BLACK PARADE - Extended Version

[00:18.14] Ah
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[00:24.02] I'm goin' back to the South
[00:25.42] I'm goin' back, back, back, back
[00:27.28] Where my roots ain't watered down
[00:29.57] Growin', growin' like a Baobab tree
[00:31.44] Of life on fertile ground, ancestors put me on game
[00:35.16] Ankh charm on gold chains, with my Oshun energy, oh
[00:38.85] Drip all on me, woo, Ankh or the Dashiki print
[00:43.54] Hol' up, don't I smell like such a nag champa incense?
[00:47.90] Yeah, pure ice (ice), ice (ice), buss down
[00:52.26] Uh, flooded (flooded), flooded (flooded), on my wrist, out
[00:55.81] Ooh, goin' up, goin' up, motherland, motherland drip on me
[00:55.87] Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like
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[01:03.83] Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me
[01:08.48] Yeah, I can't forget my history is her-story, yeah
[01:11.91] Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad
[01:16.54] Yeah, they always mad, yeah
[01:19.43] Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad
[01:26.91] And they always have been
[01:28.16] Honey, come around my way, around my hive
[01:31.36] Whenever mama say so, mama say
[01:31.45] Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
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[01:39.61] Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[01:43.67] Talkin' slick to my folk (my folk), nip that lip like lipo (lipo)
[01:46.92] You hear them swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite
[01:50.19] Now here we come on our thrones sittin' high
[01:53.93] Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[01:57.12] Yeah, yeah, I'm for us, all black
[02:03.27] All chrome, black-owned
[02:05.49] Black tints, matte black
[02:07.40] Roll by, my window down, let 'em see who in it
[02:09.51] Crack a big smile (ding)
[02:11.92] Go figure, me and Jigga, fifty 'leven children
[02:13.62] They like, "Chick, how?"
[02:15.50] I charge my crystals in a full moon
[02:17.49] You could send them missiles, I'ma send my goons
[02:21.97] Baby sister reppin' Yemaya (Yemaya)
[02:24.27] Trust me, they gon' need an army (ah)
[02:26.04] Rubber bullets bouncin' off me (ah)
[02:27.91] Made a picket sign off your picket fence (ah)
[02:31.07] Take it as a warning (ah, ah)
[02:32.01] Waist beads from Yoruba (woo)
[02:33.32] Four hunnid billi', Mansa Musa (woo)
[02:35.44] Stroll line to the barbeque
[02:37.44] Put us any-damn-where, we gon' make it look cute
[02:39.31] Pandemic fly on the runway in my hazmat
[02:42.05] Judgin', runnin' through the house to my art, all black
[02:44.08] Ancestors on the wall let the ghosts chit-chat
[02:45.93] (Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat)
[02:47.96] Hold my hands, we gon' pray together
[02:49.65] Lay down, face down in the gravel
[02:51.69] Woo, wearin' all attire white to the funeral
[02:53.52] Black love, we gon' stay together
[02:55.26] Curtis Mayfield on the speaker (woo)
[02:57.07] Lil' Malcolm, Martin mixed with mama Tina (woo)
[02:58.85] Need another march, lemme call Tamika (woo)
[03:00.86] Need peace and reparation for my people (woo)
[03:02.80] Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up (shrivel up)
[03:07.57] Fuck this fade and waves, I'ma let it dread all up (dread all up)
[03:10.63] Put your fists up in the air, show black love (show black love)
[03:14.10] Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
[03:19.47] Honey, come around my way, around my hive
[03:25.45] Whenever mama say so, mama say
[03:28.02] Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
[03:30.50] Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[03:34.55] Talkin' slick to my folk (my folk), nip that lip like lipo (lipo)
[03:37.31] You hear 'em swarmin', right? (bzz) Bees is known to bite (bzz, bzz)
[03:43.17] Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
[03:46.31] Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[03:50.56] We got rhythm (we got rhythm)
[03:53.48] We got pride (we got pride)
[03:55.49] We birth kings (we birth kings)
[03:57.47] We birth tribes (we birth tribes)
[03:59.80] Holy river (holy river)
[04:01.63] Holy tongue (holy tongue)
[04:03.51] Speak the glory (speak the glory)
[04:05.31] Feel the love (feel the love)
[04:07.08] Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
[04:10.80] Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
[04:14.75] I can't forget my history, it's her-story
[04:18.65] Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me, woo, woo
[04:24.45] Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad
[04:29.05] Yeah, they always mad, yeah
[04:32.48] Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad
[04:39.12] And they always have been
[04:41.42] Honey, come around my way, around my hive (my)
[04:42.94] Whenever mama say so (hey), mama say (hey, hey)
[04:47.48] Here I come on my throne, sittin' high (high)
[04:52.33] Follow my parade, oh, my parade (hey, hey, hey)
[04:53.50] Talkin' slick to my folk (my folk), nip that lip like lipo (lipo)
[04:59.52] You hear 'em swarmin', right? (bzz) Bees is known to bite (bzz, bzz)
[05:03.53] Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
[05:08.88] Follow my parade, oh, black parade
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