Asking 'bout our skin on a job application
Y'all skim what's within for your "representation"
Using those you think camouflage expectations-
-my kin won't meet- simply, we're not conservation
Decided to roll the dice and the disciples decided to go
Ask my friend to put 5 on leader of the uprising?
Why then he'd bet on Martin Luther
The son, the Jr,
5.27- marching looters
They gon' come straight through ya
Switch position- Kama Sutra
"Your honour 'twas my honour to rob-"
Try thwart me- send me back years
But I forsee just like Black hair
Could've caught me but I dreamed my way out
DNA lacked fear
Freedom rings, and I can't wait to pick up
Freedom rings, I'm praying to Jesus- I'm hoping
Freedom rings, and it gon' paint a picture
Freedom rings, and now the dreamers have woken
Straight to Target that's the target
Movement started ain't no parking
You ain't honest shooters' cops 'n'
Y'all's hypocrisy's so obvious
Accessories after the fact
These felons keep getting a slap
On the wrist while we get cuffed
Y'all try oppress we ain't gon' budge
I'll say it to your face or judge
Black power's in our brains and blood
Woof!
My intelligence? A threat
My heritage? A threat
I swear I've had 5 stars since I came out the womb for my first breath
Y'all don't know what it takes just to make it
-out your situation when you're melanated
Knowing you're fated to facing cases of
-discrimination due to disinformation
It's all in the details of how we're described and portrayed in the media
Go on your TL and PTR to read the bias they're feeding you
Tell me you see it, you better be keeping up
Society raising teens just to see them all fall
The police watch the CCTV then go tour-
-the ends to grab men like the people involved
Poverty ain't mean that you can treat us all poor
It's angels and demons at war
I barely had enough time to reach for the door
Nobody who looks like me is secure
Media PTSD in my thoughts
Watching him pressing his knee on his jaw while
-watching him struggle to breathe on the floor
I couldn't believe what I saw
Shawty told me we needed to talk
I got shook like when teachers would call
Momma never wanted to read the reports
But when we speak it's easy to be vulnerable
If talking to me is like talking to brick, then you better go spray graffiti on the wall
Message I receive from my seat as she draws
Pisces but she thinks I'm a Leo for sure
Like 75% or 3 over 4
"Well, is that real or not?"
Why don't you pree in my soul?
Just make sure you don't lose yourself in me
-better keep both of your feet on the floor
And while you're there, you can read my new work
Didn't use any expletives at all
Seas of memories are only the decor
I know it's a wonderland, keep it secret for-
-your return to the beach, feel the breeze at the shore
Congregations watch their preachers go forth
-and lose faith on the streets of New York
-you'll say there's no need to resort to leaving the church
-or that they're fleeing their call
Nah, they're still free to explore
-like they're at Carni in mid Aug-ust, that's all that sustains me
Guess I'm the Carni-vore, vibes gorgeously tasty
Let's get it on y'all heard Biggie and Shakur
Forget 'bout bone, imma bleed from my heart
Until my feelings' restored
Now for deeper meaning, I search
Asking myself, "Does He perceive all the hurt?" and-
"What would we be without God?"
My bite worse than my bark
Woof!
My intelligence? A threat
My heritage? A threat
I swear I've had 5 stars since I came out the womb for my first breath
Y'all don't know what it takes just to make it
-out your situation when you're melanated
Knowing you're fated to facing cases of
-discrimination due to disinformation
