints to freedom
We will get it
Ooo they gettin away massa
Ooo slaves are recaptured
Ooo escape plans ruined
These coons are still cooning
(watch out for that house slave)
Ooo we's sick ain't we massa
Ooo go quick call the doctors
Ooo who are you fooling
These coons are still cooning
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23. |
As you go
02:47
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I never knew about the sunshine, til' I felt the rain
I never knew how good I felt
Ooh, til' I felt the pain
I never knew about the sunshine, til I felt the rain
Oh, til' I felt the rain
I never knew how hard you worked
Didn't appreciate your sacrifice
Just couldn't see how bad you hurt
Cause if I did, I would've acted right
What if I told you, Now I understand
Would you believe me
What if I showed you I understand
Would you still leave me
Stay with me baby
Cause if you go, I go
If you go, I go
As you grow, I grow
As you go, I go
If you go, I go
If you go, I go
As you grow, I grow
As you go, I go
I know I'm not perfect, Naw
I'm so far from perfect yall
I hoping that I'm worth it
And maybe we can work this out
Ignore those people, I'm begging for a sequel
I know that I made you cry
And broke your heart a thousand times
Just let me tell you, how sorry I am
(I'm sorry baby)
Do you believe me
(The words seem kinds of empty at this point)
Now let me show you how sorry I am
(I don't even know what I can do, but I'm gonna do it)
Stay with me baby
If you go, I go
If you go, I go
As you grow, I grow
As you go, I go
If you go, I go
If you go, I go
As you grow, I grow
If you go, I go
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24. |
Try
02:52
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Could this be Love
Excuse me, I have something to say
Could this be love
I noticed you were walking my way
Could this be love
Lord have mercy baby
Could this be love
I know you hear this all of the time
Could this be love
I've never seen someone so divine
Could this be love
Baby let me love ya...
The same way the river runs to the ocean
I just wanna give ya, my full devotion
I just wanna love you
That's all I want, love you baby
I just wanna love you
Love you baby
Oh I saw you baby, when I saw you girl
I tried my best
Oh yea
Fool for you darlin, oh I saw you honey
I tried my best, I guess I'm just a fool for you
Lets' take a stroll down through the park
Baby take my hand, look how far we've come
We barely notice the people looking at us
Making them all recall falling in love
Falling
Baby let me love ya (that's all I want)
Love you baby
Honey let me love you
love you baby
Oh I saw you baby
When I saw you girl
Hey I tried my best, oh yea
Fool for you darling
Oh I saw you baby
I tried my best
I guess I'm just a fool for you
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25. |
Watch
02:14
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Everybody wants to go to heaven
But nobody wants to die
The revolution won't be televised
The revolution will Facebook live
Don't believe me, watch
Don't believe me, watch
Tune in and watch
Just watch
Some people try to act like they want it
Keyboard gangsta when they on it
Come outside we're on your lawn
Stomping through your flowerbed, on your lawn
Let's talk about your innuendos
Brick through your window
You look like Babylon (chant down Babylon)
You know we hate Babylon
(just keep it real)
You never did respect us (and you never will)
That's why you neglect us (come around here)
Get punched out your necklace
(Ooo I cant stand you)
How dare you reject us
We're never gonna trust you
We're never gonna love you
I pray for your downfall
Can't wait to see your downfall
Everybody wants to go to heaven
But nobody wants to die
The revolution won't be televised
The revolution will facebook live
Don't believe me, watch
Don't believe me, watch
Tune in and watch
Just watch
If that's your man, you better get em'
For them people come kickin us dust
A hundred a forty characters to get you concussed
Mr. Potato head be all over himself, they'll be stitching him up
I'm just a truth-teller, you're just a true failure
Tell me who's man this is
(who are these people)
One of these people does not belong here
One of these people is not like us
Some of these people do not belong here
None of these people have earned our trust
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26. |
Live in this skin
03:10
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To live in this, this beautiful melanin
You try to make it uncomfortable
But I'll never let you win
To live in this, this beautiful melanin
You try to make me uncomfortable
But I'll never let you win
They say we don't even feel pain the same
I got a broken bone, you treat it like a migraine
Studies show that doctors feel like black people have a stronger threshold for pain
You clutch your purse when I pass you
Like I got nothing better to do than harass you
Its also biologically proven that if I wanted your purse
Your old wrinkled arm could not stop me
Ooo now it's raining outside, yea now it's cold outside
Should I go grab my hoodie (that's a life or death question buddy)
Walking down the street, I see you reach across your seat to lock your doors lady
To live in this, this beautiful melanin
You try to make it uncomfortable
But I'll never let you win
(its a privilege)
To live in this, this beautiful melanin
You try to make me uncomfortable
But I'll never let you win
I've hurdled every obstacle that you put in my path
Black girl magic
So by default, I'm at the top of my class
It's crazy cause then it's like..
(she took my job, she's only here because of affirmative action)
Get over yourself
You're too dark, you're too light
You talk white, you're not black enough
Can I touch your hair, no back it up
I mean what is it with this thing of just putting your hands in black women's hair
Unannounced, unasked, un anything
Walking down the street and see a group of men they act so out of control lately
When you tell them no, they take it personal
But they can't take it so, then they go personal
Now you're a hoe
This fragile male ego thing needs to stop
Those situations turn violent, man we're making it difficult
To live in this, this beautiful melanin
You try to make it uncomfortable
But I'll never let you win
(it's a privilege)
To live in this, this beautiful melanin
You try to make me uncomfortable
To live in this, this beautiful melanin
You try to make it uncomfortable
But I'll never let you win
To live in this, this beautiful melanin
You try to make me uncomfortable
But I'll never let you win
It's a privilege
To live in this skin
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27. |
The silence of it all
01:58
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Can I Live
You know they're tryna hunt me down
It's not what you say, it's what you don't
It's not that you will, or that you won't
What are democrat or republican
I'm just me fam, I have had enough of them
Ooo, get to church and sit in section 8
Then wait for the collection plate
Like I can buy my blessings babe
Trying to navigate through a world with elections
And collections, where's the affection
A world of elections, and collections
Where's the affection that we need
Oh can I live, can I live
Can we live, oh live for a little while
Can we live, let me
Can I live
I just wanna live
Its the silence of it all
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I close my eyes and try to visualize their struggle
If I could, I would bring them all back and tell them I love you
They turned pain into power
Grain into flower
The lineage of Kings, we must reclaim our towers
The strong got devoured, while the weak gained respect
And hundred years later we still have chains around our neck
We've traded iron in for copper, copper in for gold
Gold in for platinum tryna buy back our soul
Raped on ships, screaming out remember me
It echos in my mind, so my mind will remember she
Remains beautiful, lady of the water
I see her in my mother, I will teach her to my daughter
She will teach it to her daughter,
The dream
I was with King on the balcony
I was laying on the ships with them on top of me
I was in the field picking cotton
See, I died so you can live and fulfill our prophecy
Sharecroppers, former slaves
Survived the wicked ships, just to face the waves
Of persecution, and prejudice
They stripped away their children, what kind of mess is this
Thanks to the old man, sitting in his chair
That he made with his hands, the hands they fear
They shouldn't fear his hands, they should've feared his mind
Because he told me our story, now I know I'm divine
I was with Malcolm when they shot him down
I was with the little girls down in Birmingham
I was there when the railroad went underground
Sweet chariot come on down
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Nathaniel Star Charlottesville, Virginia
Nathaniel Star breathes music. His performance and writing credits feat. some of the most respected names in the music
industry. From regional stars to Grammy Award winning artists.
Nathaniel is one half of the eclectic production tandem "Ubuntu Sounds"
In truth Nate is a genre-less artist. "I make what I feel...Soul, Rap, Country, whatever. I just love music"
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